Example sentences of "[vb pp] that they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For too long , says Ward , we have persisted in the Henry Ford myth that only a genetically privileged few can do joined-up thinking , and the rest are fit for manual tasks so simplified that they produce that brand of mind-numbing tedium which is the most fertile soil for industrial unrest . |
| 2 | I 've checked that they do vegetarian dishes . |
| 3 | The Hindus , he knew , at least refrained from eating pigs ( unlike the Chinese or the disgusting Christians of Byzantium ) , but he had heard that they had other habits the very thought of which made him swoon . |
| 4 | Once it has been accepted that they need continuing care their responsibility for maintaining themselves is removed . |
| 5 | All his life , he had taken it for granted that they loved each other to the exclusion of anyone else . |
| 6 | Though participants have said that they find these quizzes enjoyable , they have not been well supported by comparison with the more usual lectures and no further quiz is planned for the moment , though I shall try to keep a few questions in hand in case a speaker is delayed or fails to arrive for some reason . |
| 7 | In another age and another society it might have been said that they loved each other . |
| 8 | It is said that they place great strains on family life , and people feel they would be unable to cope with a mentally handicapped child . |
| 9 | Regan and Stewart ( 1982 ) had also earlier argued that they had insufficient legitimacy since members were neither elected or selected on the basis of expert knowledge , prerequisites of authority . |
| 10 | Responsibility lies with the SROs , but it could be argued that they have insufficient resources to carry out this role , and should merely be ombudsmen ( although there is also some doubt as to their ability to act in this limited capacity given their degree of underfunding ) . |
| 11 | When organisms are examined it is seen that they form natural groups with features , usually morphological , in common . |
| 12 | I was told that they receive three meals a day and a very small amount of payment , although this did not appear to be directly related to the amount of work they did . |
| 13 | At last I had five pounds — but when my father and I went to buy them we were told that they cost fifteen pounds , a considerable sum of money to an eight-year-old , and way beyond my means . |
| 14 | Each of the 12 speakers who accepted our invitation to be here has been told that they have seven minutes to address the conference . |
| 15 | If we return , for example , to the case of student protesters , we have already noted that they show some signs of a need for parental surrogates , and certainly they are seldom complete anarchists . |
| 16 | While idioms and dead metaphors must be distinguished , it should also be recognised that they have certain characteristics in common . |
| 17 | The new version of the directive , which had received the assent of the European Parliament ( EP ) on Nov. 22 , and which was due to come into force in January 1993 , allowed providers of financial services the right , in principle , to trade anywhere in the EC provided that they met minimum standards ( the so-called " single passport " concept ) . |
| 18 | It must also be remembered that they have certain rights while in the Department 's care not only in physical terms but also in relation to information which is held by the Department about them as individuals . |
| 19 | ‘ So , Sally-Anne , ’ he said , the three of them on their own , before the tea-tray , Uncle Orrin and Aunt Nella having tactfully found that they had other engagements . |
| 20 | These councils have found that they have more cash available with which to repair , maintain and improve their remaining stock and that is a lesson which we in Cambridge will be well advised to listen . |
| 21 | But it projected enthusiasm , delight and knowledge right through the television screen and it made Peter within a few months well-known to millions of people who had never imagined that they had any interest in natural history . |
| 22 | Her face was blank , and Meryl found herself wondering how she could ever have imagined that they had some kind of common bond , women in medicine , friendship . |
| 23 | In contrast , if different words are used , it will be assumed that they mean different things . |
| 24 | Statistics are a summary of significant information and care should be taken that they convey true meanings ’ ( McGavran 1959:27 , 28 ) . |
| 25 | Executives have discovered that they achieve better results in the workplace if they fall in love with a colleague , according to an American report . |
| 26 | Both consistently denied that they had any case to answer . |
| 27 | Hectic trading in which 3.1 million shares — worth £8million — changed hands was followed by a retreat to 238p when the Barclays vehemently denied that they held any shares in Williams . |
| 28 | Users also stated that they lied this type of audio-visual material for library instruction . |