Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pers pn] [vb base] [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 | It is recommended that you have separate command files for these actions , which you then call as appropriate from the standard VMS command files . |
| 3 | I 've checked that they do vegetarian dishes . |
| 4 | When the public respond to your advertisements or because they have heard that you do personal injury work , it is not enough just to tell them that you do and expect them to come into the office . |
| 5 | ‘ I have heard that you play this game , ’ he said softly . |
| 6 | They 've decided that you need that number of weeks holiday , then that 's what you should be taking . |
| 7 | Once it has been accepted that they need continuing care their responsibility for maintaining themselves is removed . |
| 8 | But once granted that we have adequate ground for interpreting people 's preferences as those of conscious beings , it is not clear why it should be denied that we have adequate clues as to whether they have pleasant or unpleasant experiences under various circumstances and for some judgements about the degree of the pleasure or pain involved which allow interpersonal comparisons . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | When organisms are examined it is seen that they form natural groups with features , usually morphological , in common . |
| 13 | Firstly , we need to recall that a feature of modernity is that infant mortality rates have dropped , people live longer , and medicine and improved diet have ensured that we have healthy populations . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Each of the 12 speakers who accepted our invitation to be here has been told that they have seven minutes to address the conference . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The people are very tolerant and it has been overheard that I speak better Portuguese than I do English . |
| 19 | While idioms and dead metaphors must be distinguished , it should also be recognised that they have certain characteristics in common . |
| 20 | To ease my conscience I would like it to be recognised that I have five co-founders : Jock Lewes , Paddy Mayne of the original ‘ L ’ Detachment , George Bergé who started the French S.A.S. , Brian Franks who re-raised the S.A.S. flag after the war and John Woodhouse who created the modern S.A.S. during the Malaysian Campaign by restoring to the regiment its original philosophy . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | At precisely midnight I lightly prick a lobworm onto the size 6 hook , making sure the hook is only an inch away from the tail-end of the lob , for I have found that I hook more carp when the lobs are impaled in this way . |
| 24 | In contrast , if different words are used , it will be assumed that they mean different things . |
| 25 | The Committee has asked that I seek further information on the way in which the Society is developing its campaign and the nature of the second report . |
| 26 | Statistics are a summary of significant information and care should be taken that they convey true meanings ’ ( McGavran 1959:27 , 28 ) . |
| 27 | Executives have discovered that they achieve better results in the workplace if they fall in love with a colleague , according to an American report . |
| 28 | The truth is , we 're adversaries who have discovered that we want each other badly . |
| 29 | She was thankful that Louise had insisted that she travel first class . |
| 30 | It can not be denied that we need more resources to improve the quality of life of very frail older people . |