Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Gottle a geer ’ Gazza would undoubtedly be a tremendous asset to the team , but after Silvers recent professions of poverty , I tend to agree with the Guardian that this is a ‘ We are still a big club ’ smokescreen . |
2 | Denis Healey is another politician I admire , and I tend to agree with the view that he is the best leader the Labour Party never had . |
3 | I want to write about the nightmare that we all have to confront every morning when we awake . |
4 | Now in this first session I really want to look at the way that er er financial planning will affect you once you , once you retire , it may be that 's the sort of area you 've not looked at in detail . |
5 | there 's various things you can talk to them about , and all you do is , all you 're looking for is some key words to motivate them , right eh er to a certain extent you want , you want to assume from the start that they do n't have a clue what they 're doing |
6 | For example , supposing you want to refer to the fact that the groom is a medical student and you have a story about a king dying in the Middle Ages who says the physician has killed him , tell this story but end it , ‘ Of course medicine has come a long way since those days , . |
7 | ‘ We want to get across the message that it is vital to continue campaigning , ’ says BA director Tim Godfray . |
8 | Chairman , the last speech was really explaining what I want to get over the fact that so many people want to talk on the issue and to complicate the issue . |
9 | I hope to touch on the subject that he mentioned shortly . |
10 | Disgusted Seagull Our best managers also happen to go by the rule that you 're only as good as your last game . |
11 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
12 | Politicians seem to work on the assumption that the early bird catches the voter . |
13 | I gave you time to adjust to the fact that I 'd make love to you tonight and — ’ |
14 | Yet for them , such a personality-type is compatible with their way of life , and even beneficial ( certainly , they never seem to suffer from the obesity that afflicts food addicts in societies with storable food-surpluses ) . |
15 | The research is still continuing but conclusions to date seem to point to the fact that , although powers of reasoning are not necessarily enhanced , the speed at which the subject is able to reason or recall certainly is . |
16 | ‘ Statistics seem to point to the fact that Friday 13th is definitely unlucky ’ , said a spokesman . |
17 | But , in the absence of something in the context which suggests that narrower meaning , the authorities in the 19th century and earlier all seem to point to the conclusion that the requirement to establish a conviction requires a proof not only of the finding of guilt but also of the court 's final adjudication by sentence or other order . |
18 | The origins of this marital-rape exemption seem to lie in the notion that the wife is the husband 's property , or that the wife promises intercourse on demand , but it has been defended in modern times on the basis that such cases raise essentially family matters , better suited to examination in a non-criminal court , and that in any case proof would be difficult . |
19 | Graham Greene sarcastically remarked of the latter that ‘ Both the director and the star seem to labour under the impression that they are producing something important ’ , and the film 's success was enough to assure Wilcox that Hungarian naughtiness should give way to solemn patriotism . |
20 | When you consider what makes you laugh , try to distinguish between the humour that opens things up , that enables you to confront painful areas and makes you feel stronger , and the humour that operates at the level of the stock response , works on your fear , keeps your defences up and makes you feel weaker . |
21 | I wish to come to the point that the right hon. Gentleman raised specifically about my role in this matter . |
22 | Perhaps for many people who come to live in the town that is part of its attraction . |
23 | What I 'm saying is that if I do , I have to go on the supposition that I 'm expected . |
24 | You 've got a form R eighty five which is available for bank and building society investors , and if you 've got er a gross account then er you , you have to agree with the revenue that you are not going to be a taxpayer in the year that you take out the er R eighty five . |
25 | But that does n't mean I have to work on the premise that everyone 's untrustworthy until proven otherwise . ’ |
26 | We have to state in the contract that we are not liable for misrepresentation in a third-party brochure . |
27 | The Spaniards are by nature noisy and vociferous , especially in the mornings when , like cocks crowing , they have to announce to the world that they are alive and doing . |
28 | The pound has been very strong recently , particularly in the United States , where they 've got a weak dollar , and we have to put over the message that there are tremendous deals to be had erm both in air fares and when you get here in terms of hotel rates erm and in terms of prices of food and so forth . |
29 | On top of this , inevitably but it seems rather unfairly , they have to deal with the problem that faces every teacher in a new school : the fact that they do not know its geography , its structure and its rules , both explicit and unwritten , nor do they have a chance to get to know the personalities and quirks of more than a handful of either pupils or teachers . |
30 | You have to start with the assumption that each plant that you have built , however good of its kind or however modern , is already on the road to obsolescence . |