Example sentences of "that it [verb] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought for two days that the machine had swallowed it and it was only on the monday morning on the way to the bank that I found that it had miraculousloy reappeared in my wallet again . |
| 2 | But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in . |
| 3 | The danger with this was that it caused believers to look to their own faith rather than to Christ alone for the assurance of their salvation . |
| 4 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
| 5 | The problem with the former , i.e. the standard on depreciation , is that it requires organizations to provide for depreciation of fixed assets having a finite useful life . |
| 6 | ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis . |
| 7 | ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis . |
| 8 | No pay was given for Bank Holidays , with the result that it took weeks to recover from the loss of income . |
| 9 | Her hair had been flattened by the storm so that it made Trent think of a squashed astrakan hat . |
| 10 | Hoyle writes : ‘ My own recent work has caused me to doubt , not that evolution takes place , but that it takes place according to the usual theory of natural selection operating on randomly generated mutations . |
| 11 | The uniqueness of the Christian faith is that it orients man to hope in God , to respond to his love and to rest in God alone as the only source of ultimate happiness . |
| 12 | We sometimes claim that the merit of an English sixth-form education is that it accustoms pupils to think for themselves . |
| 13 | The big advantage of film or video in teacher training is that it gives trainees access to a range of classrooms they could not otherwise enter . |
| 14 | The agenda might be termed ‘ classical ’ in the sense that it addresses problems raised by Idealism , Realism , and other approaches whose focus is on the state as the crucial unit in the international system . |
| 15 | In the event of circumstances arising under 1 or 2 above which require the Insurers to notify the Society of the reduction or cancellation of cover the Insurers shall during the period from such reduction or cancellation until ten days after notification of the Society indemnify the Society against losses to the same extent as if cover had not been reduced or cancelled and if the Society shall within seven days of notification by the Insurers inform the Insurers that it wishes cover to continue on the same terms as if it had not been reduced or cancelled the Insurers shall indemnify the Society against losses on such terms for such period not exceeding six months as the Society shall specify and the Society shall be responsible for the payment of premium for such cover . |
| 16 | Its major advantage is that it trains students to deal with the unpredictable nature of language , to think on their feet , and ‘ to handle the skein of language as it unravels ’ . |
| 17 | I have certainly tried to argue that it makes sense to talk of God inviting trust by withholding the sort of evidence which might admit of certainty that He exists . |
| 18 | There is a metaphysics of ontological realism underlying the conception of variable analysis , if only to the extent that it makes sense to talk of indices only if it is assumed that they " stand for " something . |
| 19 | In recent years , it has been argued that the position and powers of the Prime Minister have altered so considerably that it makes sense to talk about the rise of prime ministerial government and the transformation of the Cabinet into yet another " dignified " part of the constitution . |
| 20 | But if so , the concept of compresence will have to be revised to accommodate temporal distinctions ; briefly , it will have to be interpreted in such a way that it makes sense to speak of qualities occurring in a temporal sequence as part of a particular 's " biography " . |
| 21 | It thus lends support to the materialistic view that it makes sense to think of objects in abstraction from a mind which perceives them . |
| 22 | Scandinavia is so expensive that it makes Switzerland feel like Andorra , and so dark in mid winter that many of the slopes are floodlit to avoid disappointment . |
| 23 | The trouble with talking about yourself the way Stuart is doing is that it makes people jump to conclusions . |