Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That she does it for the money , which symbolises affection , emotional security and personal achievement . |
| 2 | The appeal of this closely-worked new study is that it presents him as a comprehensive human being . |
| 3 | It is sometimes suggested that the absence of note-taking can be a help to the informant , in that it frees him from the inhibiting effects of a recorder and a notebook . |
| 4 | The matches are made of a wood so flimsy that it reminds me of the balsa with which I tried , unsuccessfully , to build model aeroplanes . |
| 5 | The fourth and most important implication of the placebo response is that it reminds us of the beneficial effect of the successful physician-patient encounter . |
| 6 | Lovelock sees this dual function as a vital bridge , but others argue that it puts him in an invidious and altogether too powerful position . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's unproven technology , and Microsoft has not made it clear that it wants it as a server ’ . |
| 8 | Bodies have welcomed particularly this component of the application procedures , stating that it provides them with a good reference point for budgetary control through the course of their financial years . |
| 9 | The answer is that it provides us with a way to understand evolution as a gradual , cumulative process . |
| 10 | Mr President I move this special report on behalf of the C E C on the basis that it provides us with the framework to build on the excellent record that the G M B has on improving health , safety and environmental standards at the workplace . |
| 11 | The numbers attending are still disappointing but I believe that it is fully justified if for no other reason than that it provides us with the best — and most cost effective — corporate publicity we are likely to obtain . |
| 12 | The fact that he rapes her on the night that Stella 's baby is born , on their bed , and in his wedding pyjamas makes Stanley seem even more bestial . |
| 13 | What is most important , however , is that he embodies them in a distinction , crucially important for his thought , between two sorts of science : ‘ indefinite science ’ , which ‘ consists in the knowledge of the causes of all things ’ , and the study of some ‘ limited ’ question about the ‘ cause of some determined appearance ’ such as heat . |
| 14 | If he proposes to say something new , I hope that , as the guardian of the interests of all parts of the House , you Mr. Speaker , will make representations to try to make sure that he does it in the House rather than just making a speech or holding a press conference , even if it is in Wales . |
| 15 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 16 | But even if your romantic beau whispers ‘ I love you ’ daily in your shell-like , it does n't mean that he loves you in the way that you love him . |
| 17 | I do n't suppose it 's serious , but he 's so terrified of Blue Ear Disease that he watches them like a hawk . ’ |
| 18 | By a combination of Impressionist vision , imagination , a magical mastery of language , Proust uses À la recherche to explore often banal objects , often apparently dull people , often apparently trivial episodes , in such a way that he recreates them with a freshness , erm a power of conviction , that persuade us we 're actually seeing them with a privileged insight , or perhaps even seeing them for the first time . |
| 19 | Though my son , that 's my eldest , in the Royal Navy , wrote that he has them in the Pacific . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Shut the window , please ’ is said in a situation where the speaker rather expects the hearer to act so as to fulfil a certain sort of wish of his , if he indicates that he has it by an imperative sentence . |
| 21 | Does not the Prime Minister think that he owes it to the country to say exactly which other taxes he would put up to pay for his bribe ? |