Example sentences of "that [pos pn] [noun sg] [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling in one of the pockets I found a black eye patch for added colour and realised that my crew were endorsing the senior officer 's joke about piracy in the Channel . |
| 2 | From the co-operative principle , I also assumed that my neighbour was telling the truth ( there was no evidence that she was lying , hallucinating , or playing a practical joke ) . |
| 3 | I lay the rod in the rod-rest with the butt on the sand so that my line is entering the water at 45 degrees . |
| 4 | To explain a watch we need to realize both how its springs and wheels ( or , nowadays , microchips ) work and that its purpose is to tell the time . |
| 5 | The payment will only be permitted if it can be seen that its purpose is to benefit the company . |
| 6 | However , studies have revealed that phosphorylation has no measurable effect on the DNA binding properties of Sp1 , suggesting that its function is to regulate the transcriptional activation potential of this factor ( 4 ; T.Gottlieb and S.Jackson , unpublished data ) . |
| 7 | I remind him that its task is to enforce the law . |
| 8 | When it seemed to be getting out of hand , he insisted that its aim was to improve the system , not to change it . |
| 9 | In a statement on May 13 Aquino emphasized that her government was entering the talks " with our national interest as the paramount consideration " . |
| 10 | ‘ If the authorities find out that her mother 's walking the sidelines , ’ Ben said , ‘ there 'll be no chance she 'll get her back . |
| 11 | It became clear to them that their trust was to maintain the essence of their country in themselves . |
| 12 | The RUC has vehemently rejected allegations of harassment on the Shankill , pointing out that their role is to enforce the law and protect law-abiding citizens irrespective of their religion . |
| 13 | They believe people can be possessed by demons , and that their role is to rid the world of such demons . |
| 14 | Sabine swallowed , desperately aware that their altercation was attracting the attention of other customers to the bank . |
| 15 | The police on the other hand argued that their task was to uphold the law , to keep the peace , and to facilitate the entry of non-striking miners into workplaces ; mass picketing was obstructive and intimidating , both of which could give rise to arrest and charge for criminal offences . |
| 16 | They took it for granted that the international world was one of competing powers and that their duty was to make the most of whatever assets were available to them . |
| 17 | erm Mr Brunhead also said that his company were investigating the possibility of fitting ceramic filters to its vehicles to cut out pollution . |
| 18 | Although he declares that his mission is to stop the march of fascism — Croatian fascism first and foremost — Yugoslav press reports have linked Arkan to the murky world of drug smuggling and arms dealing . |
| 19 | In one case , a 36-year-old man was imprisoned for four years for the manslaughter of a 37-year-old craft teacher after he had discovered that his daughter was spending the night at the teacher 's home , while an allegedly brutal husband was shot dead by the wife 's father after she ‘ fell into a nightmare of crime , violence and bizarre sex ’ . |
| 20 | Where the blame lay , in the case of the father who stabbed the teacher in a rage after discovering that his daughter was spending the night at the teacher 's home , was made less clear . |
| 21 | Robert leaned back in his chair so that his ear was touching the wall . |
| 22 | At a news conference in Damascus on Nov. 6 it was announced by Georges Habash , the secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) , that his organization was suspending the membership of its representative on the PLO Executive Committee . |
| 23 | On July 4 , 1989 , Guy Gennesseaux , leader and founder of the centre-left French Democratic Party ( Parti démocrate français — PDF — which had broken away from the Radical Socialist Party in 1982 when the latter refused to leave the UDF ) , announced that his party was joining the centre-left grouping , Presidential Majority ( majorité présidentielle ) . |
| 24 | Let us say that our goal is to find the highest scoring1 interpretation spanning the utterance . |
| 25 | ‘ Ca n't you tell them , ’ Sheppard whispered to Kingsley Martin during a meeting with Gregg , ‘ that we have n't time for all this intensive cultivation and that our job is to stop the next bloody war . ’ |
| 26 | Rather than merely assert that what we desire is already reality , therefore , I would argue that our job is to discuss the contradictions and possibilities in the law as it has developed historically , as part of and in response to political and economic struggles . |
| 27 | This problem has to be addressed , especially when there is an assumption that our task is to solve the counsellee 's problems . |
| 28 | Decide from the very beginning that your aim is to use the target language as much as possible in the sessions . |
| 29 | Our comprehensive range of services has been developed to make sure that your business is given the best possible start . |