Example sentences of "that [n mass] [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The sheer quantity of matter meant that people did not read all their newspaper .
2 A ND you resist all eye contact , remembering the words of barrister Caradog Morgan who earlier this year , in defending one Victoria Carrington , freelance insurance consultant accused of assaulting two fellow passengers because they had joggled her newspaper and dared to look at her right in the face , said , ‘ There is a convention on the Underground that people do not look each other in the eye . ’
3 I feel that for a country with so much to offer , it 's a great pity that people do not take more advantage of what 's available .
4 Neither is it a question of ‘ working for it ’ , nor , to put it the other way , that people do not have more land because they are not prepared to work for it .
5 Looking back into the past , people are eager for an explanation to be given to them by Thames and I do think that people do n't feel that 's what they 've had so far .
6 To make sure that we 're able to put our point across clearly so that we speak in a clear way so that people do n't have any er doubts as to what you actually mean .
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