Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could accept self-determination and advance the prospects of a political settlement without burning his boats with the army — to whom he presented association as the first step towards a real , consensual integration — and without seeming to capitulate or feeling that he was capitulating to the FLN . |
| 2 | As for the point my hon. Friend raises about the Opposition 's attitude to legislation , it is up to the Opposition to speak for themselves — and I say that knowing that they will do so honourably . |
| 3 | Nor , from the sounds of tossing and turning that drifted up through the deck hatch in the quiet dark hours of her watch , was Nathan . |
| 4 | The subject tends to intimidate many farmers and yet it was in some ways a natural extension of the record keeping and budgeting that already existed on most farms at present . |
| 5 | It accompanied this request with a paper entitled ‘ Future Management of AFE and distribution of the 1982/83 AFE pool ’ , outlining the criteria which the short-term machinery would have to meet and stressing that the paper had been prepared ‘ purely as a basis for further discussion between the Department and the local authorities ’ . |
| 6 | A similar behaviour pattern for women involves not saying what you want and thinking that you are last in the family chain . |
| 7 | He 's got a flair ( not a formula ) for knowing what his customers want and ensuring that they get it . |
| 8 | I looked at her dubiously , and she was still laughing and insisting that it was true . |
| 9 | We bounced round on that pallet bed , so much laughing and shouting that the landlord came up . |
| 10 | The third row followed suit and before long enough people were laughing and questioning that Beecher raised his hand and told the story so that all could hear . |
| 11 | This is not cheating but acknowledging that the change-over period is one of difficulty and strain and should be made as attractive as possible . |
| 12 | In the Cleveland Report , the British Association of Social Workers is reported as stating that it is absolutely essential that those involved with the family should conduct the fullest assessment of the family background . |
| 13 | After the Joint Liaison Group 's August 1989 meeting [ see above ] it was reported by the French news agency Agence France-Presse on Aug. 3 that Chinese officials responsible for the transfer of Macao had assured their Portuguese counterparts that the recent crushing of the pro-democracy movement in China ( the June 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre — see pp. 36720-21 ) , would not jeopardize the terms of the 1987 transfer agreement [ see pp. 35063-64 ] , and on Aug. 18 Li Peng , the Chinese Premier , was reported as stating that the work on the Macao issue was unaffected by the recent " turmoil " in China , with the meetings of the Sino-Portuguese group proceeding normally . |
| 14 | In September Information Minister Hamutenya was reported as stating that a diplomatic mission , but not a fully-fledged embassy , would be established in Pretoria . |
| 15 | ON Thursday 31st October , two days before the World Cup final , it was with dismay that I read one of my schoolboy heroes , David Duckham , being reported as commenting that he would be ‘ embarrassed and very sad if England won the Cup playing the way they did against Scots ’ . |
| 16 | The report runs to only a few lines and Treby C.J. of the Common Pleas is reported as holding that ‘ when money is paid in pursuance of a void authority , etc. indebitatus assumpsit lies for it . ’ |
| 17 | Owners has been reported as estimating that the benefits of the tie-up with Thomas Cook will be worth £20 million over the next two years . |
| 18 | IN YESTERDAY 'S parliamentary sketch ( page 5 ) , Mr Tim Janman MP ( Conservative , Thurrock ) was reported as saying that Britain would take even one refugee from Hong Kong ‘ over my dead body . ’ |
| 19 | The NCC 's regional officer , Dr Martin George , was also reported as saying that 95 per cent of the Broads were affected by nitrate and phosphate pollution from fertilisers and sewage . |
| 20 | It was the time of suffragettes and Mr Norman McCorquodale was reported as saying that a spray of water through the hose on them would be a good thing . |
| 21 | A senior police officer was reported as saying that ‘ we believe he was influenced by some blue videos he had seen ’ . |
| 22 | She was reported as saying that the trial had taught her one important lesson as a barrister — how the victim feels — and called for changes in the law which would give greater protection to victims . |
| 23 | Some of those who took part in Ket 's Rebellion in Norfolk in 1549 were reported as saying that " gentlemen have ruled aforetime , and they ( the commons , that is ) will rule now . " |
| 24 | In August 1953 Sir John Nott-Bower took over as the new Commissioner at Scotland Yard and was reported as saying that he would ‘ rip the covers off all London 's filth spots ’ . |
| 25 | The former Lord Chancellor , Lord Hailsham , was reported as saying that the Government was ‘ thinking with its bottom and sitting on its head ’ . |
| 26 | Just a fortnight ago , on 14 November , Councillor Mike Hastie , who is the Tory leader on Aberdeen district council , was reported as saying that he could not believe that the Government would now push through the measures . |
| 27 | Rangoon-based diplomats were reported as saying that the number of political detainees was much higher than the official figure . |
| 28 | One of the narcotics experts was reported as saying that there was evidence that provincial Army commanders were involved in trafficking heroin and that some senior military figures in Rangoon also had an interest in the drugs business . |
| 29 | Members of the Islamic Nahdah movement ( Mouvement de la renaissance ) , led by Rachid Ghanouchi , were reported as saying that they had not put up candidates because of the government 's continued refusal officially to recognise the party . |
| 30 | Sihanouk was also reported as saying that if he were made chair of the Cambodia Supreme National Council ( SNC ) he would allow Hun Sen , the SOC Prime Minister , to become vice-chair . |