Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it has been my experience that composition students do not sufficiently exploit their harmonic knowledge , often using only a limited vocabulary . |
| 2 | Never even crossed my mind that Hurley would carry on like nothing had happened — that he 'd keep Eurame open and go on using the pipeline . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's no doubt about it in my mind that pollution control is done by the [ officer ] on the ground . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to create fantasy and originality , and to my mind that pool of yours conveys nothing but boredom . |
| 5 | ‘ There is no doubt in my mind that diesel was the right decision for us , ’ he says . |
| 6 | Perhaps , she used to think in those days , perhaps it was my fault that Mum died . |
| 7 | Perhaps this reflects my rule that dumbness is the logical consequence of being deaf . |
| 8 | He described the study of precedent and case law as being ‘ real academic activity ’ for police officers , thus supporting my contention that research into the philosophy of control is ‘ unreal ’ or polluting . |
| 9 | It is my contention that entrenchment and cynicism both reflect and serve to heighten an atmosphere of demoralization ; that they arise as a result of a semi-conscious decision by teachers about how to cope with doubts and demands ; that while this stance often seems the only possible option it is a mistake to adopt it ; and that through insight into the dynamics of the decision-making process , a better stance can be found , even in very trying circumstances , that offers a greater opportunity for personal satisfaction and institutional success . |
| 10 | ‘ Still , as a means of attracting my attention that scene had a certain novelty . ’ |
| 11 | It goes back to my point that genuineness is the key . |
| 12 | Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding . |
| 13 | Everything I have seen and heard in the ensuing months reinforces my belief that drift-netting is a manifestation of an attitude which , unchecked , will in due course murder the only planet on which we can make our home . ’ |
| 14 | They will probably correctly object that this theory of mine seems to get things round the wrong way , and that even if we grant my argument that growth in the power of the state detracts from that of the individual 's superego , there is every reason to suppose that in most cases the total power came first , and the deterioration in personality , however we like to describe it , later . |
| 15 | But this omission is a consequence of my claim that individualism is fundamentally designed to sustain a conception of individuals as agents . |
| 16 | I suspect that no reader of this book has questioned my claim that Figure 3 looks like a staircase of some kind . |
| 17 | I had felt all my life that lavatory and bedroom doors should be kept firmly shut , for fear of what they might reveal . |
| 18 | Well in a sense it does not explain anything ; it is simply an elaborated gloss on my statement that homicide and sex are the expected loci of sin . |
| 19 | It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better . |
| 20 | Many people will be concerned at my suggestion that drawing should be taught in our schools , perhaps fearing that it will take us back to the kind of dull lesson I have described , with children being taught unimaginative and stereotyped ways of drawing . |
| 21 | But there is evidence to support my thesis that status and occupation are as important as cash . |
| 22 | I trust , I trust that if there 's going to be any question of names coming forward to be a approved locally , not selected , I hope not selected , that they will be er they 'll come from the local level at which the police authority actually functions and not from other counties without that particular area and so My Lords , I would suggest er that er the best step to go for is er Lord MacIntosh 's Amendment Number Five and his er supplements and I would suggest My Lords that Amendment Number Twenty is resisted by your Lordships because it talks about one half of the members shall be members of a relevant council and I suggest above all My Lords that Amendment Number Twenty Seven is cast into outer darkness . |
| 23 | I trust , I trust that if there 's going to be any question of names coming forward to be a approved locally , not selected , I hope not selected , that they will be er they 'll come from the local level at which the police authority actually functions and not from other counties without that particular area and so My Lords , I would suggest er that er the best step to go for is er Lord MacIntosh 's Amendment Number Five and his er supplements and I would suggest My Lords that Amendment Number Twenty is resisted by your Lordships because it talks about one half of the members shall be members of a relevant council and I suggest above all My Lords that Amendment Number Twenty Seven is cast into outer darkness . |
| 24 | This truth is to be reinterpreted in the light of my principle that art does not derive from a single impulse ( i.e. the Apolline impulse towards beauty ) , but from two : the Dionysiac as well as the Apolline . |
| 25 | The decision to organize the book around the analysis of specific crimes rather than district studies or thematic issues reflects my conviction that crime is best understood as an ‘ umbrella concept ’ which encompasses many different modes of human behaviour . |
| 26 | So that in my judgment that regulation can be referred to because it is embodied in the Act itself and , having a quasi-parliamentary validity , is a good indication of the wishes of the legislature , just as much as if it were enacted in the Act itself . |
| 27 | In my judgment that analysis is correct . |
| 28 | In my view that course of conduct by the landlord seriously interfered with the tenant 's proper freedom of action in exercising her right of possession , and tended to deprive her of the full benefit of it , and was an invasion of her rights as tenant to remain in possession undisturbed , and so would in itself constitute a breach of covenant , even if there were no direct physical interference with the tenant 's possession and enjoyment . |
| 29 | She knew from the frequent worried glances the other woman sent in her direction that Candy had seen through the act , but she 'd managed with some effort to avoid her , always finding some pretext to disappear in the opposite direction whenever Candy appeared on the horizon . |
| 30 | They support their conjecture that writing enables interpersonal meanings to be dominated by the logical functions of language , for instance , by citing the Royal Society of London . |