Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ernst Mayr rather unkindly remarks that Jenkin 's article ‘ is based on all the usual prejudices and misunderstandings of the physical scientists ’ .
2 But in the outside world , most realised that Beirut was doomed as Begin said he had no intention of capturing it .
3 People in Western Europe , for example , rarely dispute that Jesus lived , but in Eastern Europe the denial of his historical existence is almost a canon of Marxist dogma .
4 It went on to claim that ISC was a ‘ highly cash-absorptive operation ’ .
5 She went on to claim that Elvis wanted to join his beloved mother Gladys , whose death had shattered him beyond repair .
6 In the published version of your parliamentary intervention you admit that ‘ there is an association between health and all the factors that he [ David Blunkett ] has mentioned ’ but go on to claim that health variations are being examined as part of The Health of the Nation strategy .
7 She foretold the invasion and defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 ; and Samuel Pepys ' Diary grimly records that Mother Shipton gave forewarning of the Great Fire of London in 1666 .
8 It is not widely realised that Germans of all political complexions have identified the fate of their country with that of Europe .
9 It does not seem to be widely realised that words have shape and colour and rhythm as well as meaning .
10 It was she who eventually recommended that Laura go to a college she knew of — one where she would find an environment supportive of her experience .
11 Workplace stress is on the increase , and ironically it 's now being widely recognized that companies own efforts to cut staff and become leaner and fitter , must take part of the blame .
12 Nevertheless , it is widely recognized that exchange rate adjustments within the EMS will only become less frequent if the economic performance and the economic policies of member countries are converging and consistent .
13 Kubrick presumably thinks that scientists , engineers and astronauts are dull dogs , a perception ( or rather , opinion , since it 's often untrue ) that he may not have imparted to Clarke .
14 Work at the north end of Normangate Field in 1974–5 dated the allotments here to the earlier second century at least , thereby suggesting that land closer to the town centre must have been surveyed and allotted at this time or even earlier .
15 Kossen also says that these characteristics can be learned and developed , thereby suggesting that leaders may be made as well as born .
16 He had already agreed that the ‘ two-plus-four ’ talks between the Germanies and the victorious powers of 1945 — the United States , the Soviet Union , Britain and France — should start just before the East Germans voted : thereby underlining that foreigners have as much interest as Germans in the issue of unification .
17 It is widely expected that bondholders will then be asked to convert some of their holdings into a new convertible preference share .
18 It had been widely expected that President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali , whose distaste for capital punishment for politically motivated crimes had been well publicized , would commute the death sentences .
19 It appears that costs are awarded on the indemnity basis only in exceptional cases , for example ‘ major test cases ’ and ‘ cases in which the paying party 's conduct is considered to have been wholly unmeritorious , oppressive or in contempt of court ’ and the court must expressly direct that costs be awarded on such a basis .
20 A survey has found that some hospitals are so badly designed that doctors spend four hours of every working day just walking from one ward to another .
21 However he went on to find that Miss T. was lulled into a sense of false security by hospital staff and that she was misinformed as to the availability and effectiveness of alternative procedures .
22 Though the available data on the contribution record of workers from different socio-economic groups is inadequate in several ways , it can be justifiably claimed that members of the lower socio-economic groups are more likely than members of the higher socio-economic groups to be among the non-qualifiers and , in the years when they existed , to be receiving lower-earnings-related benefits .
23 But in yesterday 's papers it was widely claimed that friends of the Prince of Wales are behind a campaign of vilification .
24 These results altogether suggest that S.shibatae and S.solfataricus are closely related or may be the same species .
25 But he then went on to indicate that Britain would not necessarily be part of the new Europe when he said ‘ Great Britain , the British Commonwealth , mighty America , and I trust Soviet Russia … must be friends and sponsors of the new Europe and must champion its right to live and shine ’ .
26 The short-lived benefits from the 1967 devaluation and the persistence of poor economic performance after the floating of sterling in 1972 , demonstrate not just the limited effect of devaluation but rather suggest that exchange rate difficulties are symptomatic of more fundamental problems [ National Institute , 1972 ] .
27 It was widely considered that US co-operation was essential to the success of any initiative on global warming , since one-fifth of all " greenhouse gases " ( carbon dioxide , chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs , nitrous oxide , methane and surface ozone ) were produced in the USA .
28 In fact , Mr Manning has repeatedly stated that he and the party would much prefer that Quebec remain as part of Canada , but not at any price .
29 People 's needs are virtually ignored and conditions of work are so arranged that people can not interfere to any significant extent .
30 We did n't want to change her words , but should perhaps explain that Geordies often use ‘ us ’ instead of ‘ me ’ .
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