Example sentences of "[vb base] that [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , they suggest that two personality traits have emerged as consistently associated : impulsiveness ( lack of ability or desire to defer gratification ) ; and undersocialisation ( lack of regard for feelings of others ) .
2 I suggest that one solution for biologists will be to apply their expertise to the new science of socioecology , and the environment of the office .
3 They say that one person has died and eight have been seriously injured .
4 No , make that one second , a minute is too long .
5 ‘ I make that one game all , ’ Graham said with evident satisfaction .
6 University funding arrangements mean that one lecturer can be financed by the fees of between eight ( Leeds ) and ten ( Edinburgh ) students .
7 There should be five psychologists and one assistant at Maidstone Prison , but recruiting difficulties mean that two psychologist posts are vacant at present .
8 The latest losses mean that 305,344 manufacturing workers have been made redundant by more than 3,000 firms since February 1991 .
9 Court papers relating to the St Quintin manor at Thornholme show that two bylaw men , a pinder , and one or two constables were being appointed there in the 19th century .
10 Documents we have obtained show that one contract for the extension to the London Underground Jubilee Line is to go to a German firm , even though a British company is desperate for the work .
11 Alternative medicine is also becoming increasingly popular — the latest figures show that one person in seven has seen a complementary practitioner within the past year .
12 Suppose we show that in a present-day vernacular there is structured variation in verb-forms of the type he does/he do ( see Cheshire , 1982 , for a relevant study ) , with one form perhaps being preferred in formal styles and the other in casual styles : we may also — by comparing the speech of different social groups and age-groups — show that one form is progressing at the expense of the other .
13 Although the Temple was destroyed two thousand years ago , Jews hope that one day the Messiah will come , the Temple will be rebuilt , and Jews will be spiritually pure again .
14 I hope that one day before I die , I 'll marry again , but I do n't have anybody in mind , no .
15 I hope that one day there will be pre-timetabling in the House , except for important and constitutional Bills .
16 I just hope that one day I 'll be as happy as you are . ’
17 The only other alternative would be for the court to disregard one of the clauses and hold that one party had , by conduct , accepted the other party 's terms and waived its own , including the provision providing that it should not be taken as accepting any other terms .
18 Never imagine that one day it 'll be really easy to witness .
19 It will then duplicate this process every time you select that JMP-1 patch , either from the front panel or from a pedal .
20 Of course I accept that one man 's fun is another man 's nightmare , and because of this more companies should think about creating ready-made racks for those who want them , or maybe just come up with designs and ideas for those who want to build their own .
21 I suspect that one wall of my house is affected by rising damp .
22 If they come from the Berlin orchestra , they need no references , so other orchestras will take them ; though we know that one day they will return to this orchestra .
23 As a manager you always know that one day it will happen .
24 But I know that one day she 'll meet someone who 's worthy of her .
25 And I know that one day she will go , and then what will I do ?
26 Before Major and Mrs Burrows died various Army leaders had told them " You know that one day Eva will be General ? "
27 You ‘ Il be very glad you did this if you turn up one day to find the river high and murky because if , for example , you know that one swim has a lovely clean gravel bottom and another has half a Morris 1000 and a blackberry bush in it then this may help you decide where to fish and where to stick your mate !
28 Torino know that one goal will be enough for Aberdeen but despite continued poor league form and tonight 's absence of main striker Carlos Aguilera , the Italians still consider themselves favourites .
29 And I 'm confident that I know that one reason why you are so upset at this moment is because you realize you made such an awful fool of yourself , have n't you ? ’
30 Understand the relationship between millimetres , centimetres , metres , kilometres ; grams , kilograms , tonnes ; millilitres , centilitres , litres ; know that I litre is equivalent to 1000 cubic centimetres .
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