Example sentences of "[subord] [to-vb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question in the last sentence can not be answered , of course ; it is imponderable and we can go no further with it than to agree that it is useful to expose such uncertainties now and then . |
| 2 | He refused to elaborate on his message except to confirm that it fell within the framework of UN Security Council resolutions , and that it had been delivered to an Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister , Sa'adoun Hammadi , who had visited Tehran on Feb. 1-3 . |
| 3 | Despite the exceptions , it seems better in many ways to attempt to produce some stress rules ( even if they are rather crude and inaccurate ) than to claim that there is no rule or regularity in English word stress . |
| 4 | Gorbachev declined to comment on the talks , other than to indicate that they had been inspired by the scale of the commercial links which already existed between their countries . |
| 5 | Under these conditions we have little option other than to accept that we can do little more than look with envy towards those farmers in New Zealand making a living without the ‘ benefit ’ of subsidies . |
| 6 | She will not respond except to indicate that you are a chancer or a smoothie who is attempting to circumvent the proper rules and procedures . |
| 7 | ‘ BAII has no knowledge of the circumstances leading to his arrest , and accordingly can make no comments , other than to state that nothing in the course of his employment has given rise to any question . ’ |
| 8 | Webster , who also attended the press conference , gave no reason for his decision other than to suggest that it was " a good time to go " . |
| 9 | When the same species was found occupying two separate territories , it made more sense to work out how it could have migrated from one to the other than to assume that it had been created independently in each area . |
| 10 | Remembering always that it is far better to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Funeral Service ’ to a person who may seek information regarding a memorial , than to announce that you are the ‘ Co-operative Memorial Service ’ to a person who requires information regarding funeral arrangements . |
| 11 | It is far better to have fewer rules which you can insist your children keep than to insist that everything is done in accordance with strict regulations . |
| 12 | And what more practical way of repaying them than to ensure that their own little seedling of bonheur had time to sprout and shoot , to root and burgeon ? |
| 13 | Therefore , in campaigns a party attempts less to attract these voters than to ensure that they are not repelled by what the party advocates . |
| 14 | Theresa led the way , between grass almost knee-high bordered by a riot of unpruned roses , to the porch , then reached for a key hung high on a nail , less , Dalgliesh supposed , for security reasons than to ensure that it was n't lost . |
| 15 | Which is why I suggest you button your lip , except to mention that whatever she decides , you are on her side , supporting her through what 's going to be a painful experience . |
| 16 | Prince Bernhard had said no such thing , but Sharpe had decided it would be more efficacious to assign the opinion to the prince than to confess that it was his own view . |
| 17 | It is nearly always quicker to check what exists than to check that nothing extra is included in the assets and liabilities of the company . |
| 18 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice . |
| 20 | That is not a matter that I can take into consideration other than to say that I am satisfied that the proper figure for a multiplier for working life , er which I shall take in this case , is the multiplier of sixteen contended for by Mr . |
| 21 | He declined to comment on the progress of his mission other than to say that his visit had been " very , very useful " . |
| 22 | But to complain that its effect was therefore paralysingly glum would no more have occurred to her as fair than to complain that it made her feel fat . |
| 23 | Even in notation , the differences in musical language between orally transmitted ‘ folk ’ song , printed bourgeois song and recorded rock song come through : they hardly need comment , except to say that they do fit many of the stereotypes of the neo-McLuhanite model ( see Ex. 3.1 ) . |
| 24 | He declined to speculate on dates , except to say that he saw no sign of it happening next year ( 1992 ) ; there was too much backlog to be mopped up . |
| 25 | You do n't mention him , except to say that he was a biologist and that he went to England to work for two years at the chemical weapons experimental establishment at Porton Down . |
| 26 | He would n't talk about the pilgrimage , except to say that he was disappointed at having had to abandon it He seemed far from exalted . |
| 27 | Exactly how he achieved this I can not explain except to say that he had a kind of eloquence that made you think he was speaking to you personally and the gift of a born story-teller . |
| 28 | As for the patient , it 's not my place to comment on his medical condition , except to say that he is still quite definitely alive and in the best possible hands . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ My mother never mentioned her life here , except to say that I had no grandparents . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |