Example sentences of "[vb mod] [indef pn] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should one assume that the parties take notice in the original position of their own fallibility , and agree on constitutional arrangements that will be self-correcting if it turns out that the fundamental beliefs concerning human nature , on which their substantive principles of justice are based , turn out to be wrong , or not ? |
| 2 | Why should anyone wonder that if the young and poor live in a culture of sexual freedom babies will ensue ? |
| 3 | ‘ It was not logic that carried might one say that the quicksilver in the barometer changes the weather . |
| 4 | Could someone confirm that they have received this message . |
| 5 | Coffee , strong and black , was what he needed , not Mr Jackson 's breakfast tea , but how could one explain that to the good English landlady ? |
| 6 | Unless one presumed to know God 's purposes , how could one know that He might not achieve them by varying the quantity of motion ? |
| 7 | In none of the primary schools studied by Clarricoates could one say that the gender code was characterized by weak classifications ( i.e. equality between the sexes ) and weak frames ( freedom to negotiate the definitions of gender ) . |
| 8 | And could anyone imagine that in order to get those few minutes of screen imagery in the can , the three of them inhaled 1O5 real joints of excellent quality Mexican grass ? |
| 9 | As the eager spectators applauded , and their cheers echoed around the field at Louis Paulhan 's success , how could anyone imagine that in just nine years time the Atlantic Ocean would be conquered by a young man in the crowd . |
| 10 | How could anyone know that Wetherby was going to get hungry and go down to the kitchen for some cheese ? |
| 11 | Nor could anyone know that he had reservations ; that he did n't feel as we all did , treading that ground . |
| 12 | Could anyone deny that it was unhealthy for a young man to become attached to a girl so early in life ? |
| 13 | How could anyone say that , in those circumstances , they had to remain secret ? |
| 14 | Articulate , easy to be with ; filled with ideas and knowledge ; nor could anyone say that they were a bad-looking lot , the young men got their sun-burn , the girls were pretty and well-turned out . |
| 15 | Dare one hope that the Murrey Report will have alleviated the situation by the time these words are read ? |
| 16 | Dare one say that the England pack , in the defeat of Ireland , had these attributes to a greater extent than the Wales backs in the defeat by France ? |
| 17 | He asks : ‘ Would anyone say that the matrimonial consent would render this no crime ? ’ |
| 18 | This argument was having a little success around the table , when the President of the Society , W. M. Smart , squirmed in the Chair , and exclaimed in an anguished voice : ‘ Then will somebody propose that this paper be rejected irrespective of its contents ? ’ |
| 19 | Eventually the situation continues to deteriorate which it probably will everything indicates that er the situation in Vareys is explosive , erm the U N nations may be forced to have to evacuate these people and obviously there are implications involved in that . |
| 20 | Nor can one assume that two levels of program ‘ have the same semantics ’ ( as true translations normally would ) . |
| 21 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 22 | Can one doubt that such a tale is one of a tightening grasp of an actual reality ? |
| 23 | Can one argue that the bees ' dance is as much a causal consequence of this earlier experience as the bruise was of the bump ? |
| 24 | Can one accept that both decisions are determinations of the concept of ‘ honesty ’ ? |
| 25 | For if it is not , how can anybody know that the government is still ‘ derived from public opinion ’ , i.e. is still representative ? |
| 26 | In that context , can anyone believe that the introduction of differential pricing will mean they will suddenly push commissions down again ? |