Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the relationship between the Tobacco Institute of Australia ( which itself does not manufacture or retail tobacco ) and the tobacco industry , which supports and directs its staff and their activities , Justice Foster concluded , ‘ There can be no doubt that a corporation , formed to promote the interests of a particular industry … acts ‘ in trade or commerce ’ when conveying representations about that industry 's product to the general public . ’ |
| 2 | As a science teacher you will know that New Scientist is essential reading for students . |
| 3 | They did not know that liberal humanism was powerless in the face of fascism . |
| 4 | Also , the fact that police officers will know that female crime rates are lower than male crime rates will further incline them to the view that women are not by nature ‘ criminal types ’ . |
| 5 | Do you know that creepy feeling when you 're sure someone 's there but you ca n't see or hear anything ? ’ |
| 6 | I wonder if Pemberton-Billing would be pleased if he could know that modern Laservision discs and Compact Digital Discs work on a similar principle , although starting in the middle and slowing down . |
| 7 | Somewhere inside you may know that Super Ex is a stick you have created to beat yourself for imagined inadequacies . |
| 8 | How , for example , could an outsider know that normative consensus in the speech community does not permit backing in velar environments or fronting in most other environments , or that sonorants followed by voiceless obstruents predict a front vowel ? |
| 9 | Say she was sure who the father was ; and working in a racing stable with thoroughbreds she would know that proving paternity was increasingly an exact science . |
| 10 | For a moment he said nothing , then asked quietly , ‘ Did you know that old shop 's to let again ? |
| 11 | He then answered her gently , saying that he did not know that particular poet but that he knew so-and-so and so-and-so from Italy . |
| 12 | He will know that British Rail is considering a major remodelling of the station , in part to handle the arrival of the Jubilee line . |
| 13 | Phone — Office again to let me know that free school meals have been confirmed for pupil B. Back to typing . |
| 14 | If you are hoping to start a family soon and have already investigated the financial aspects , you will know that statutory maternity pay is determined by your length of service and requires you to earn on average enough to pay Class One National Insurance Contributions . |
| 15 | How do we know that sexual reproduction is responsible for the relative uniformity of species , and that its absence is responsible for the discontinuities between them ? |
| 16 | Why did she go out and buy that obvious representation of a landscape she wanted to escape , the figures moving noiselessly under the shadow of the mill ? |
| 17 | If we accept the essence of the bi-partisan structure , we must recognise that political reality was not quite that simple . |
| 18 | We should recognise that special care involves additional cost . |
| 19 | We should recognise that sexual imagery can challenge as much as uphold prevailing sexual orthodoxies and that the law has no place in deciding what is good and what is bad , because it will always get it wrong . |
| 20 | The National Curriculum has the virtue of concentrating the mind on the requirement of variety , but we must recognise that adequate provision of variety is in practice very difficult to achieve , calling for intense and careful planning . |
| 21 | Anyone who campaigns against opencast must recognise that British Coal has access to enormous PR resources . |
| 22 | In contrast with the analysis of female underachievement , there appears to be a refusal to even consider that black underachievement ( and disruption ) could be a collective , rational , response to a discriminatory social system ( John , 1981 is an exception ) . |
| 23 | Does not that demonstrate that low taxation , low inflation and good industrial relations are the basis for strong investment , including inward investment ; and does it not also show that the future of this country is excellent under this Government ? |
| 24 | ‘ We are committed to retaining the nuclear option for the future , provided the industry can demonstrate that nuclear generation is economic and provided it can meet rigorous standards of safety and environmental protection . ’ |
| 25 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
| 26 | ‘ Of the two , Bradbury Star is probably more likely to give The Fellow a race because he 's certain to get the trip , whereas we just do n't know if Deep Sensation stays , ’ he added . |
| 27 | They would wait until complete darkness , necessarily , longer indeed , and then ride behind Johnstone guides who knew the terrain intimately , not by the main riverside road , which might well be guarded , or at least watched , but by little-used tracks and byways , with Johnstone scouts out ahead , under Lochwood . |
| 28 | If there was a package worked out in advance , why wait until back-bench fury was at its height before saying so ? |
| 29 | In an address to the Arab League summit on May 27 , Hussein referred to " an exchange of letters " between the two countries , which he hoped would lead to " direct and deep dialogue which would result in a comprehensive peace " . |
| 30 | One may doubt whether modern farming has any useful purpose nowadays when everybody is on a diet . |