Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't they know that millions of people are starving in Africa ? |
| 2 | Did n't he know that millions of women worked ? |
| 3 | My right hon. Friend may know that one of my constituents , Bruce Harris , is in charge of the mission called Casa Alianza . |
| 4 | Do you know that two-thirds of obstetricians in the States have been sued at least once in their lives ? |
| 5 | Does he know that thousands of construction workers in Wales are out of work , yet Shelter Cymru tells us that 63,000 families in the Principality have experienced homelessness in the past year ? |
| 6 | You would think that one of us might scurry around for a new word instead of accepting linguistic hand-me-downs . |
| 7 | Also , ’ said Fribble , glancing to the velvet couch beneath the forest window , ‘ also I do think that one of us ought to stay with Fergus . ’ |
| 8 | I would think that 30 to 40 per cent of my time is spent on what I 've been trained for . |
| 9 | Does he agree that perhaps the most significant development in regard to foreign policy was the clear and unambiguous agreement to widen the Community to embrace the emergent democracies in eastern Europe , and will he make that one of the key aims of the British presidency under the next Conservative Government ? |
| 10 | We should , however , recollect that one of the reasons for the strength of the City of London is that it has consistently followed a very open policy , which is not always followed on the continent and elsewhere . |
| 11 | The themes of quantitative methods , of chronology , of processes and of human activity as reviewed in the last four chapters all have amongst their adherents some who would claim that one of these four was the dominant paradigm for physical geographers . |
| 12 | But those who hate the nostalgia of the elderly should remember that one of the reasons why they want to talk so much about the past may be that , for them , the present is unbearable , and the future unthinkable . |
| 13 | The strangers ' faces were barely visible , but from ground level ( where I was leaning out of the tent ) I could see that three of them were wearing football boots . |
| 14 | You will understand that one of the most important things to a bank in determining its loan policy is the continuity of management in a firm . |
| 15 | Might I suggest that one of the empty commercial properties in Woodbridge might be well suited to such a venture ? |
| 16 | Sometimes , after I 'd given them back their money , the customer would open the palm of their hand and I would discover that one of the coins I had passed over had suddenly disappeared so I ended up having to give them even more bees and honey . |
| 17 | I Admittedly if we stay in the rural districts of England in 1700 we will discover that forty to fifty years is not unrealistic , but old age is rare . |
| 18 | Meanwhile we should note that one of the important discoveries of zoologists in recent times , one that has tended to blunt warm and cold-blooded distinctions , is the fact that very large creatures , whether animals or reptiles , show much fewer temperature differentials , especially at weights greater than 100 kg . |
| 19 | In the present context , however , we need only note that one of a chief 's most important traditional roles is his judgment in cases of witchcraft accusations brought before him . |
| 20 | We can note that one of the speaker-presuppositions in asking ( 3a ) is that car A turned right . |
| 21 | Does my hon. Friend agree that any proposal to abolish the upper limit on national insurance contributions would mean that millions of people who could never remotely be regarded as rich would pay a great deal more in contributions and get nothing extra in benefits ? |
| 22 | The scrapping of the Wage Councils will mean that millions of working people will be open to exploitation by unscrupulous employers . |
| 23 | The removal of this will mean that thousands of residents will be unable to obtain the legal assistance in matters like arranging family visits or to look into their own circumstances . |
| 24 | Do n't these people realise that dozens of reviewers are likely to spend several hours gazing blankly at the album sleeve as they try to come up with some natty simile to describe the musical contents therein ? |
| 25 | Since almost all of the original powerful magic within this armour has been drained , you can use the Animated Armour profile for this , save that one of the attacks is actually from a Chaos sword gripped in one gauntlet . |
| 26 | He did n't notice that one of them was a glass eye . |
| 27 | The reader will recall that one of the author 's main aims in this chapter is to encourage a critical attitude on the part of the reader to statements made in this book . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman might recall that one of our successes has been to bring down average list sizes markedly since Labour was in power . |
| 29 | Does he agree that one of the most useful ways in which we can give them know-how is to tell them how we managed , in the light of the Maastricht agreement , to reject the principle of monetary union ? |
| 30 | Does the Minister agree that one of the most positive actions that the Government could take would be to encourage the republics of the former Soviet Union to cut arms expenditure ? |