Example sentences of "[pron] that [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Mention has been made to the paperwork , I think that it 's worth reminding ourselves that a lot of the paperwork that has been generated , is a direct result of Conservative government introduced legislation , particularly cri criminal justice er , legislation , which requires a considerable amount of paperwork , erm , to be completed by officers , quite often in long , in longhand , and not making use of technology , where in fact they er , a great deal of time and effort could be con , er could be er , saved .
2 But it is perhaps salutary to remind ourselves that the object of the enterprise is to provide every pupil with the best learning experiences .
3 I think it is important to remind ourselves that the objectives of the LTA in introducing the Ratings scheme was to attempt to upgrade the standard of play in this country , to instigate a more competitive attitude and encourage a more professional approach .
4 Now it will be obvious to an incisive mind like yours that the existence of the Counterweight Continent poses a deadly threat to our people here — ’ he paused , looking at Rincewind 's open mouth .
5 erm and there was nothing that a Member of Parliament could do , this is the trouble I mean it , it with everybody was saying you should of contacted us before it went
6 It 's an age-old problem and nothing that a dab of string lubricant or Vaseline would n't cure .
7 The ‘ revelation ’ to which they witness offers nothing that the development of a rational religious sensibility would not in time be able to discover for itself .
8 It must , indeed , have been clear to everyone that the claims of Canterbury could only be successful if they had the support of the king and the English bishops .
9 Understandably , she fretted at this circumscribed lifestyle , but another episode of somewhat more serious bleeding two weeks ago had convinced everyone that the programme of rest and professional care was not an overcautious one .
10 She added : ‘ The Garda authorities inform me that a quantity of spent ammunition rounds was recovered in the course of the search , and that these are currently undergoing forensic examination .
11 It amazes me that a pair of shoes made in the north of England can cost more in common currency in London than that same pair of shoes shipped 3,000 miles to New York .
12 MH : I remember somebody told me that a member of the public asked that question and was told it could be either five minutes or 40 years !
13 " I 'm not doubting you , but the thought struck me that a gathering of this type might attract some unwarranted attention , and perhaps encourage unwanted visitors . "
14 in in my course of work , I have three grown up sons and I think an awful lot of what we 're talking about is in your own attitude to men , and generally the most difficult men to deal with , I find , are men who for whatever reason , are actually inadequate , a little bit sensitive to women being competent I I have no difficulty at all in dealing with that , but I I 'm aware that it seems significant to me that a lot of the younger women here are much more shall we say , sensitive to erm , what I perceive as being basically male chauvinism .
15 He tells me that a girlfriend of his was fishing , with her mother , from a rowing boat in the fjord near Tromsø one day .
16 Seddon also told me that a team of telephone engineers had already started work to improve the service to Foulness .
17 Again , it is unbelievable to an ordinary Rottweiler fanatic like me that a dog of this quality could be bought .
18 It soon became obvious to me that no study of black sportsmen could proceed without a very careful consideration of why blacks fail in other areas , the most important one being school .
19 ‘ Are you telling me that the likes of Rhodes , Parker , Tate , Hirst , Dennett was n't in their different ways fierce ? ’
20 My rose-growing Surrey headmaster ( by now retired ) came to Banbury for a weekend , and as we drove off to the Cotswolds he tried to persuade me that the implication of all this was that secondary schools would no longer be a worthwhile place for teachers with academic interests : all the good work would hereafter be done within an inflated system of higher education .
21 We have the possibilities of a postmodern , post-nationalist way of relating , but it seems to me that the prerequisite of that in these islands is the end of the United Kingdom as we have known it .
22 While their criticism of reductionism is just and their emphasis on ‘ downward ’ causation ( mind influencing matter ) timely , it seems to me that the problem of ‘ interactionism ’ largely disappears when the systemic position of information processing in the life of a subjectively aware organism is understood .
23 My local authority informs me that the proportion of the population will be 12 per cent .
24 So it seems to me that the existence of death , the fact that organisms do n't live forever , and they certainly are not perfected in terms of personal fitness or survivability , because they get diseases and they die suggests to me that our modern insight into evolution acting on individual genes is , is correct .
25 She told me that the trial of the young man was to take place the following month and that she was , of course , the only witness .
26 It seems to me that the advantages of this interpretation of the legislation are twofold .
27 In the first place , it seems to me that the switching of price labels on the article is in itself an assumption of one of the rights of the owner , whether or not it is accompanied by some other act such as removing the article from the shelf and placing it in a basket or trolley .
28 Frank had accused me before of ‘ messing up ’ the relay , and had told me that the rest of the team were of the same opinion .
29 It was n't just Sunil who had convinced me that the rest of the week would be better spent out of town .
30 All seems to me and I could quote other other references from P P Gs as well to support the point , seems to me that the thrust of government guidance is balance .
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