Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This served two purposes , firstly the importance of the problems was diminished when they were written down ( even the most depressed person could not resist a smile when they wrote down some of their worries — somehow they looked silly on paper ) and , secondly , it enabled them to delete items on the list when the problems were solved , thereby proving that most problems were capable of being solved . |
| 2 | But it is widely expected that further heads will have to roll if the discredited Communist Party is to retrieve the situation . |
| 3 | It was widely reported that armed police had besieged the state-owned Jerada colliery , which had been occupied for 10 days in late December 1988-early January 1989 by 400 miners . |
| 4 | I assure him that there is a common interest across the Floor of the House in seeing that nasty services of that kind are not allowed on the BT network . |
| 5 | ACAS has long recommended that criminal offences outside employment should not be treated as automatic reasons for dismissal . |
| 6 | The reception office should be so organised that all sources of information necessary to answer enquiries are immediately to hand . |
| 7 | We know enough to know that these things are not good for our life support system or for our quality of life , and that our activities have damaging effects on our wildlife . |
| 8 | Mansfield rightly concludes that most Arabs would like to live in a more tolerant society under efficient modern governments . |
| 9 | I regret I am not likely to lose weight in China , as their habit , at least in Peking , is to give us at least twice as much food as we need , and however much we gently suggest that three platefuls rather than six would be sufficient , they still go on just the same . |
| 10 | They merely suggest that younger elements of the ‘ rough ’ working class are ‘ the most central and persistent offenders in the more serious forms of football hooliganism ’ ( Dunning et al. , 1988:213 ) . |
| 11 | At the new Grand Central in New York there was a separate waiting-room for gangs of labourers and immigrants , with its own attendants , so designed that these groups need not encounter other passengers . |
| 12 | The Dallas daily says that General Motors and General Electric have met several times in recent months to examine ways to increase their influence over the likes of IBM Corp , Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc , quoting executives involved in the talks and industry analysts and the pact could create a consortium with a requirement as many as 100,000 desktop personal computers annually . |
| 13 | British Rail has long argued that most passengers travelling to and from King 's Cross will do so by public transport . |
| 14 | Users of financial statements would wrongly assume that such paragraphs are a form of qualification . |
| 15 | I only hope that both teams will restrain themselves and will try to avoid carrying on the so-called ‘ feud ’ . |
| 16 | I only hope that those youngsters who may believe it is cool to take substances like this will take heed of Rachel 's terribly sad case and think again . |
| 17 | Its scarcity contributed to its status as the most universally accepted precious substance , but this only ensured that unceasing efforts were made to reduce scarcity by increasing supplies . |
| 18 | One can only assume that some estates and businesses were sold to his wealthy followers . |
| 19 | But however modest the proposed immediate reform might be , it was rightly seen that large issues of principle were raised by the direction in which society and the political system were moving . |
| 20 | Thus , the very nature of the demands made upon the state by the capitalist system leads to a form of the state that can not necessarily ensure that capitalist interests are furthered . |
| 21 | It so happens that other chemists , supporting more conventional organic ‘ primeval soup ’ theories , have long accepted that clay minerals would have been a help . |
| 22 | If it 's something to do with music reflecting society 's tends rather than being the voice of treason , then can we rightly assume that most bands of the last ten years have been pro-Thatcher ? |
| 23 | If it 's something to do with music reflecting society 's tends rather than being the voice of treason , then can we rightly assume that most bands of the last ten years have been pro-Thatcher ? |
| 24 | However , it is not good enough to assume that physical restrictions to access to college buildings can be removed , in one fell swoop , by the construction of a ramp or the fitting of a handrail . |
| 25 | Although all of this adds up to a fairly persuasive case in favour of certain types of co-operative R&D in certain circumstances , the case is not strong enough to suggest that all types of ventures will have positive ( or even benign ) effects on social welfare . |
| 26 | In fact , the Port of Rotterdam offers you a variety of facilities so complete that other ports can only dream of them . |
| 27 | ( Ayer , 1972 , p. 6 f. , 1980 , pp. 60–63 ) We do none the less believe that certain connections hold between cause and effect . |
| 28 | From this whole picture of ignorance and inactivity , and of continuing dissent even where there was knowledge , we can only conclude that legislative acts were commonly accepted , even by those responsible for them , as expressions of hope or at best long-term intention , rather than as strictly enforceable legislative acts . |
| 29 | Adorno argues that with Beethoven the potential of music is so raised that older assumptions are shattered . |
| 30 | I would very much hope that other parents would not feel that they ought to be doing to the same thing , unless their circumstances were very similar . |