Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , it is not general practice to confirm or deny that nuclear tests are about to take place . |
| 2 | The behaviourist theory of knowledge says that for someone , S , to know or believe that some proposition p is true is for S to be disposed to behave in some way which is supposed to be appropriate to the world 's being as p says . |
| 3 | The declaration , with its renewed emphasis on the importance of unity and on the obstacles to it , reads like the triumph of hope over experience : ‘ We urge our clergy and faithful not to neglect or undervalue that certain yet imperfect communion we already share . |
| 4 | However , Dr Robert Runcie , the then Archbishop of Canterbury , claimed in the House of Lords ( 2 February , 1987 ) that ‘ there is no automatic trickling down process that ensures that increased wealth will benefit the poor . ’ |
| 5 | Now the Presbyterian Church as the Church of Scotland enjoys a unique place in Scottish life and its structures it has a privileged place but I would suggest to you it has also therefore a number of responsibilities and one , I would suggest in this case , is to try and ensure that these local regional teams are in place . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're going to try and get that other door open , ’ she told me . |
| 7 | It must recognise and rejoice that many of its clergy and thousands of its members are Christians first and Anglicans second . |
| 8 | African women see no point in being integrated into Western-influenced developments in which they have no say and see that strong social movements with social cohesion between men and women interested in equality and re-distribution of wealth are required . |
| 9 | On 9 February 1986 Premier Moussavi was reported as saying that Saudi and Kuwaiti exports were the main factors in the collapse of prices . |
| 10 | After his meeting with Jorge Mas Canosa , leader of the Miami-based Cuban-American National Foundation ( CANF ) , in late December [ see p. 38669 ] , the Russian Foreign Minister , Andrei Kozyrev was reported as saying that all aid to Cuba would be halted . |
| 11 | The NCC 's regional officer , Dr Martin George , was also reported as saying that 95 per cent of the Broads were affected by nitrate and phosphate pollution from fertilisers and sewage . |
| 12 | On March 31 , Sierra Leonean commanders were reported as saying that 2,150 men of the 3,000-strong national army had occupied part of Lofa County in Liberia . |
| 13 | We hope and believe that this , the second of six local offices will prove successful in providing the service that city council tenants want and deserve . |
| 14 | Yes we could do so it would be a matter of judgement for the er er for the Home Secretary how far to take it and he would have to balance the likelihood of er other countries all ratifying and the inconvenience to those taking part in the election here er if er there is some uncertainty to the end and maybe having to revert to the current constituencies , er I hope and expect that these matters will be settled in the next few weeks . |
| 15 | ‘ We hope and pray that young men will take very seriously the police campaign with the media for an end to the knife-carrying cult . |
| 16 | The way in which our hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) has conducted himself has been a model for all of us to follow , though we hope and pray that most of us will not have to undergo that sort of ordeal . |
| 17 | This account provoked an immediate riposte from Postman ( 1955 ) , who objected that no mechanism had been specified to explain the process by which differentiation occurs and argued that associative processes constituted a possibility . |
| 18 | Any criteria for defining ‘ privileged information ’ , or what the ‘ dangers ’ are in revealing such matters as dispositions ( of manpower ) are so vaguely incorporated as to ensure that few will risk submitting an essay without approval , which might later be assessed as an ‘ improper disclosure ’ . |
| 19 | The Shah agreed and said that this was his great goal . |
| 20 | Push and stretch that upper arm just a little further and hold for 1 second . |
| 21 | Both of them take the present sexual division of labour as given and understand that this has important implications for women in their search for an income . |
| 22 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
| 23 | They saw it as a betrayal of their promise that by making a full confession Blake would be more leniently treated and felt that such a heavy sentence would deter any future traitors from confessing . |
| 24 | She shows that to assume that all those aged 16 — 64 are economically active is a gross assumption unsupported by the available data . |
| 25 | He was in a beautifully cut suit that moulded that fine physique and made her blush with wanting . |
| 26 | In response to Hashemi 's testimony the government of Iran issued a statement which neither confirmed nor denied that such a meeting had occurred : " The nature of the current controversies in the USA is absolutely domestic and the Islamic Republic of Iran sees no benefit to involve itself in this matter . " |
| 27 | But when Alice said , ‘ Fräulein , repeat after me : ‘ We do n't need a baby here … ’ she had smiled and nodded that great head , floppy on its neck even with her stiff collar . |
| 28 | Greg son ( 1987 : 5 ) identifies eight separate ways in which the term has been used but considers that these fall into three broad categories , the first concerned with ‘ the scale at which certain social and economic processes operate and the way in which the local , in the form of particular places , might relate to this ’ . |
| 29 | Rather than declining offers out of hand it may be appropriate to decline offers as they stand but to suggest that potential purchasers may wish to reconsider their offers ( or perhaps certain aspects of their offers ) in the light of further information . |
| 30 | This proposal has become known as " Saint-Venant 's principle " , often interpreted as implying that local eccentricities of stress are not felt in distances greater than the largest linear dimension of the area over which the forces are distributed . |