Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps more significantly I was to find out that many Heads and teachers alike believed in the importance of creative experience for children , and so the way schools had developed was genuine , well founded and not a half-baked ill-digested educational " gimmick " . |
| 2 | It took two days to find out that neither man was going to admit to anything . |
| 3 | If they are fortunate to have enough money , where are they to find out that that helpline exists and obtain the numbers ? |
| 4 | Tutilo came down that same path and found the dead man . |
| 5 | It 's the biggest con that Poll Tax thing go er the amount going down that this lot have pulled on us and everybody 's fell for it hook , line and sinker |
| 6 | It 's only because he wants to prevent the bomb going off that this belief of his makes him shoot . |
| 7 | You need to know everything about the way she buys , the way she sells , the way she checks up that that girl who works for her has n't got her fingers in the till — everything about the way she runs that business . |
| 8 | At the extreme , if it turned out that one opinion was in a minority in every group or constituency mandating its one representative , then the gathering of representatives would be unanimous in its support for the other opinion , while the minority opinion would be entirely unrepresented , even though , in principle , it could be held by 49 per cent of those taking part in the mandating process . |
| 9 | In the course of our investigation it turned out that this character had been lying low , wanted by Bristol CID on fraud charges . ’ |
| 10 | It turned out that several people in the department were moving . |
| 11 | It is not enough only to point out that female choice might favour a bizarre male trait ; if the trait is deleterious , one must also explain why the female preference is not then selected against , for the females will produce sons with the bizarre trait . |
| 12 | Erm now it , it 's interesting to point out that female choice and of course one of the best examples of that is birds where the female chooses not , you saw it on the film , but this is just a reminder . |
| 13 | With regard to the transfer of title in stolen art work , I would like to point out that Swiss law can not , in comparison with the majority of European legal systems , be considered especially to favour illegal transactions . |
| 14 | As this meeting is in camera it is allowable at this stage to point out that certain elements in this family , being of — er — immigrant origin , ah , have a totally different conception of the role of a daughter in a family and of parental rights , and while doing all they could to respect the traditions of minority ethnic groups , and in particular the rather dominant role of the father in such societies , in the last resort it was with the protection of a minor that the Council was concerned according to the law of this country . |
| 15 | Salerooms are at pains to point out that such paintings are now fetching as high or higher prices than ever . |
| 16 | But of course it is not enough to point out that such claims can be made implicitly . |
| 17 | That is not to say that someone who is using word processing or a similar application will not be able to make the best of a desktop publishing package but rather to point out that new skills will need to be learned , new concepts understood . |
| 18 | However , while cultural and religious conflict was far from uncommon , it is important to point out that many village communities of England managed to avoid the damaging conflicts which existed at Terling and elsewhere . |
| 19 | We would like to point out that many people at the centre told us that the attitudes we had encountered were less prevalent now than they had been in the past , and would continue to diminish . |
| 20 | Lord Reid went on to point out that this case was not of the type which would usually have been described as in restraint of trade ; there was for example no provision which prevented the plaintiff from working once the contract had run its course . |
| 21 | Obin is quick to point out that this approach is simply a good starting position for the Cobol community , which can easily accept that an existing program is an object . |
| 22 | I realize that this was done without any intention of hurting anyone , but maybe it would be good to point out that this term can and does offend . |
| 23 | Larrain is careful to point out that this analysis is his interpretation of Marx 's use of particular concepts and that the relations between concepts is not thoroughly analysed by Marx ( Larrain 1979 : 55–67 ) . |
| 24 | A LETTER reproves me for singling out rotten spelling in other places , notably The Guardian , and goes on to point out that this magazine is not immune . |
| 25 | It is useless for me to point out that scientific curiosity by itself is as irresponsible as the curiosity of a child . |
| 26 | Isabelle Jan surmised that the lack of ‘ the essential emotional outlet of erotic passion ’ in children 's literature led to ‘ more or less disguised and distorted substitutes for adult love ’ but goes on to point out that passionate feeling can be , and is , expressed strongly in family relationships . |
| 27 | We have already discussed these fully in the previous pages , and it remains only for us to point out that contrapuntal forms must be used with an-overall formal design in mind . |
| 28 | She then went on to point out that several pieces of silver had been laid out for the dining room which bore clear remains of polish . |
| 29 | But the Tomlinson report is anxious to point out that piecemeal bed closures and efficiency savings will not meet the scale of the reduction in capacity envisaged . |
| 30 | ‘ We would like to point out that these residents are also living beside a busy dual carriageway and a railway line . ’ |