Example sentences of "[verb] [that] in [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I had a most interesting meeting in Scotland with all of our lay delegates there , erm on Friday and some of you within British Gas will know that in Scotland they 've even more problems with the M A P L than any of the other regions because they were operating a different system to start with in the first place .
2 Yeah but she 'll know she 'll know that in fact he 'll be seeing her .
3 In March of the following year her ambassador in Paris publicly apologised and promised that in future she would recognise French claims to precedence .
4 I found that in France it was the practice to buy meat , fruit , vegetables and bread daily ( in the case of bread , at least twice daily ) oneself , rather than rely on deliveries once or twice a week .
5 While this is theoretically conceivable , every writer who has recently examined the problem has considered that in nature it must be a very rare event and certainly not a common factor in the evolution of animal traits .
6 In Technograph Printed Circuits Ltd. v Mills & Rockley ( Electronics ) Ltd. [ 1969 ] , a case involving a patent for a method of making printed circuits , Harman J. said : It was objected that in fact it was not until ten years after the invention was published that it was commercially adopted … and it was argued from this that it was not a case of filling a long felt want .
7 I realized that in fact she was absolutely determined on going , she had n't the imagination to act out this sort of scene to punish me , nor , to be fair , would she ever have been so spiteful if she had .
8 Even though we may think that in Britain we have had more than our share of industrial decay and change , the catalogue of proud names that were in the vanguard of German or American industrial might at the turn of the last century is very different from the list of those who are in front today .
9 Gay , do you think that in time we shall forget our old selves , and the things we used to do ? ’
10 Erm people tend to relate back er and think that in theory it 's a nice welfare thing , and it 's nice for the community , and they do sterling work , do n't get me wrong , because I think they are a vital part of a community but , how much of a deterrent they are er , we are , we are unable to measure .
11 Those who have been able to overlook its skimpy fur , which gives it a gangling , half-naked appearance , insist that in personality it is a sheer delight , retaining an almost kittenish playfulness even when adult .
12 Although we did very sincerely attempt to treat all four children alike , we soon realised that in fairness we would have to modify that intention .
13 Two years later , at a meeting at the Soviet Ministry of Culture , Ortiz asked that in return he should be allowed to select an exchange exhibition to be shown in the West .
14 I hope that you will give this reply as prominent a place in your paper as you did the original article and we trust that in future you will ring this Company for comment before publishing incorrect material which is misleading and biased .
15 Did you know that upgrades to the EW + WW office software mean that in future it will be possible to print three-dimensional graphics and stereoscopic photographs ?
16 He added that in return I had to help him : I would have to come to his office once a week and report on what was happening in Fontanellato .
17 I hope that in Committee we can make some progress on that front .
18 I hope that in Committee he will listen to the pleas of Members representing Greater London and the south of England because they are dear to my heart and may to some extent be dear to his .
19 But FA spokesman Mike Wilmore said : ‘ We have said that in principle we would n't be in favour , but it would be a brave man who said that would always be the position . ’
20 The argument just offered may gain agreement in principle , but it could be said that in practice it is unworkable .
21 He has promised that in extremity he will send for her , and she will come and be his nurse .
22 It is not possible or necessary to consider this question fully here , but a consideration of the texts of Scaevola shows that in fact he too took account of the scientia of buyers when considering the availability of missio .
23 It was over as soon as it had happened , and as he turned in panic he could see that in reality she was exactly as before … except that she was looking at him now in a way that was more detached , stepping back as if to observe whatever he was going to do next .
24 We have had discussions with British Rail who confirm that in principle they have no objections to such new stations .
25 They were astonished to hear that in Britain it costs more than £3 to go to the cinema ( a Filipino obsession ) , when it costs only 3p in Dapitan , and to learn that teenage girls in Britain could go on a date with their boyfriends without a chaperone ; something disapproved of on Mindanao ) .
26 ‘ I always like to help The Thin Blue Line , ’ I smiled , not adding that in Brixton it was called The Thick , etc .
27 I tell him that a friend who is even now in the Karakoram had been told that in Pakistan it was advisable to double the suggested dose of tablets and then to boil the water for twenty minutes .
28 The Departments of Environment and Transport could have agreed that in principle it was better not to encourage more cars onto the roads by building better motorways .
29 It had been agreed that in effect he was to work as required in any country in which his employers had contracts .
30 Dangerous circumstances as in these two examples are often easier for parents to understand and realize that in fact they do exert effective control at some times .
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