Example sentences of "[verb] that it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular understandings of subjectivity , psychology 's object , suggest that it escapes rationality . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) If the party tendering the document did what was reasonably sufficient to give the other party notice of the conditions , and if the other party knew that there was writing or printing on the document , but did not know that it contained conditions , then the conditions will become the terms of the contract between them . |
| 3 | Indeed fluidity — of both form and texture is perhaps the chief characteristic of a type of music so free and richly varied that it defies definition . |
| 4 | And he had to spend a good part of the campaign explaining that it meant caution and not complacency . |
| 5 | When chemists vapourised potassium nitrate and trapped it an argon matrix , however , they were surprised to discover that it contained molecules with the chemical formula KNO 3 . |
| 6 | Opponents of the whole idea say that it subsidises drug abuse . |
| 7 | Many people say that it demonstrates Mrs Thatcher 's deplorable indifference to the relative importance of a senior Cabinet colleague and a mere half-cock academic adviser . |
| 8 | I thought for two days that the machine had swallowed it and it was only on the monday morning on the way to the bank that I found that it had miraculousloy reappeared in my wallet again . |
| 9 | Thames exercised the clause by hiring one piece of plant for £40,000 less than the contractor had paid — and found that it eased tensions between them . |
| 10 | The Company can now demonstrate that it has systems in place that enable us to provide a high quality service . |
| 11 | American Airlines made a $215m loss in the fourth quarter of 1990 , while on January 23rd Delta reported that it went $208m into the red during the same period , the biggest quarterly loss in its history . |
| 12 | I think for the time being I I 'd I 'd I 'd I 'd I 'd I think that it makes sense to be fully in control of it , I think that I you know have great faith in Virgin Atlantic , erm I think that it erm it 's got a great future , erm but erm er I do n't think it would be that easy to erm you know to I do n't think we 'd have partners falling over themselves to get into the airline business in in in this recession . |
| 13 | She said that some social workers were uneasy about that , and she agreed that it involved trust , but it was also to avoid abandoning the problem to someone else . |
| 14 | She had even vaguely registered that it sold flowers , but it had never occurred to her to regard it as a serious rival . |
| 15 | If proven that it constitutes Treasure Trove ( i.e. it was buried with the intention of later removal , rather than as part of a funerary burial ) , it is most likely to be retained by the Crown for the British Museum and the finder paid a sum equal to the market value of what is retained . |
| 16 | I once garnered a useful titbit about Indian life from a documentary about the highest balloon flight in the world because I happened to see that it took place in the centre of the Indian sub-continent where the air can be particularly still . |
| 17 | This is not to reject the approach out of hand ; but merely to acknowledge that it has weaknesses . |
| 18 | This may be the extreme consequence of a health service which , although it insists that it puts patients first , often does n't do so at all . |
| 19 | We talked for many weeks , and gradually he genuinely came to see my point of view and to agree that it made sense . |
| 20 | IF HEINZ announced that it uses people to test the taste of its baked beans , who 'd be surprised ? |
| 21 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
| 22 | The East German government on June 27 announced that it favoured Dec. 16 . |
| 23 | The DTA admitted that it received money from the South African government but argued that there was nothing wrong with obtaining money from abroad , just as SWAPO had done . |
| 24 | Everyone agrees that it makes sense and that it is a long-overdue reform . |
| 25 | The need for war , then , was fairly generally accepted , although it was widely recognized that it brought destruction and death . |
| 26 | Philip Urbach was encouraged by a German-sounding word ( ‘ Maybe English was n't so difficult after all ’ ) , without realising that it meant war over Poland . |
| 27 | Blue chips such as British Telecom are realising that it makes sense to ‘ take work to the people to overcome a permanent shortage of software engineers in the South East , says Malcolm Lees at BT 's software centre . |
| 28 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 29 | In a lecture he delivered on the fringe of last year 's Conservative Party conference , Mr Lawson said : ‘ While economic failure will most certainly drive a government out of office , economic success alone will not ensure that it retains office . ’ |
| 30 | If he has decided not to read out the query as it was written , he must ensure that it becomes part of the record . |