Example sentences of "[verb] that a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a period of time , silence on the part of a third party ( the most likely response ) could estop it from denying that a novation had occurred . |
| 2 | These authorities suggest that a promise to pay money , or to do any other act , in a certain event but without any express or implied request to the promisee to bring about , or to promise to bring about , that event , is made without consideration . |
| 3 | Less controversially , it soon becomes apparent to personnel involved in course and presenter evaluation that student respondents rarely assign very poor ratings , or make extremely negative comments , even when other indicators such as colleague judgement suggest that a course has been presented particularly poorly . |
| 4 | Once you have done so , the word ‘ play ’ flashes in the display to let you know that a parameter has been changed . |
| 5 | He said last night : ‘ I did not know that a policewoman had been stabbed but something serious had obviously happened . |
| 6 | Oh , and did you know that a stranger has arrived to see you ? ’ |
| 7 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 8 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 9 | How can we know that a pupil derives satisfaction from ( in this case ) the learning tasks in which he/she is engaged ? |
| 10 | Firstly , many crimes do not have victims , and only the offender(s) will know that a crime has been committed — for example , illegal drug use and supply , soliciting by prostitutes or illegal abortion ( here we are talking about victims in the conventional sense of a separate and visible victim , although it could be argued that the user of illegal drugs is a victim him or herself , or that the unborn foetus is a victim in the case of illegal abortion ) . |
| 11 | But you can at least monitor their response on the graphic , via the LEDs , but there 's nothing to let you know that a program has been properly saved with the ‘ save ’ button . |
| 12 | Even if one does know that a compound exists there is no guarantee that the lexical information will be available . |
| 13 | LORD SCARMAN : Their Lordships do not doubt that a promise to perform , or the performance of , a pre-existing contractual obligation to a third party can be valid consideration . |
| 14 | When John Logie Baird was born I do not doubt that a star stood over the little saviour 's cradle . |
| 15 | Whatever complications arose in his lordship 's course over subsequent years , I for one will never doubt that a desire to see ‘ justice in this world ’ lay at the heart of all his actions . |
| 16 | Consent of the shareholders by ordinary resolution is required , unless the articles permit the board to sanction payments without shareholder approval , or provide that a resolution passed by more than a simple majority of shareholders must be obtained . |
| 17 | Teachers are reminded that a Rally takes place at East Grinstead on 23rd April . |
| 18 | The practice of the present Auditor is to accept that a Tender lodged one week before a Proof is good in relation to the expenses of the Proof itself . |
| 19 | ‘ First , are we to accept that a man waded through water up to his neck to tie a noose to hang himself ? |
| 20 | But it is one thing for us to know that a person needs God 's conviction and another thing to say so to him . |
| 21 | He stops short of hoping Grobbelaar makes one of his increasingly frequent mistakes tomorrow , but Knight is professional enough to know that a team has to take advantage of any breaks that come their way . |
| 22 | It might reasonably be expected that a child placed in a special class would make more progress after the placement than during a comparable time period before the placement . |
| 23 | On 17 December , its officials woke to radio bulletins announcing that a bill to ban all remaining forms of tobacco advertising had , in the small hours , finally passed through both houses of the federal parliament with the support of all parties . |
| 24 | SIR , — Dr Rose and colleagues ( May 8 , p 1179 ) report that a tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism , 5 to the myelin basic protein ( MBP ) gene , is not genetically linked with familial multiple sclerosis ( MS ) . |
| 25 | It claims that the normal way to establish that a person has authority over another person involves showing that the alleged subject is likely better to comply with reasons which apply to him ( other than the alleged authoritative directives ) if he accepts the directives of the alleged authority as authoritatively binding and tries to follow them , rather than by trying to follow the reasons which apply to him directly . |
| 26 | To establish that a vehicle has been stolen the Police must have a record of its reg no . |
| 27 | The area of suggested centuriation lies well to the north of the town on Cliffe Marshes , and Nightingale even claimed that a plot measuring 2 by I actus ( =1 iugerum ) , which features on the 1840 tithe map and is still in the possession of a single owner , was a survivor of the Roman survey . |
| 28 | His killer , a 16-year-old hired assassin who was wounded and captured , later claimed that a stranger had provided him with a submachine gun and directed him to kill the UP leader . |
| 29 | He would prefer us to be in the position of the person who learns to trust that a friend has posted a letter , and who does not go out to be certain that the letter has found its destination , a search that in fact would portray not faith , but a lack of faith . |
| 30 | The cost of checking that a loss has been reported to the Police , Hotel or Courier and the time taken to do so must affect the decision to carry out an investigation . |