Example sentences of "[verb] that [noun pl] [vb base] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Kendon ( 1967 ) found that speakers do tend to look at listeners more during fluent speech than during hesitant speech .
2 We advertised , in fact , for people who wanted to smoking but could do with a little help , because I really do think that women do need a little help , a bit of support to do this .
3 Realising these advantages assumes that DHAs do have bargaining leverage over providers , that they do have choices and that they are given the freedom to make them .
4 However she sees a great deal of hope in Miranda 's situation ; ‘ You can acknowledge that women do let other women down and still be a feminist .
5 The Gallup/BBC survey shows that Britons do see their future as part of Europe while remaining rightly sceptical about the benefits so far of EC membership .
6 ‘ The fact that no fewer than half the funds invested in small firms in Scotland comes from personal equity shows that Scots do have a flair for enterprise and a willingness to back their own judgment that is essential in every entrepreneur . ’
7 Not all biologists accept that insects do communicate electromagnetically .
8 The well-known American research by Hill ( 1970 ) has demonstrated the interlocking nature of support structures across the three generations , and has shown that grandchildren do feel responsibility to give assistance to their grandparents in this context , although in practice they actually do less than the intervening generation .
9 While some previous studies have shown absence of foci in old , untreated and control rats , others have shown that foci do occur spontaneously with increasing age .
10 YOU can do you part to help this project by making known to class members when and where the course is and PLEASE do hold membership drives in your classes , many of you have had excellent results in the past , although we know that others do find it very difficult to ‘ sell ’ membership , but you can still ‘ whip up ’ some enthusiasm if you try .
11 Instead , great efforts are made to ensure that boys do keep up , through , for example , remedial classes which continue into secondary schooling .
12 However , I should like to repeat that sanctions do exist .
13 Although research indicates that neonates do perceive pain , many healthcare professionals are reluctant to administer analgesics for fear of harmful side-effects .
14 The frequency and volume of business material , not all of which falls into the legal deposit category , means that gaps do exist in the business collection .
15 The pragmatist is more flexible , recognising that exceptions do arise and must be practically catered for .
16 Downs argues that bureaucrats do exhibit personality traits but these may differ .
17 This study demonstrates that females do differentiate between males on the basis of their sexual ornaments .
18 Though it does not deny that subjects do have a duty to God to obey their ruler , it insists that rulers are not absolute , and themselves have duties to their subjects .
19 Evidence from recent empirical research suggests that siblings do provide a source of support in adult life , although this is of less importance between parents and children .
20 Indeed , there is a body of evidence ( Pidgeon 1967 ; Steedman 1980 ) which suggests that girls do achieve more highly in a single-sex environment .
21 I believe , however , that over the past 20 years an important body of evidence has emerged which strongly suggests that schools do make a significant difference both to pupil attainment and pupil behaviour .
22 So far as assistance to grandchildren in adult life is concerned , the American evidence suggests that grandparents do assist financially and that they define this assistance as a gift , unlike financial support between the other two generations which is more likely to be defined as a loan , or as part of an exchange ( Hill , 1970 , pp. 69–70 ) .
23 Some of them hardly bat an eyelid , but explain that quails do migrate over the Sinai peninsula , and that they often settle on the ground in large numbers and can be caught very easily .
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