Example sentences of "[verb] that [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To inform that doddering old fool that I was pregnant ! ’ she snapped . |
| 2 | But most research studies suggest that sharing practical support is more characteristic of women . |
| 3 | Without realizing it he had let me know that using French words , however few and halting , has a bewitching effect upon everything in London , animate and inanimate alike . |
| 4 | This approach to psychogeriatric service provision is enthusiastically endorsed by its supporters , but others have expressed misgivings — for example , one survey has reported that referring general practitioners were suspicious of initial psychogeriatric assessments by non-medical disciplines . |
| 5 | Additionally , it has been reported that circulating PYY concentrations are raised in patients with malabsorption and it was possible that high colonic fatty acid concentrations may be responsible for this exaggerated PYY release . |
| 6 | Against this , some studies in the United States , where formal study of " civics " is more extensive than in Britain , found that taking such courses had little impact on political knowledge and attitudes . |
| 7 | And instead of finding it miserable and increasing the fear , we found that taking vigorous action to make the best of what we had made us feel proud . |
| 8 | Always a determined character , he gave up alcohol and smoking the day he pulled on his running shoes , and he quickly found that running long distances was his forte , and that it provided a challenge to fit his temperament . |
| 9 | They soon found that running Easy FM was n't as easy as it sounded . |
| 10 | Last week , Col. Digby was re-elected chairman of the EHIPA and reported that following last year 's district council elections the Independents now held the balance . |
| 11 | Freud himself did n't think that dreaming preserved sanity — on the contrary , as we shall see in the next chapter , the Freudian view was that the function of dreaming was to allow sleep to continue uninterrupted , despite a number of unacceptable ideas being expressed . |
| 12 | One might therefore think that opening another slit would just increase the number of electrons hitting each point of the screen , but , because of interference , it actually decreases it in some places . |
| 13 | Do you think that your discovery is enhanced , if the new knowledge can be used for good of mankind , or do you think that acquiring new knowledge is just enough on it 's own . |
| 14 | In the light of these concerns , and the dismal outlook of many , it is perhaps unsurprising that only 28 per cent agreed that helping older people to live as long as possible should be a priority issue . |
| 15 | The other participants from Japan acknowledged that the country 's CATV regulations make it difficult to obtain public access , but agreed that awakening public interest through seminars and publications is an important first step . |
| 16 | Thus , from a letter of 1867 : " most philologists lack that elevating total view of antiquity , because they stand too close to the picture and investigate a patch of paint , instead of gazing at the big , bold brushstrokes of the whole painting and — what 's more — enjoying them … " ; and " … our whole mode of working is quite horrible . |
| 17 | He ca n't do very much short-term about the federal deficit , although he 's sharp enough to see that borrowing short-term cuts interest costs . |
| 18 | The government still insists that allowing Turkish air bases ‘ a more comprehensive role ’ is a far cry from the dispatch of Turkish armoured columns over the border . |
| 19 | Opponents argued that teaching other languages , especially those spoken at home , would impede the ability of children to speak and write English . |
| 20 | It might even be conceded that borrowing long-term loans from a long-term bank has advantages — and that discussing choices over wages and public spending in a national forum makes sense . |
| 21 | Jaguar have shown that the very top end of the car market more than buoyant they hope the extra prestige the XJ220 will bring will ensure that following troubled times 1992 will be the year of the cat . |
| 22 | It is useful for those of us who worry that hearing other opinions and listening to other people may weaken our case , or make it difficult for us to concentrate on our own determined agenda . |
| 23 | The Council also says that taking legal action should be possible without having to send a solicitor 's letter first , as seems to be general practice at the moment . |
| 24 | David Mills , the erstwhile head of the Hazardous Chemical wing of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) — and well known for his criticisms of the lack of effective policing of what he defends as largely sound rules — says that placing high-temperature incinerators in some sort of hierarchy of risks is ‘ a terribly subjective business . ’ |
| 25 | He says that illustrating this book was ‘ one of the happiest times of my life . ’ |
| 26 | Investigations show that replacing arable land with woodland would probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected , since natural forest processes themselves release nitrate into the ground . |
| 27 | The results in Table 3 show that shadowing verbal material causes greater reduction in right field advantage with the verbal than the spatial tasks . |
| 28 | New studies show that targetting normal genes using viral and other systems to enter cells ( from marrow , the lung and gut , liver and skin ) may be easier than at first thought , and that DNA will function more or less normally once it gets into the cell . |
| 29 | It may appear that putting this strategy into practice will take more time than the conventional practice of writing words in the children 's own spelling books . |
| 30 | We hope that sharing this experience will encourage others to strengthen the bond with parents and to establish a working relationship which deepens mutual respect and understanding of each other 's worlds . ’ |