Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that , in translation , grammar often has the effect of a straitjacket , forcing the translator along a certain course which may or may not follow that of the source text as closely as the translator would like it to . |
| 2 | He illustrated different ways in which reading , for example , could be taught , and how some children may not be ‘ mature ’ enough to cope with a ‘ look and say ’ approach , or may not develop that way . |
| 3 | If the parents say your wife should do this or should not do that , the boy listens to his parents . |
| 4 | Do we get to the stage where you know you look at the word empowerment , do you change the , the use of the word empowerment because people are saying you know well that 's jargon and all that does n't work any more or ca n't do that any more . |
| 5 | Warm stuffiness , overlaid with eucalyptus , the stabbing odour of disinfectant that could n't mask that other smell that was Antoinette dying . |
| 6 | What choice do you give the patients that ca n't use that ward that you 've closed down ? |
| 7 | So if you were serious about promoting social housing over time what you would be working for is not a stop go economy in housing , not a stopped go regime in terms of halas housing finance , but a stable , a long term commitment towards er er a financial regime that will actually bring that housing through and that is something you have not done . |
| 8 | A company qualifies as a small company for the purposes of filing abbreviated accounts if , ( a ) following s 246(4) neither the company , nor any company in the group of which it is a member , is : a public company or a body corporate ( not being a company ) that has power under its constitution to offer its shares or debentures to the public and may lawfully exercise that power ; a bank ; an insurance company ; or an authorised person under the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 9 | The shop was dimly lit and cluttered but he found his way to the front door which was bolted ; Alfred had not left and could not return that way . |
| 10 | I actually advised him at the meeting that he should not and could n't take that motion , and I was by Alderman in that situation , but he still deemed to go ahead and that 's p his prerogative . |
| 11 | ‘ Then they saw her marks and could n't believe that , either ! ’ |
| 12 | The loss of just a handful of Democratic seats could create an effective Republican majority on specific issues , and could even put that chamber under Republican control . |
| 13 | He would be steady and sensible and considerate and would not have that rovin' gleam in his eye . |
| 14 | In the wild it would have one set of sounds for the mother-offspring relationship and would then replace that with another set for adult life . |
| 15 | Er er I d I do n't think that we as a panel are necessarily going to ever and and and it may not be our role in fact to do so , to come to a judgement on it , but I would have thought as a matter of common sense , and common agreement , that there should be some er way in which the various parties would come together on the basic demographic statistics and would certainly accept that certain basic projections should be used i in looking forward . |
| 16 | If you 're away on holiday and ca n't do that getting a neighbour to do it for you , to look after your house , shut the curtains at night and opening them during the day . |
| 17 | In a novel , you go up byways and ca n't keep that single mood . |
| 18 | Cos ca n't use that doing that , well you can use a a ruler but it 's not very easy . |
| 19 | As we are all aware , they have cut the grant available to safety representatives training , sorry , for safety representatives ' training and will completely eliminate that grant by nineteen ninety five and to top it all they have just announced that a review of all health and safety legislation will be completed by April next year the objective of this review is to reduce the so-called burdens health and safety legislation puts on employers . |
| 20 | Brian , he strikes me as being a guy that that will look will do things and will probably get that yard in a good state . |
| 21 | While the unweaned child must remain preoccupied by the absence of the breast and his hunger for it , the successfully weaned individual is free to turn his attention to other means of satisfying his hunter , and will probably find that , as in the instructive case of agriculture , a judicious control of his appetite results in the long run in a lessened likelihood of hunger . |
| 22 | Now making these points to and then to go backwards still about what we 've been talking about and that is it 's the same with the opera and what you were saying about Harry Enfield and everything else , that you can an and Billy Connolly , you can bring certain groups of people into areas where they would n't previously have been , but you will not necessarily take them on the next leaf so for example , this is all gon na sound snobby and I 'm sorry but you know I mean a lot of people like Gilbert and Sullivan for example , but will not move on to Bizet or whatever it is and will never do that and I mean I have a problem with that I mean it , to me it 's not we 're not it 's just reality , but we have to understand that I mean we have to understand that in the context of sponsorship |
| 23 | And wo n't have that . |
| 24 | The people of my constituency are appalled that Monmouth borough council has millions of pounds tied up from the sale of council houses and can not use that money for housing . |
| 25 | On the other hand , ‘ empiricism ’ can be an extreme viewpoint which denies the possibility of theorizing and can even hold that theory is undesirable . |
| 26 | JEREMY Healy was the genius responsible for the pop classic John Wayne Is Big Leggy , but let's not hold that against him . |
| 27 | We do need closer links , not only with the T & G but also with other unions , but let's not forget that other unions are organizing to build up their membership at the expense of the G M B. We need to make up our minds do we want an amalgamation or not . |
| 28 | ‘ I was thinking about what you were saying , ’ I told her , while memories of Nour flooded my being so that I felt I could n't bear it but must instantly take that gleaming knife and open my body to let him out . |
| 29 | The mysterious disguise hid the identity of the figure , but could not conceal that it only had one arm . |
| 30 | Maxton , in reply , foresaw the formation of a new working-class party , but would not agree that unification was opportune at the time . |