Example sentences of "[conj] that [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not my intention to argue that villagers confused the two institutions , or that they thought magistrates and demons to be similar types of beings . |
| 2 | ‘ even if Mr. Shephard had exercised some dominating influence over her , there is no evidence to show that the bank knew that he would or might bring such influence to bear , or that they used Mr. Shephard in order that he should exert pressure on his wife … |
| 3 | We might believe we are helpless in the arms of fate/God/luck , or that we have control of our own destiny . |
| 4 | It has to be controlled , but Yves never actually said that violence was part of our game , or that he condoned violence ’ , said Simon . |
| 5 | We could challenge a man who asserted that Cortés , even without his armour , was immune to spears and arrows , that he rode a horse through sea or sky , or that he used weapons which in reality were not invented until two centuries later . |
| 6 | Thus to the question ‘ Why do you feel affection for your children ? ’ or ‘ Why are you inclined to assist animals ( or fellow citizens ) in pain ? ’ , it would sound lame and otiose to reply that it is because your children are kind and decent , or that you assist others in the hope that they will assist you , or that you do both to contribute to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of creatures . |
| 7 | Empirical statements concerning spatial and/or temporal order e.g. that x is to the left of y , or above y , or that it precedes yin a time series , etc. — do not involve attribution of certain purely intrinsic properties to x or toy , i.e. properties that might be described as part of their essential description ( qua self-subsistent ontological entities ) . |
| 8 | The decreased healing rate associated with excess dietary intake , assessed after ulcer healing , may inducate that food alleviates ulcer symptoms or that it slows healing by stimulating acid secretion . |
| 9 | But an employer can legally sack you or your partner if he can prove it is disruptive of other work relationships , it could harm business or that it affects job performance . |
| 10 | Except that we preferred Starr Hills … |
| 11 | The ancient winged insects — cockroaches , cicadas , crickets and dragonflies — also grow in a similar way , their early forms closely resembling the adults except that they lack wings . |
| 12 | The command which will stop a LIFESPAN Process is exactly the same as the startup command , except that you use LSSTOP rather than LSSTRT . |
| 13 | From the same console , log in to the other two servers and follow exactly the same procedures , except that you type login rbg-2/supervisor and login rbg/supervisor , using the other passwords supplied . |
| 14 | Except that he ate venison and roast lamb , and drank milk laced with honey , or hot mead fragrant with herbs . |
| 15 | The 3-Colour pattern option operates in much the same way except that it knits colour one , colour two , colour three and colour four before moving on to the next pattern line . |
| 16 | Well , he did n't mind that except that it wasted time , time he could have used making his trap . |
| 17 | All this was by the way , however , except that it lent background and depth to the smile he gave Howard as he shook hands . |
| 18 | Constant purchasing power ( CPP ) accounting uses nearly all the same conventions and standards as historical cost ( HC ) accounting , except that it measures profit or loss not in terms of money but against a yardstick of maintaining purchasing power capital . |
| 19 | Playing with these groups does not lead toward our solution except that it develops familiarity with the cube and with the notation . |
| 20 | I could n't see the logic of this except that it protected Thatcher from any hint of ‘ doing deals with terrorists ’ . |
| 21 | Who the rise was due to I do n't know except that I think David probably would n't have had the idea to have opened such wonderful offices and created such a great mystique about it which MainMan had . |
| 22 | They would rather that you paid interest on your overdraft than that they paid interest on theirs . |
| 23 | However , if the future purchaser were willing to buy shares , it would be preferable that he buy shares in Newco from management ( with Newco having acquired the business from Target ) than that he buys Target from Newco , because the additional tax cost to management is then avoided ( as illustrated in 5.2.2 above ) . |
| 24 | How lucky for us that on that particular day we did not instead to the Taï market , or stay in bed because of malaria , and that we followed Ricci rather than Brutus , Héra , or any one of the others . |
| 25 | It is undeniable that a novel , as a text , consists entirely of language , and that we gain access to the fictional world only through language . |
| 26 | On the assumption that he does , and that we reach agreement , would you be ready to handle the sale ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It seems to me , Mistress Hussey , that we should hear you further on this matter , and that we have need of more certain information than is available here . |
| 28 | Erm by insuring that direct line , and that we have training facilities here which are part of the social contract , and that we have er investment , through regional investment , in this particular area , then we can create jobs that suit the skills that we 've er made available to the general population , and that we got through that rail link a direct line access to all the markets within Europe , which is going to expand , er not withstanding my objections , from the twelve to the sixteen and right the way through to Russia . |
| 29 | Frederick did not care to see that these ambitions could only be satisfied at Poland 's expense and that they threatened Poland 's existence . |
| 30 | The ANC said that the Commission 's revelations confirmed that the state had conducted a " vicious campaign of misinformation and propaganda " against the organization since its unbanning in February 1990 , and that they added weight to the widely held belief in the existence of a " third force " of agents provocateurs linked to the SADF which was engendering township violence . |