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

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1 We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise .
2 As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences .
3 In fact , the numbers of Punch aficionados make me worry that the same end will come to the comp complex as came to Punch .
4 In other words do they assume that biological or cultural categories are unproblematic ?
5 I have to consider is that evidence correct as far as they are concerned , in other words do they believe that this is what Mr. Winterbone was like ?
6 Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself .
7 She stood defiantly in front of him , shaking her head , trying desperately to find the words to make him realise that she was tired , due for leave , and really felt he should ask someone else .
8 In those circumstances does he think that there is a place for a new organ donor card , which has to be countersigned by next of kin ?
9 It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries .
10 These ideas make me think that creativity and beauty are linked .
11 How in the last twenty six years do you feel that you 've got on with people in general ?
12 ( How many banks do you know that offer such a service , free as well ? ) .
13 Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements .
14 In short , their easy manner and friendly ways made us forget that they were the King and Queen of England .
15 In what ways do you think that daily life was more pleasant in the time before this migration to the towns than it was afterwards ?
16 In what ways do you find that the Bible can help you in your everyday life — what is its ‘ authority ’ for you ?
17 But enquiries from two missionary friends already recruited as Kachin advisers made me realise that there would be little opportunity to influence policy and relationships .
18 While the councillors felt it appropriate that the Church Hall should be put to some use they objected to the proposal for a function room and made the following points :
19 Not until I was out in the open countryside again , reassured by the songs of the birds and the murmur of streams did I feel that I had emerged from a dream and rejoined the familiar twentieth century .
20 No amount of reflection on first principles will stop a Christian from assuming that the morality demanded of women , which in Islam he judges to be imposed by the physically stronger sex in its own interests , is in his own religion true to the equality of the sexes before God ; not until women become conscious of and vocal about their own interests does he appreciate that the difference from Islam has from the very first been only one of degree .
21 So , what forms did we say that Elizabeth was collecting ?
22 Erm what , what contracts do I know that are still being er there 's a major project erm when does that finish ?
23 In the quiet of his own skull he called it manly , but he would never have used such a word to her , not only because she was privately decorous but also because the way she talked about her children made him sense that she dreaded being thought lesbian .
24 You have to be straight and up front with children to let them know that it is OK for them to use their own words and explain their concerns in their won way , ’ says Brown .
25 Only when she checked with directory enquiries did she learn that the receiver was off the hook .
26 Only when he stooped and some lire changed hands did she realise that he must be intending to walk back .
27 Fascinated , she watched as this object rose towards her , and only after several seconds did she realize that it was a screeching flight of birds , whirling on the updraught towards the freedom of the skies .
28 By what criteria do we judge that our conditioning in this century accords with the Divine will but that in the earlier generations does not ? ’
29 But as I say what do you feel as as students do you feel that you have the facilities here that could be improved on or or
30 Unfortunately , there are other reasons to make us believe that there are alternate universes .
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