Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will have suggested topics which will bind the poor as a class together ; topics which will excite them against the rich ; topics the discussion of which in the only form in which that discussion reaches the ear will be to make them think that some new law can make them comfortable … — that Government has at its disposal an inexhaustible fund out of which it can give to those who now want without also creating elsewhere other and greater wants . |
| 2 | My concerns are much more involved with the dangers I perceive that many valued institutions are having to confront within current political climates . |
| 3 | Nor am I suggesting that one thoughtless remark can prompt a neurosis . |
| 4 | ‘ I regret that this whole matter could not have been handled in a more constructive manner . ’ |
| 5 | I deny that any such authority exists . |
| 6 | … American and European societies became increasingly interdependent , by which I mean that complex urban-industrial societies involved individuals in unprecedentedly complex patterns of relations extending beyond personal and community ties to distant bonds no less real because of their obscurity . … |
| 7 | I mean that big red thing , that was n't meant to be ordinary clothes , was it ? ’ |
| 8 | But in any case , the best proof of the pudding is in the eating — by which I mean that any one who has tried to help young poets over the years , whether in Britain or America , knows that Ford 's and the imagists ' precepts about diction are what most of them most need to learn — no novelty , after all , since they can learn the same lessons from the preface to Lyrical Ballads , if they choose to . |
| 9 | I do n't know , well , because I mean that any one of them could of said oh well we were being fired upon first and then they could of er , their colleagues fucking going on |
| 10 | So you can see what I mean that these additional |
| 11 | But Billingsley had clearly known about Hirondelle 's visit to Murder Cay , and I realised that this senior police officer had not come here to enquire into a crime , but to cover it up . |
| 12 | He was still smirking , so I presumed that some juvenile guessing-game was required of me . |
| 13 | Among the audience cited in the introduction are the ‘ environmentally concerned general public , but I fear that this growing band will be lost within the first 20 pages . |
| 14 | I realise that all this is a jumble , and does n't explain why my anorexia started , or how it is easing , but this is the stage I 'm at right now . |
| 15 | I found that ordinary narrow masking tape was the answer . |
| 16 | When I examined the differences between success and failure in change projects or development efforts , I found that one major difference was simply time — staying with it long enough to make it work . |
| 17 | To my surprise , however , I found that that single , simple principle does , in fact , exist . |
| 18 | In my view the transmitter is far better positioned on the ferret 's collar , though I acknowledge that some other people prefer for their own reasons to trail the transmitter on the line some twelve inches behind the ferret . |
| 19 | Rather than give the Secretary of State expert opinions that I do not have , I suggest that all those involved in the political process here , in Northern Ireland , in the Republic of Ireland and everywhere have a bounden responsibility to start proper negotiations to end the nightmare that continued this weekend . |
| 20 | For illustrative purposes , I suggest that two specific groups should be made eligible for these capital grants — those aged twenty , on the threshold of independence , and those at forty-five , the ideal time for career reassessment and a possible fresh start . |
| 21 | Based on the above , which HDTV hype can not alter , I suggest that commercial technical research should concentrate on larger flat screens with superimposed pixels with change of standards but with some attention to the basic defects in the NTSC , Pal and Secam systems which are only mildly irritating . |
| 22 | I suggest that any hon. Member with a constituency problem should get in touch with the Securities and Investments Board , which is taking the lead in this matter and which knows the individual details of specific cases . |
| 23 | In my book Nations and nationalism since 1780 I suggest that these short-term changes and shifts of ethnic identities constitute ‘ the area of national studies in which thinking and research are most urgently needed today ’ , and I maintain this view . |
| 24 | And how was I to know that American hot dogs did n't cost five dollars each ? |
| 25 | Nor do I consider that any in-house tariff which may exist in the Home Office need be disclosed . |
| 26 | I noted that several hon. Members , not only Opposition Members , were highly critical of the CAP and called for urgent reform . |
| 27 | I imagine that many honest people would sympathise with Weatherhead and happily echo his final paragraph : ‘ All this gives me as much as I need , and seems to me the essential credo of Christianity . |
| 28 | I imagine that many older people in Britain will recognize this type of education , and I suppose it was a legacy passed on to us by our former colonial overlords . |
| 29 | Even if the Government do not propose legislation themselves , I imagine that some Private Member will introduce a Bill and I must confess that I can see no way of postponing this issue to a ‘ gentler age ’ . |
| 30 | The removable sole is fairly thin and when I took it out I noticed that several small staples protrude quite sharply through the inner lining , which could become a problem after more use . |