Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Litzi Miller champion trainer says that some people do n't even bet they'e just happy to see their dog win |
| 2 | In 1991 , an Arthur Andersen survey on absenteeism estimated that some 1m employees are absent from work every day and that the problem costs industry over £6bn a year . |
| 3 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 4 | Kenya administrators also discovered the ‘ importance and usefulness of [ cattle ] sales as a meeting place for the transaction of official business ’ , but except in wartime , when the army needed meat , veterinary quarantines imposed in response to pressure from representatives of the European livestock industry meant that such sales were not a prominent feature of life in Kenya Masai District . |
| 5 | One EC study predicts that another 20% of Europe 's defence-sector jobs will disappear over the next two or three years . |
| 6 | The DHSS 's Cohort Study suggests that those people who suffered recurrent unemployment in the year after registration were no more likely to have become unemployed initially because of a temporary job coming to an end . |
| 7 | In a report published today the Association claims that most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet . |
| 8 | keith richardson says that most people thought Gloucester were going to lose but it was a great win … they looked like a different side and played exceptionally well and were lifted by the supporters |
| 9 | The price of justice THERE are so many maladministrations of justice exposed by successful appeals in the law courts that many people wonder what is the cause . |
| 10 | Norman Tebbit 's advice to the unemployed to ‘ get on their bikes ’ to look for work implied that many people were voluntarily unemployed and this statement was probably symptomatic of the government 's whole approach to unemployment . |
| 11 | It may be that growing wealth meant that more people came to have access to modern contraceptive techniques . |
| 12 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 13 | It does n't take too much imagination to guess that this means ‘ draw a circle centred at x = 10.5 , y = 24.75 , and of radius 3.9 , in whatever units we happen to be using at the moment ’ . |
| 14 | Simple denial — refusal to accept that any staff have problems with alcohol or drugs or other forms of addictive disease . |
| 15 | Alongside keyboard player Ceri Evans ' Sunship project and vocal sensation Jamiroqua , Mother Earth are proving there are new , diverse sounds emerging on a record label that some people pigeonholed way too prematurely . |
| 16 | The inexorable course of this colonial war meant that many people in France , especially within the army , were not prepared to entertain anything that entailed France giving up military sovereignty . |
| 17 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 18 | The tone of the book is upbeat , with the author arguing that more data of the right sort will resolve the outstanding questions of community ecology . |
| 19 | But the general point remains that most people were subject to authority for a large part of their lives , even in the golden age when the Zuwaya had no sovereign power . |
| 20 | When buying a house for renovation remember that most people will not be able to do all the work themselves and the extra cost of labour and materials should be added to the asking price . |
| 21 | Every gallon of diesel bought at a U.K. service station ensures that another £1.03 in duty flows into the Treasury 's coffers . |
| 22 | The court thought that these people were dishonest , though reasonable jurors may disagree . |
| 23 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people who choose to work more than 48 hours per week , and who thereby earn overtime and give greater security to their families , would be most upset if an edict from Brussels took the right to work such overtime away from them , especially as hon. Members would be excluded from the rules , as would the bureaucrats in Europe and all managers and executives ? |
| 24 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people confuse the level of the state pension with the amount of money that pensioners have available to pay all their weekly bills ? |
| 25 | Their talent for self-promotion ensured that many people turned up at the Ritz to witness the intriguing spectacle of The Smiths falling on their collective backsides . |
| 26 | Paradoxically , since it is in relation to personal care that we see examples of highly committed one-way support , the research evidence suggests that most people do regard it as legitimate for the parties to consider their own interests in this situation , even if it is possible to push that too far . |
| 27 | The entertainment role of the press was confirmed too by the Press Commission finding that most people felt their paper gave them as much news as they wanted . |
| 28 | The first type of theory proposes that these people make an inappropriate immune response ( allergic response ) to certain synthetic chemicals , in the same way that a hay-fever sufferer reacts adversely to pollen ( see Chapter Two ) . |
| 29 | In a quiet moment our Guatemalan guide said that many people fear torture more than death . |
| 30 | Will the Secretary of State concede that many people are doing better , which we welcome , because of the state earnings-related pension scheme which was introduced by the Labour Government ? |