Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [verb] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the only catering industry representative on this working party , I would be interested to hear from any companies which have any experience , or knowledge of any examples , which make them feel that this is an area that needs to be examined quickly and subjected to public debate . |
| 2 | Yes I mean I acknowledge that that is rightly a matter for investigation establishment through the local plan system . |
| 3 | I must admit I , I really do n't agree with that , I mean I find that many women who have had erm children actually their figure has improved after the children , they look a great deal better and I certainly do n't think that many women in Scotland looked vast after they 've had children , I totally disagree with that . |
| 4 | Right well I I mean I think that that 's the way to that 's the way to try and squeeze Yeah yeah |
| 5 | ‘ D' you imagine that some day someone will invent a gramophone that will play a record with a whole opera on one side , so that we could put the prelude on with the soup and have the finale with our cheese without having to get up ? ’ |
| 6 | As she prepared to say goodbye to her private life , he told her : ‘ I just want you to know that this is the last night of freedom in your life so make the most of it . ’ |
| 7 | After much debate it seems that these were built for rabbits to live and breed in so that they could be caught for meat and fur . |
| 8 | If you have any of your class members attending please let them know that this payment is now due . |
| 9 | Yes , it 's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest . |
| 10 | And when you 've finished I hope you know that that was Matthew 's bar of chocolate you 've just ate . |
| 11 | I hope you think that this is important more important to you as it were than it is , is to us because you the clubs and the sailing schools really really must take these sorts of messages on board , not perhaps all of that list there but I would pick out erm that the message that we want to get across to young people , I would pick out the words fun , the words challenging , the words safe , alright . |
| 12 | Suffice it to say that such is the complexity of this area of the law that one case on the subject , discussed in Chapter 13 , has already reached the House of Lords ; it is unlikely to be the last . |
| 13 | Suffice it to say that all attempts to evict Dicky from his rightful home have met with considerable misfortune , and disturbance of such a nature that he has quickly been restored to his home . |
| 14 | Suffice it to say that this discourse is generalising and intemperate , and lacks depth and clarity . |
| 15 | The Second Symphony is a work that wears well and suffice it to say that this newcomer can hold its head high in this company . |
| 16 | Suffice it to say that some people are better built at the beginning . |
| 17 | That is , let us assume that this is the price the expectation of which will just suffice to maintain the existing aggregate amount of production ; some firms meanwhile rising and increasing their output and others falling and diminishing theirs ; but the aggregate production remaining unchanged . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Aycliffe , let us suppose that all goes through safely . |
| 19 | Let us suppose that some special service has been given priority , such that it ought to have resources allocated to it , the question then is what share it should get . |
| 20 | We close with a cautionary note : one should bear in mind that a source of potential confusion always present is the fact that certain verbs lend themselves to occurrence with more than one type of adjectival construction , and to illustrate let us observe that any of the following , with their different modes of interpretation , are fully acceptable sentences of English : ( 72 ) Mackay preferred the picture stolen ( postnominal attributive ) ( 73 ) Shelagh prefers her holidays adventurous ( predicate qualifier ) ( 74 ) we prefer the king ( to be ) beheaded ( clausal ) |
| 21 | But let us hope that that is all he has inherited . ’ |
| 22 | Let us hope that all three continue to enjoy their Medau work . |
| 23 | Let us hope that this year we shall see an increase in the butterfly population , notably that rare member of the family Lyaenidae , known as the Foinland Blue . " |
| 24 | Let us hope that this situation does not arise and VAT is not imposed on books . |
| 25 | Let us hope that those who bay for Mr Rushdie 's blood may be encouraged towards a less aggressive form of literary criticism . |
| 26 | Let us hope that these two threatening elements in our society — the schoolgirls and the police — will continue to slog it out between themselves without disturbing the rest of us . |
| 27 | Let us remember that that assurance comes from British Rail , who , it was discovered in Committee proceedings on the Bill , designed platforms that were too short to take the trains that would come in to them . |
| 28 | " Certainly it would be a tragedy to see the two most powerful nations on earth destroying each other in such a way , " he agreed , " and let us pray that such a day never comes . " |
| 29 | ( Let us pray that this fate may be averted . ) |
| 30 | Let us say that this critical level is at point A in Figure 4.3 . |