Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abramson and his colleagues suggest that when a person is unable to resolve a problem he attributes his helplessness to a cause . |
| 2 | Palace aides secretly expect that if a divorce did take place , Charles would renounce his right to the throne . |
| 3 | I wonder how many people realise that although a guarantee has run out , you still have a right to claim ? |
| 4 | And every residential social worker knows that I am not exaggerating when I say that after a death has occurred — often alone or with one of us holding the dying resident 's hand — the family will descend like vultures , demanding a complete inventory of all their belongings , ransacking their personal clothes for valuables , and insisting on receiving all that is left of the petty cash . |
| 5 | The old zeks say that if a man has a nightmare then he should not be disturbed because the awakened life of the camps is more awful than the pain of any dream . |
| 6 | Er you get , sa instructor and they say that if a training course which is gon na start at half past eight on February the tenth , erm yeah well that 's what we got ta do then you got ta start looking to the planning towards have n't you ? |
| 7 | The Revenue has raised an assessment charging tax in excess of £20,000 and has refused retirement relief on the sale of the milk quota because no land was sold ; farming continued after the sale ( in the Revenue 's view the provisions of s 53(2)TA88 mean that when a farmer changes the nature of his farming there is a continuation of the old trade and that the old and the new are equally applicable for CGT purposes ) ; the sales of the herd and milk quota were not effected at the same time . |
| 8 | To suggest that what they were doing before was of low priority is a misleading simplification — could one for example conclude that if a professor moves from one department to another he does so because the former is of low quality ? |
| 9 | Studies of the countships of Paris and Autun in the eighth and ninth centuries show that if a count had no son ( or no adult son ) , a brother or nephew or cousin would often succeed . |
| 10 | So great is our faith in identification , that we often mistakenly imagine that when a problem is diagnosed it is solved . |
| 11 | When you consider that when a tyre is down to one point six millimetres there 's not enough rubber on the road when conditions are wet , in hazardous conditions . |
| 12 | ‘ We consider that where a benefit is received which is covered by the rules for registration , it does not become exempt from registration simply because , when offset against associated costs or inconvenience , it can be represented as a net disbenefit to the recipient . ’ |
| 13 | The mnemonics ensure that after a minimum of experience with the structure it is no longer necessary to refer to Figure 11.3 when transmitting or receiving . |
| 14 | They also know that once a person joins a bank , in most cases , they do so for life . |
| 15 | You also know that when a company like Hewlett-Packard announces that inkjet technology is the largest research and development project it has ever undertaken — except for RISC processors — the technology has a bright future . |
| 16 | Remember that once a design is either drawn on screen or recalled from the disk into the working memory , it will remain in the working memory as long as the controller remains switched on , or until you erase it from the screen with the ERASE DRAWING option from within the FUNCTION menu in the menu bar at the top of the design screen . |
| 17 | Remember that if a child can spell successfully most words when he 's writing , it 's a waste of your time to be teaching him : teach the ones who need it . |
| 18 | If you are buying clothes , remember that if a designer label is selling for a tenth of the usual price , there is probably a good reason — it may be an outdated style . |
| 19 | Remember that when a probate or letters of administration constitute one of the title documents it 's unlikely in any event to be handed over , so look for a covenant for its production and if one is n't abstracted , make a requisition on the point , although you should note covenants for production are not necessary in deeds giving rise to first registration . |
| 20 | Remember that when a rabbit comes through your boundary fence onto your land it automatically changes ownership . |
| 21 | They assume that when a child hears ‘ Two twos are four , two threes are six ’ that they 've got various pictures in their heads , various ideas onto which to attach these symbols and these words . |
| 22 | In the habitual contexts of English Literature teaching , students assume that if a work is on a reading list then it must be of approved quality , otherwise why is it there ? |
| 23 | The regulations then stipulate that before a report is submitted to the Secretary of State the inspector conducting the investigation shall inform everyone whose reputation is , in the inspector 's opinion , likely to be adversely affected by the report , inviting them to make representations , i.e. to argue any point or signify any disagreement with his conclusions . |
| 24 | Note that if a package has been marked for processing it is also read out since the file name chosen by the package at this level may be different from that chosen by the package at the next level . |
| 25 | Note that when a share goes ex dividend this should have no effect on the price of the index future because both S and D will fall by the same amount ( the present value of the dividend ) . |
| 26 | Note that when a package has been submitted for QA approval , all changes are frozen for the given package . |
| 27 | Christians believe that when a person meets Jesus they can turn their back on the past and return to a life with God . |
| 28 | The Masai believe that when a woman has sex with a younger man ( in truth I have no way of knowing the relative ages ) the woman becomes younger and more beautiful . |
| 29 | I understand that if a bookshop were not registered for VAT it would still be charged VAT by its suppliers but would not be able to reclaim either through Customs & Excise or by passing the charge on to its customers and therefore would face very heavy pressure on margins . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , they 've just got plastic bows and arrows , ’ said Tess , ‘ but we reckon that if a burglar 's been squirted with ammonia and slashed with a sword and pelted with ball-bearings and wooden balls his resistance is going to be pretty low by the time he reaches the kids ’ bedroom , do n't you think ? ’ |