Example sentences of "[vb base] that it [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular understandings of subjectivity , psychology 's object , suggest that it escapes rationality . |
| 2 | Opponents of the whole idea say that it subsidises drug abuse . |
| 3 | I accept that it precludes class A development . |
| 4 | Each House has its privileges ( though many are identical ) and whilst the modus vivendi above referred to may inveigh against interference by the ordinary courts into the affairs of the House of Commons , it is not at all clear that it precludes comment by the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords on the affairs of the House of Lords . |
| 5 | I suspect that it took place between Felix and Gabriel , the son of his elderly lover , Jonathan Swift . |
| 6 | I know that it seem shard to believe now , but , take it from me , things will get better . |
| 7 | We note that it came top of the apostles ' agenda when the members of the brand new church ‘ devoted themselves to the apostles ’ teaching' ( Acts 2:2 ) . |
| 8 | Now , however , the assessment provisions of the 1988 Act ( turned by TGAT into a model for curriculum construction ) actually demand that it takes place . |
| 9 | Such a system does mean that we need to rely on the local press and Shropshire Radio to send out messages , but I think that it allows flexibility . |
| 10 | Yes , certainly , because I think that it gives depth to life . |
| 11 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 12 | So if you can not decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents — oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me ! |