Example sentences of "[vb past] that [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he did , he found that to acknowledge these events in writing became a sort of therapy for him . |
| 2 | While the Treasury was warning of a " continuing mountain of difficulties " for some years to come , the Foreign Office argued that to reduce overseas commitments would only make matters worse . |
| 3 | She imagined that to walk that track , and to climb the rough hewn rock around the mouth of the cave , would bring her to the top of the canyon . |
| 4 | Acting on the advice of the Greek astronomer Sosigenes , Caesar directed that to correct this anomaly the year 46 BC should be extended to 445 days . |
| 5 | His value was partly to bewilder those Americans who felt that to dilute hard liquor with tonic water or soda was in some way unmanly . |
| 6 | The above housemaster felt that to change certain kinds of a teacher 's relationship to children would need a major restructuring of society . |
| 7 | Hence Durkheim insisted that to understand one set of social phenomena we must see them in the round — in their wider , social context . |
| 8 | DEFINITE END-of-the beginning vibes for Heavenly , as one of our more maverick and thus of-the-moment labels made the now customary jaunt to the Locomotive for a night that proved that to make any inroads into the popular imagination , you must first step aside from the scene-steeped mainstream . |
| 9 | Administration officials said that to achieve that goal , the planes would fly at night and high enough to avoid danger of being shot down and would have no combat escorts . |
| 10 | I said that to understand this difficulty one has to think along certain lines . |
| 11 | On the current dispute , he explained that to stem continuing losses , the company had to make a proposal that included temporary layoffs , a wage freeze for 1993 , a reduction in fringe benefits , and an enhanced profit-sharing plan which could offset part or all of these reductions . |