Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [that] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was fascinated to discover that the Galapagos animals bore a general resemblance to those he had seen on the mainland , but differed from them in detail . |
| 2 | Now Mr Major is expected to announce that the Trident submarines will carry far fewer than the expected 512 warheads . |
| 3 | Some of the personalities themselves have provided unhappy proof of what can happen when stress and temptation take over where the much-publicised diet leaves off , while the thousands — sometimes millions — who bought their books have come to realise that the Hollywood way to fitness is a career in itself , a course in self-absorption and physical management that only those who are paid to pursue it can afford , either in terms of time or money . |
| 4 | Glashow , for example , was reported to say that the Nobel committee took a ‘ bit of a chance ’ because ‘ nobody has yet built a machine that is capable to check ’ the new particles predicted ( international Herald Tribune , 16 October , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | But in practice this has come to mean that the C. and A. G. examines , certifies and reports on the annual summarized accounts of the National Health Service taken as a whole , i.e. as the appropriation account presents them . |
| 6 | If the user is responsible for the DC , a check will be made to ensure that the DC is in the ACTIVE state . |
| 7 | Formerly , this sub-sub-delegation of supervisory powers to SRO 's did not effectively establish a system of self-regulation , since the principle of equivalence operated to ensure that the SIB retained significant control . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've got to remember that the Trunchbull once threw the hammer for Britain in the Olympics so she 's very proud of her right arm . ’ |
| 9 | You 've got to understand that the Hendrix market is a very young one . |
| 10 | Primers derived from human β actin were used as internal PCR controls resulted in a 623 bp product ( data not shown ) and was used to ensure that the PCR worked consistently each time and the actin product acted as an additional size marker . |
| 11 | RNA in situ hybridization was used to demonstrate that the CFTR expression plasmid can be delivered to airway epithelial cells by liposome-mediated transfection in vivo . |
| 12 | We were given to understand that the A.S.R. boats did not put out on the express orders of the A.O.C. that they would be too vulnerable to air attack . |
| 13 | One of the singers from the theatre had stood in the doorway declaring to the crowd who had gathered to watch that the Grenfell and Morgan boot and shoe emporium was providing the best leather goods in town . |
| 14 | The Six agreed to draft a treaty on these lines , but as a compromise de Gaulle was asked to accept that the Atlantic alliance with America should be safeguarded and that ‘ Community co-operation ’ on economic issues in the EEC should continue to be developed . |
| 15 | In early May the Mengistu government had continued to claim that the Shengo ( parliament ) resolution of April , calling for the establishment of a transitional government , had wide international endorsement as a peace proposal . |
| 16 | Care was taken to ensure that the River Garonne remained open to shipping all the way from Bordeaux to Toulouse ; swamps were drained and the forests lining the river banks were cleared . |
| 17 | He was thus encouraged to believe that the Cambridge Board entertained some doubt over the strength of its case for unilateral action and was therefore anxious to reach a negotiated agreement with the WEA prior to making any application for additional Chapter III providing powers . |
| 18 | Sergeant-Major Riley was put in charge , and after an altercation with Mayne , Stirling was forced to admit that the Ulsterman 's strengths lay in fighting the enemy rather than in dealing with paperwork . |
| 19 | This is taken to mean that the EC must become ever more integrated . |
| 20 | Yet if isolationism is taken to mean that the USA tried to cut all ties with other nations — to withdraw into " fortress America " — then it is far from accurate . |
| 21 | The first British administrator of Tanganyika Masailand was Colonel E.D. Browne , who had been Assistant District Commissioner at Laikipia at the time of the second Masai move in 1911–13 , and who came down to Tanganyika convinced that the Kenya Masai had had a rotten deal and determined to see that the Tanganyika Masai got a better one . |
| 22 | I would be tempted to suggest that the Thames Valley CID read too many detective stories , except that I doubt whether they read at all . |
| 23 | Indeed , several authorities have striven to prove that the Pembroke and the White Park are different only in colour and that the Pembroke was a direct descendant of those tenth-century red-eared whites . |
| 24 | failed to understand that the UDR would also be charged with policing the border and the countryside and would , in fact , be somewhat more efficient in its vigilance against a dreaded IRA invasion . |
| 25 | A new probe has been ordered to ensure that the Commons debating chamber itself is free of the threat . |