Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition it was decided only to examine information that is external to the company and available from formal sources even though it is well known ( and was confirmed in discussions with the companies themselves ) that a considerable use is made of internal and informal information . |
| 2 | In Irwin 's version , all the ministries would nominally be treated alike , with no official restrictions on those which Indians might occupy , ‘ but the Government [ would ] be instructed beforehand to take care that certain Departments — e.g. , Law and Order-are properly filled ’ . |
| 3 | The insanity of the disease — being compelled repeatedly to do things that are utterly self-destructive — requires constant readjustments to the " 'pictures ' " of reality . |
| 4 | He has tried unsuccessfully to persuade government that it should devote a fixed proportion of either GDP or the defence budget ( which has some logic as an idea , since the Meteorological Office is funded through the Ministry of Defence ) to research into global warming ; and failure in that respect has reinforced his view that governments across the world find inexpensive words preferable to expensive actions . |
| 5 | Scarlet had striven so to arrange matters that Brian would not be subjected too often to Constance 's distasteful presence , nor Constance to Brian 's lowering glances and muttered observations , the atmosphere he could create simply by being there , like one of those slow-burning mosquito repellents which make life insupportable for all the creatures of God . |