Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] that the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He is none too pleased that one of the waitresses has let on that the pies are made with two different pastries .
2 At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him .
3 He is supposed to have reported back that the war could not be won ; but the United States exerted strong pressure to continue .
4 Then you ask how it might have come about that the murderer made that mistake , and already , when eventually you tell of this from the other end , from the discovery of the corpse , you have got something that will require a reader to make a lateral jump to see what really happened .
5 In academic writing ( particularly in science ) , the convention has grown up that the writer or experimenter do ’ es not feature in the text : it is the passive that makes this possible , e.g. :
6 There can be little truth in the legend that has grown up that the lift failed because of fundamental weaknesses of the track , a legend thoughtlessly reinforced by L.T.C. Rolt in ‘ Narrow Boat ’ .
7 But in the past few years , the insurance market has been losing money , and it has turned out that the resources of even the richest people are less than infinite .
8 For a person insensitive to visual impressions the pattern on the wallpaper he is buying may seem not to deserve close scrutiny ; but if the room he has papered begins after a while to depress him , it has turned out that the pattern was relevant to the choice after all .
9 But it has turned out that the theory is as it sounds — too good to be true .
10 And the the moment that that sort of sole had worn off that the shoe repairer had put on it was n't allowed to go any further than that , it was taken off and another one put on .
11 The CEGB and other official agencies have regularly pointed out that the public may not be happy to have giant structures in areas of scenic beauty .
12 Arechaga had pointed out that the ability of the parties to confer a right on third parties subject to conditions is a legal strength , for it allows the creation of complex international regimes comparable to statutory regimes in municipal law .
13 Professor John Brewer has recently pointed out that the capital value of the fleet at the end of the eighteenth century was perhaps five times greater than the £402,651 at which the West Riding woollen manufacture was valued in 1801 .
14 Some writers have pointed out that the notion of professionalism is occasionally used to improve the image , prestige and rewards of teachers with little or no reference to any commitment to improve educational practice .
15 pointed out that the Institute must accept a commitment of time and cost to ensure that its interests were safeguarded .
16 pointed out that the Institute did not award a diploma or certificate in embalming , but a certificate of Membership .
17 It should also be pointed out that the Crown , in the shape of the Ministry of Defence , has said that no objection would be raised to Dr. Hayes giving evidence in strictly controlled circumstances similar to those which applied in the case of evidence furnished by Mr. Feraday in accordance with an agreement dated 22 August 1991 exhibited to an affidavit of Mr. David Brummell dated 13 April 1992 .
18 Thus , it is often pointed out that the statistics of murder include many domestic killings , the implication being that the figures are not therefore quite as grave as they seem .
19 Deane and Cole have pointed out that the statistics of migration during the early industrial revolution suggest little in the way of a south-to-north population drift : " What is surprising is the comparatively minor role played by migration in the early development of the main industrial areas . "
20 In response to this line of thought it may well be pointed out that the subordination of woman to man is depicted in scripture as having resulted from the fall .
21 It has also been acutely pointed out that the title ‘ philhellene ’ , which was perhaps first given to Alexander I by writers of the fourth century , actually implies a denial that he was Greek .
22 Although there are differences in the method of removal favoured by different surgeons ( Goodall , 1957 ) , it is usual to spare as much of the thalamus , basal ganglia and hippocampal cortex as possible and for this reason Austin and Grant ( 1955 ) , among others , have pointed out that the operation might be better described as hemi-decortication , reserving the term hemispherectomy for those cases in which subcortical structures are also destroyed .
23 The ministry has pointed out that the incidence of the disease in four-year-old cattle is due to banned feed being used after the cut off date on 18 July , 1989 .
24 Many of the previous chapters have been concerned with the description of phonemes , and in 5.2 it was pointed out that the subject of phonology includes not just this aspect ( which is usually called segmental phonology ) but also several others .
25 David calmly pointed out that the scheme would have been pointless if the ‘ enemy ’ had known of our intentions .
26 It has also been pointed out that the laws in the Old Testament may be classified as either " apodictic " in form ( " thou shalt … " or " thou shalt not … " ) or " casuistic " ( " when a man … , he shall … " ) .
27 Here it is pointed out that the edit form involves two parts .
28 Man has also been suggested — it has also been pointed out that the fruits favoured by him and the ape are the same .
29 It need hardly be pointed out that the provision of additional health/leisure facilities would also justify an increase in room rates .
30 Also , it was pointed out that the profitability of the Banks in Northern Ireland shows steady growth and that the Banks have ample ability to pay an increased salary to IBOA members .
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