Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , let it be supposed that she lacked ordinary competence and capacity . |
| 2 | They have stressed that they love all their children . |
| 3 | ‘ My husband has married only once , ’ she told me ‘ but he has forgotten that he has any duties . ’ |
| 4 | Thus it is claimed that they have two important advantages over tricyclic and related antidepressants — they are better tolerated and are less toxic in overdose . |
| 5 | It was claimed that it made rural communities vulnerable to guerrilla reprisals . |
| 6 | Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this . |
| 7 | For too long , says Ward , we have persisted in the Henry Ford myth that only a genetically privileged few can do joined-up thinking , and the rest are fit for manual tasks so simplified that they produce that brand of mind-numbing tedium which is the most fertile soil for industrial unrest . |
| 8 | members are recommended that they approve these two course of actions , thank you very much . |
| 9 | mm , I mean has he recommended that you use that |
| 10 | It is recommended that you have separate command files for these actions , which you then call as appropriate from the standard VMS command files . |
| 11 | Likewise , if you have already written a will , it is strongly recommended that you have this checked by a professional adviser to ensure that you do not give money unnecessarily to the taxman . |
| 12 | It was also objected that he wielded excessive personal power over the nation 's financial assets , for he continually asserted the Bank 's independence from the Treasury in a manner both arbitrary and overbearing , ignoring the protests of Reginald McKenna [ q.v. ] , chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 13 | The day before the Sale it was calculated that we had 640 of our ‘ regulation ’ boxes ( given to us by the china shops ) filled with about 26,000 books – all sorted and priced by then . |
| 14 | If he had guessed that she had prior knowledge , he was not prepared to say so . |
| 15 | I 've checked that they do vegetarian dishes . |
| 16 | The Hindus , he knew , at least refrained from eating pigs ( unlike the Chinese or the disgusting Christians of Byzantium ) , but he had heard that they had other habits the very thought of which made him swoon . |
| 17 | When the public respond to your advertisements or because they have heard that you do personal injury work , it is not enough just to tell them that you do and expect them to come into the office . |
| 18 | ‘ I have heard that you play this game , ’ he said softly . |
| 19 | The observant reader may have noticed that I used this construction myself above on p. 98 ; this was done consciously . |
| 20 | When he was first with me I could belt up about seven in the morning , but , recently I 've noticed that I feel unwell if I get up and rush out . |
| 21 | Shortly before he died , Mary had noticed that she had great difficulty swallowing food , had gone to her doctor and he had organized X-rays and tests at the local hospital . |
| 22 | I 've noticed that she has good bladder control . |
| 23 | Your daughter does n't live extravagantly enough for it to be noticed that she has more money than the average student . |
| 24 | Asked about such behaviour she added : ‘ I would be annoyed by it , but I would not feel threatened that he had sexual intercourse with other women . |
| 25 | A good friend of mine , in the same set for physics and chemistry , grew so disturbed that he took some scissors and cut all round the stiff white collars , which we have to wear on Sundays , and made them into little points . " |
| 26 | Then it was decided that we needed two terminals . |
| 27 | The sculptor had decided that he wanted this bust to confront the observer . |
| 28 | They 've decided that you need that number of weeks holiday , then that 's what you should be taking . |
| 29 | I 've never felt that she deserved that . |
| 30 | In November 1959 , Castro must simply have felt that he had little to lose by seeing what Moscow was prepared to offer . |