Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pers pn] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cancer has taught me that life is n't a dress rehearsal , this is it and you only get the one chance .
2 I am glad that my hon. Friend has given us that opportunity .
3 They might be the nicest person , but prison has made me that way .
4 The car has made it that way and it would be almost impossible for public transport to knit it together in the way that the railways did in the nineteenth century .
5 This trip up country has been most valuable , and has convinced me that reconstruction must be our theme more than politics .
6 It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’
7 Ms Hurst , who works at Unilever 's environmental engineering department in Port Sunlight , Wirral , said : ‘ The family has told me that Berend is making great strides towards a full recovery .
8 A Saga Holidays spokeswoman has told us that Saga contracted rooms with the Roman Hotel a year ago for this season .
9 it has to give you that effect I thought it was marvellous
10 And now the stroke has affected him that way .
11 Can I announce that the C E C has informed me that motion eighty four Lancashire Region due for debate on Wednesday afternoon has been withdrawn .
12 Our route just happens to take us that way . ’
13 As Bourque and Grossholtz put it , ‘ that politics is a man 's world is a familiar adage ; that political science as a discipline tends to keep it that way is less well accepted , but perhaps closer to the truth ’ ( 1984 , p. 103 ) .
14 Paradise Lost , one might say , exists to tell us that death is a just punishment , and anyway ( see Paradise Regained ) not final .
15 The majority verdict is that Seve 's handiwork is difficult but fair , and tournament director , Andy McFee , aims to keep it that way by utilising a variety of tees , including some of the ladies ' , to strike the right balance .
16 The very fact that the gravitational attraction dominates tells us that matter on the large scale must be net electrically neutral to very high precision .
17 His view seems to be undeniable in this situation , and it serves to convince me that ageism will never be tackled unless recognition of the problem is followed by the introduction of positive measures .
18 The comparison between the axial age and the Hellenistic age also serves to remind us that Hellenism still affects our attitude towards ancient civilizations .
19 The round dance does not tell the recruits the direction to food , but it does tell them that food is nearby .
20 However , it does warn you that vine weevils are about , and that you should take a close look at potted plants .
21 One is to include corporate dummy variable of the intercept and see whether it 's T ratio or significantly different , is , sorry it 's greater than two right or we can use an F test , right , now that F test that 's given me that formula in the middle of the page is a very important test which was developed by a chap called Chow and as a result it become known as the Chow test and it 's a , it 's a test for parameter constancy , er do we have constant parameters in our model now it tells you how to compute this Chow test , in this particular case we 're only dummying the intercept , the Chow test gives exactly the same results of T tests , right , erm we wo n't bother going through it , if you want to go through this er sheet in your own time calculate that , that Chow test and essentially what it involves is splitting with the s the whole sample now into two sub-samples , right , the first sub-sample , right , is peacetime , the second sub-sample wartime , right , and you just compare the residual sum of the squares on the unaccounted for variation , right , between actual and fitted values , just compare the residual sum of squares between these two sub periods , right and if you use the formula that 's given there that will come out with exactly the same result , well in actual fact you can square , if you square the F statistic you get calculating one formula you will get T value , got from er the computer right , the er , the sheet goes on to say how we can er use dummy variables in slightly more complicated ways , right , we could see actually see whether the income or price elasticities of demand changed .
22 Pete 's reminded you that Martin 's away .
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