Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [noun prp] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother insists that John spent much of the time at the house of his aunt Kay ( wife of Grace 's brother Errol , then a prisoner-of-war ) , or in the company of her children , who came to use the swimming pool attached to the flats where Herbert and John lived , so that John was never left to the care of black servants . |
| 2 | He says that Hereford needs some sort of scheme which will be sympathetic to the area 's enviromnent , but succeed in reducing traffic . |
| 3 | Alcuin [ q.v. ] says that Offa shed much blood to secure Ecgfrith 's position , and if this refers to a purge of the royal kindred may explain why Cenwulf was so distant a relative . |
| 4 | This head has the typically Iberian ear , with a scroll or shell-like shape at the top , but it is grotesquely exaggerated in size — a comparison of a side view of this head with a watercolour in the Museum of Modern Art in New York shows that Picasso found this feature of it particularly fascinating . |
| 5 | It seems that Humphrey had several favourite places where he viewed the progress of the works , one such place being between the weighbridge and the steel works . |
| 6 | What the case does not make clear is how ISS made its profit , although it seems that Philips retained some control over the prices charged by ISS ( see point 14 of the judgement ) . |
| 7 | The idea of the unchanging east was widespread in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century thought and it seems that Marx accepted this view , although it has subsequently been shown to be misleading . |
| 8 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 9 | I have represented both approaches simplistically , to draw out the contrast specifically because it seems that Howard favoured both approaches , but did not have the experience of both to see the contradictory implications . |
| 10 | Information from Soviet and Japanese military intelligence indicates that Kim organised several hundred guerrillas and fought against the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria . |
| 11 | Good comparative illustrations , including a gratifying number of contemporary engravings , means that Watteau survives this assault . |
| 12 | The plans unveiled yesterday means that Russell has more than exceeded its original plans both for capital investment and job creation . |
| 13 | This means that SuperCalc does more for you than any other similar fast graphing facility I have come across — including those in Windows spreadsheets . |
| 14 | The World Bank estimates that Czechoslovakia requires more than US$50 billion to reduce pollution levels and to bring environmental standards to acceptable international levels . |
| 15 | The Bible also teaches that God provides all men with certain common benefits — conscience , the recognition of right and wrong , and certain institutions ( family , state , church ) which encourage good and discourage evil . |