Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we had to accept that the first programmes were just to get the whole thing working really erm . |
| 2 | For the post-war generations in the developed nations reared on the statistics of economic and social improvement , it will not be easy to accept that the twenty-first century threatens humanity with hard times and lowered standards of living . |
| 3 | Thus one has to infer that the second statement here functions as some kind of explanation of the first statement in the passage , so that the failure of oil-bound paints on certain building materials is caused by the reaction of an acid and an alkali . |
| 4 | Travelling abroad , in defiance of all customary diplomatic niceties , the Romanian couple began to demand that the First Deputy Prime Minister receive the same awards as her husband . |
| 5 | We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath . |
| 6 | I use a punchcard roll and began by punching out the customary two rows of holes for the overlapping join , only to find that the first row stretched the plastic slightly , giving a wavy edge . |
| 7 | ( Note : it was something of a surprise , given the above , to find that the first batch of UK product still had the American manuals … ) |
| 8 | These rather gloomy thoughts were in our minds as we arrived , a bit soothed but still edgy , to find that the last ferry over the Rhone from Salin which would take us on to the road to Martigues had left at 11.30 and there would not be another until 2 o'clock . |
| 9 | This clause should be amended to provide that the first rent payment will be due on the Rent Commencement Date . |
| 10 | Leapor 's plays have an obviously public character , yet it is interesting to observe that the second play was written ‘ At the Request of a Friend ’ [ ML , 2 , 225 ] ; presumably , that friend was Freemantle . |
| 11 | I was interested to see that the first thing for which the Cambodians and Vietnamese asked — even before getting rid of mines in Cambodia — was English language training . |
| 12 | The American silver sales at Christie 's , on 22 January , and at Sotheby 's on 28 January , seemed to confirm that the last area of the market to give way in the recession was the first to rebound . |
| 13 | About a month later , he said to me that he was compelled to agree that the first dinner had not been a success ( his words ) , and would I be kind enough to arrange a second ? |
| 14 | 5.9.9.3 where the underlease provides such an option not to agree that the third party determining the rent in default of agreement shall act as an arbitrator or as an expert without the approval of the Landlord |
| 15 | It is not possible to arrange that the second derivatives as well as the first derivatives of the coefficients all simultaneously vanish , because there are insufficient free variables . |
| 16 | Time to reflect that the next deployment is to Denmark in the autumn , then Norway in winter , before the delights of northern Italy in spring . |
| 17 | I seem to remember that the first information I ever had about Ben was that he had measles ! |
| 18 | I think you have to remember that the next line begins , If , so it 's not just a pro it is , it is a nationalistic song , but it 's not just a proclamation that they will be , erm , |
| 19 | It is important to remember that the last steam train to arrive at Waterloo was the 14.07 ex . |
| 20 | Elsewhere , I have elaborated at length on the reasons why it is implausible to suggest that the first hunters were the ruling males of what Freud termed the ‘ primal hordes ’ , but rather the unmated , younger males of the all-male groups , Freud 's ‘ sons ’ . |
| 21 | There is compelling evidence to suggest that the second amplification stage is mediated by leukotriene B 4 , a lipo-oxygenase product released by the neutrophils themselves . |
| 22 | It would not , however , be possible for the third defendant to suggest that the third party was in any way guilty of any illegal conduct . |
| 23 | The next morning , as Harriet looked out on to a calmer sea , she switched on her wireless to hear that the Second Front had begun . |
| 24 | This led some writers to suspect that the Third World , like the First World , was not of a piece , but that there might be substantial differences of kind as well as the obvious differences of degree between countries . |
| 25 | The d between service and working class would be much smaller , +0.09 , but we might not want to conclude that the second society displayed smaller class differentials ; after all , ten times as many service as working class children attend selective schools in the latter case , while only three times as many do in the former . |
| 26 | The managers may feel that it is appropriate to insist that the second investor 's director bring to the board something additional , such as technical expertise or contacts . |
| 27 | Moreover , Walpole , described in the same book ( p. 83 ) as someone who " thrived on gossip , and on playing at loo or at hazard with a duchess or two " , could very well have been a sufficiently astute observer of social mores to deduce that the first manifestations which he had seen of the new way of dressing constituted the beginning of a major trend . |
| 28 | Is it too much to hope that the last wilderness will be allowed to carry on in its own independent way ? |
| 29 | SOUTH Down MP Eddie McGrady has called on Agriculture Minister Lord Arran to ensure that the first instalment of the Beef Special Premium is paid at the beginning of November . |
| 30 | It was necessary , if we were to meet the target of 1 April 1993 for introduction of the tax , to ensure that the first step towards the levying of the tax — the valuation of properties — was begun as soon as possible . |