Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To inform that doddering old fool that I was pregnant ! ’ she snapped . |
| 2 | When we have those results we will really be able to sort out what is going on when a golfer tries to hit that wee white ball . |
| 3 | He ca n't do very much short-term about the federal deficit , although he 's sharp enough to see that borrowing short-term cuts interest costs . |
| 4 | It is no doubt for this reason that the Syrian foreign minister , Farouk at-Shara , has gone out of his way to emphasise that continued Syrian support depends on the way in which the West responds to what Syria perceives to be the fundamental problem of Middle Eastern security — the Arab-Israeli dispute and the Palestinian issue . |
| 5 | Over £5,000 was raised last year and the organisers hope to exceed that mark this time around . |
| 6 | Secondly , there is nothing to suggest that using two languages detracts from either one of them or that it produces continued interference . |
| 7 | A corresponding study has prompted Silsoe researchers to suggest that using hydraulic motors to replace ptos will keep operators away from dangerous rotating shafts . |
| 8 | I do not wish to suggest that helping young people with personal family relationships is unimportant ; far from it ! |
| 9 | And there is evidence to suggest that sustained aerobic walking not only increases BMR but that the increased BMR continues permanently . |
| 10 | Oh , I admit it was rather clever of you to engineer that intimate little scene we 've just shared , but I was n't fooled . |
| 11 | Even if that , too , depended initially on the basic distinction of qualification and assignment , there is no reason to deny that finding each value preferentially in one of the two positions will lead to an association directly between value and position . |
| 12 | Before starting a product-container compatibility test it is essential to ensure that complete detailed specifications for both the product and the primary container concerned have been received . |
| 13 | There was thus some political pressure from Conservative Ministers to ensure that Boards allocated overheads to their contracting activities properly and secured an economic profit , but the contractors ' association director was so politically inept in following this up that Citrine had no difficulty in exposing him to Whitehall as a biased anti-nationaliser who was unwilling to accept a reasonable accommodation . |
| 14 | Yet it still seems to consider that collecting threatened species is something worthy of admiration . " |
| 15 | However , I am happy to concede that seeking public approval might well at times override and thus eliminate ‘ disinterestedness ’ . |
| 16 | The purpose of these calculations has been to demonstrate that rising average cost is consistent with natural monopoly . |
| 17 | This story should not imply that there was not still a great deal of grief to be expressed by the children , but it serves to demonstrate that enforced anticipatory grief can do a great deal of harm if the timing of it is interfered with . |
| 18 | Later on he took over the No.6 ( never quite sure what to call that position these days ) . |
| 19 | Many agencies have tried to argue that using temporary workers can be cheaper than using permanent staff , because the employer pays only for the hours he needs and because the non-wage labour costs of agency workers are lower . |
| 20 | Although the arrangement of statements of attainment into levels is implicitly a model of learning , it would be misleading to argue that developing this model was TGAT 's principal interest . |
| 21 | It seems perverse , to say the least , to argue that criminalising some forms of behaviour ensures their survival and future usefulness ( or , conversely , that not criminalising them would guarantee their extinction ) ! |
| 22 | The organisers hope to top that figure this year . |
| 23 | The organisers hope to top that figure this year . |
| 24 | It is all very costly and there is sometimes a limited choice of what is available for your client to sponsor that makes economic sense and will attract media and consumer attention . |
| 25 | Peter went on to repay that sum several times over and was certainly Malcolm 's best signing for The Eagles . |
| 26 | They seem to think that bringing foreign coal into this country and burning it in place of British coal will do something to limit carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 27 | Pitt was almost the only British politician ever to think that acquiring colonial possessions was the main purpose of European war ; by 1759 he had reached a position where he could carry out his objective almost at will . |
| 28 | It is probably fair to say that continued detailed study of the Lorenz equations will go on throwing out new ideas of general applicability , despite their rather special properties ( e.g. symmetry ) . |
| 29 | This is not to say that selling public sector assets is an unwise activity ; only that cash accounts do not provide the complete picture of what happens when you do . |
| 30 | It would be more honest , if politically embarrassing , he said , to admit that cleaning old mine waste was in effect a tax on the companies . |