Example sentences of "that he [vb -s] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is it the fact that he rambles on that bores you , or the fact that you do n't want to talk about what life 's about ? ’ |
| 2 | But what remains important about Barthes 's substantive work is that he points to cultural phenomena in the everyday realm that are ( or were ) regarded as insignificant — they are , he reveals , laden with meaning and social and political significance . |
| 3 | In Scale 1 he protests that he speaks of more than he has directly experienced : In the second book which complements the material in the first , there is an often remarked upon change of tone : the reservation and distancing of Scale 1 is absent from the imagistic structures which embody his thought and insight in Scale 2 . |
| 4 | I 'm deeply sad that he feels like that and I would hope that when it happens , he might feel it 's not quite so bad and that he might change his mind . |
| 5 | Interestingly , both versions feature that talented Baroque specialist tenor Christoph Pregardien , superb in both , although if pressed I would have to say that he sounds in fresher voice on Capriccio . |
| 6 | Mr Watkins can say that he sympathises with green views on the need for conservation but has been overruled by the troika that presides over George Bush 's domestic policy : John Sununu , the chief of staff , Richard Darman , the budget director , and Michael Boskin , the chief economic adviser . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for West Bromwich , East ( Mr. Snape ) assured me that a Labour Secretary of State would be bound by the timetable that he proposes for public Bill procedures . |
| 8 | The good news is that he charges in 15-minute slots of £5.86 , so you do n't have to pay for a whole hour if he 's only worked five minutes of it . |
| 9 | Neale was rated 9,9 by his team members , a fact that he acknowledges with appropriate diffidence . |
| 10 | I hope that , in his discussions with the Treasury , the Minister will not just look at the statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity , and I guess with some justification , about average incomes , but that he will say that some people below that average have real problems . |
| 11 | The reason we know that God recognises this dimension in the human personality is that he goes to such great lengths to make it very clear that he loves us , and one of his primary commands to us is that we must love one another . |
| 12 | If the hon. Gentleman had showed even a tiny amount of the indignation that he expresses about empty houses in Swindon in relation to all those in areas under Labour control , there would be scarcely any problems of homelessness in Britain . |
| 13 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his kind comments , and for the continuing interest that he takes in this subject . |
| 14 | Suffice it to say that Jim Marshall appears on merit and I , for one , hope that he returns in five years ’ time with yet another superb anniversary amp series . |
| 15 | I was asked in the Straight Talking video last December — and I am still amazed at the number of people who believe that he questions on that video were stage managed , which they were n't — when morale would improve . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman is in danger of becoming like a vulture scavenging around every incident , irrespective of the facts and of the accusations that he makes against other people . |
| 17 | If the price paid for the business has been calculated on turnover it is important to the purchaser that he benefits from all existing contracts . |
| 18 | Indeed , as we shall see later , there is an argument that he benefits from any upward pressure exerted by insider dealing . |
| 19 | The Great Detective , for all that he figures in mere detective stories , is a figure to parallel with the great poet and the great scientist because in solving the sort of genuinely baffling mystery that confronts him , in fact he goes some way to solving a yet greater mystery , the mystery of the human personality . |
| 20 | The nutter is acceptable in that he demonstrates to other fans what they should not do , and provides living proof of their own propriety . |
| 21 | Beccaria 's classical programme is a mixture of basic assumptions about the nature of human beings and the way they relate to crime and conformity , and empirical conclusions that he draws from these assumptions about how best to control crime . |
| 22 | New varieties of seeds , plants and gardening products are sent to Harry to test , a task that he performs with all the analytical skill of a scientifically trained gardener . |
| 23 | ‘ A member shall — ( a ) establish and maintain rules and procedures ( ‘ compliance procedures ’ ) by reference to which each officer , employee , company representative and appointed representative of the member can ensure that he complies with these Rules and the Principles in his dealings with investors ; … |
| 24 | ‘ A member shall ( a ) establish and maintain rules and procedures … by reference to which each officer , employee , company representative and appointed representative of the member can ensure that he complies with these Rules and the Principles in his dealings with investors ; … |
| 25 | Whether Josquin and his fellow Northerners active in Italy are properly to be regarded as ‘ Renaissance ’ figures , a question that he ponders at some length , is at bottom a non-issue . |
| 26 | What makes Gatsby 's action even more splendid is that he knows by this time that Daisy is not going to leave her husband for him . |
| 27 | He stands aside from the path and is warned that he tramples on sown seed . |
| 28 | Now what I ca n't explain why , is that he starts with thirty two , now whether he sort of gets muddled up with the sort of the system of something I do n't know , but for some reason best known to himself , he starts with thirty two , and the continuum goes up to a hundred and sixty . |
| 29 | Grayling reckons that he has about another two years of research to do before he can come up with a conclusive report . |
| 30 | Much safer for him to say that he approves of better education and better health-care for all . |