Example sentences of "that they [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble with all these concessions and compromises is that they raise as many problems as they solve . |
| 2 | The team working on the Elton project says it 's had definite results — increasing some children 's concentration and that they join in more than before . |
| 3 | He could see from the number of bells beside each door that they 'd nearly all been turned into flats now , or dentists ' surgeries , and some were in urgent need of renovation , but they still retained some of their former grandeur , or was it pretension ? |
| 4 | So are America and the Soviet Union , to the extent that they wasted too much energy signing up local partners for the cold war instead of organising a local peace . |
| 5 | The Government 's own dietary surveys of British school children show that they eat too many crisps , chips , biscuits and chocolates and very little fresh food . |
| 6 | It seems that they make so many now that they do n't have the same |
| 7 | When I read that junior Ministers are interfering with the curriculum , I get worried , because I do not think that they know very much about it . |
| 8 | What most will also admit , once their anger has subsided , is that they put too much faith in the franchisor 's ambitious figures . |
| 9 | Since comparative studies from Africa seem to reinforce the evidence from all over that children pass through much the same stages , we can confidently predict that they mean as little to the children of Kenya or Zambia . |
| 10 | Neither does the idea of Mary Leakey and her team — that walking upright helped to scavenge dead carcases left behind by carnivore predators — survive close scrutiny , because it appears from hominid fossils that they ate probably more grain than meat . |
| 11 | said about the Animal Procedures Act of nineteen eighty six , erm , I know she 's been told about the animals are killed painlessly and that they suffer very little pain , where there 's any pain at all , but in fact this act erm which is governed by a committee only erm issues guidelines as to what might happen . |
| 12 | Betty wrought all those peeled potatoes into rosti , and grilled some sausages , remarking that they contained very little meat . |
| 13 | She argues that it enables speakers to produce language in a more efficient way , so that they use up less mental energy , and speak more fluently — perhaps even more emphatically and persuasively . |
| 14 | I viewed A&R men the same way and when I met them I realised that they knew even less than I thought they knew . |
| 15 | ‘ Greatly simplified calculations were done but it was realised that they left out many important factors and were therefore quite unreliable . |
| 16 | Eva protested that they had n't enough money . |
| 17 | Mr. Collins asserted that they had either such a right or at least a right that Lautro should consider whether to hear them . |
| 18 | I had no quarrel with them although I was suspicious of them , and doubtless jealous that they had so much of Joyce 's attention and that they could wish to band together with one another . |
| 19 | Each was aware , in fact , that they had too much to say , rather than too little . |
| 20 | In fairness to the LTA , in the particular circumstances of the time , I do not believe that they had very much option . |
| 21 | On the other hand , some may never have placed such emphasis on independence in their lives , or never felt that they had very much independence in the first place . |
| 22 | While the global system is most commonly classified in terms of First , Second and Third Worlds , and these are very convenient and for many purposes useful labels , it is certain that they conceal as much as they reveal . |
| 23 | I realised that men in politics had dominated world attitudes for long enough and although they claimed to be experts on everything , my experience showed that they understood very little . |
| 24 | At the time it had seemed that they shared so much that they must have some mystic chain binding them together . |
| 25 | There may be a limited exemption for non-profit-making bodies and foundations , provided that the data is used only ‘ as part of their legitimate aims ’ and ‘ on condition that they relate only those members and corresponding members who have consented to being included therein and that they are not communicated to third parties ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ It is odd that they said so many things to identify themselves within a few short sentences . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ When they are necessary I try to arrange that they cause as little disturbance as possible . ’ |
| 28 | In fact , of one refers to the practices of Muhammad , which are the main Muslim Texts , one sees that they deal as much with politics , government , the struggle against tyrants , as with prayers . " |
| 29 | They participated more fully in the intellectual and political life of their time — some argued that they participated too much — and reflected their society 's values , again , perhaps , too much if the criticisms of the ‘ social gospel ’ were accepted . |
| 30 | Later on , you can guide their play by , say , suggesting that they see how many little cups of water it takes to full the big jug , or by getting them to find out how long it takes to fill a floating cup with water until it sinks . |