Example sentences of "that they [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What we want is something wherewith to prod the teachers so that they impart more facts more efficiently .
2 It is equally undeniable that they derive great pleasure from physical confrontations with rival groups of supporters and go to great lengths to evade the authorities and make such confrontations possible .
3 The time may well have come when the taxpayers of our country need their own union to ensure that they receive better value for their money — rather like local authority ratepayers ' committees .
4 But , as prisoners see it , the new system means only that they receive negative replies to their complaints more quickly .
5 Is my hon. and learned Friend aware that in the Baltic states today the problems of lack of food and hunger are just as serious as , if not more serious than , those in the big cities of the former Soviet Union , but that they receive little attention ?
6 Recognising that relocation may have a worse effect on married staff than on single workers , it is not unusual to find that they receive higher allowances .
7 We must ensure that they receive ample opportunities to improve their skills and monitor their progress .
8 Will my right hon. Friend do what he can to ensure that they receive that food aid from the United Kingdom ?
9 I was told that they receive three meals a day and a very small amount of payment , although this did not appear to be directly related to the amount of work they did .
10 If parents are to be encouraged to bring up mentally handicapped children at home , it is essential that they receive this type of short term respite on a regular basis .
11 He thinks that it is more important to convince doctors that ‘ teaching ’ is a broad term and covers much of what they do every day and to ensure that they receive adequate training and support to carry it out well .
12 In such a state , driven by the worst fear of all , that of sudden death , and given that they are all approximately equal in power , it would seem to be in men 's interests that they reach some agreement , each to have only as much liberty as he is prepared to allow to others .
13 We recommend to the Executive Committee that they approve Christian Aid supporting such a course in the way outlined .
14 Public inquiries have the advantage that they remove all suspicion of cover-up from any government department , and it is true that the examination and cross-examination by skilled counsel usually leads to the veracity and relevance of the evidence being established .
15 The Labour Party believes that these qualifications are so serious that they remove any presumption that the government can rely on a free market economy .
16 Grafting an additional polarizing region into the anterior margin has done two things — the limb bud has widened and the polarizing region has re-specified the position of the cells in the anterior part of the limb so that they form additional digits .
17 In some rocks their shells lie so thickly that they form solid bands .
18 When organisms are examined it is seen that they form natural groups with features , usually morphological , in common .
19 They 've sacrificed some of their originality for a more ‘ contemporary ’ sound , yet it 's encouraging that they show such willingness to innovate — even if it does sound as if they 're still stumbling through the undergrowth .
20 The fact that they show little grief does not mean they are unmoved , but they may have been less inclined than are many women to see their relationship with their partner as the fulcrum of their lives .
21 If we return , for example , to the case of student protesters , we have already noted that they show some signs of a need for parental surrogates , and certainly they are seldom complete anarchists .
22 Grammatical structures need to be " overlearned " — so that they become automatic habits .
23 To help raise parental esteem so that they become equal partners in this process ; and so that young children are able to see their parents as problem solving , confident role models .
24 While the key features of each — the limited liability company , the use of collective bargaining and the state provision of welfare — all have something of a Christian basis in terms of providing outlets for savings , strengthening the family , and correcting injustice and providing for those in need , nevertheless it is easy to see how they can become taken over by humanistic philosophy — so that they become unlimited freedom to create wealth , the use of collective power and the denial of individual merit and the state as the alternative for the family and private charity .
25 One of the properties of particles of matter is that they influence each other .
26 I understand that they purify minuscule amounts of water .
27 Their women , far from being grateful , turned on them , snarling , in late night conversations telling them to shut up ; far from setting them free to work for the Revolution , their women demanded that they take emotional responsibility and also clean the loos .
28 Also , current recommendations for screening for stroke and major coronary events by blood pressure measurements are not rational in that they take little account of the absolute risk of these diseases , specifying cut off levels for blood pressure screening that take little or no account of age .
29 Sainsbury , for example , defend the sky-high price of their organic vegetables by saying that they take less percentage profit on them , and that the wholesalers seem to be the ones jacking up the price .
30 Many police officers will want to remind the Home Secretary as he prepares his response to the Sheahy report that they take special risks and deserve special treatment .
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