Example sentences of "that they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but did n't fully implement it . |
| 2 | What we want is something wherewith to prod the teachers so that they impart more facts more efficiently . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The way in which royal messengers allegedly searched far and wide for a suitable bride ignores the likelihood that the union with Emma was motivated purely by political considerations , while the statement that they sent other sons to Normandy to be educated is a misleading reference to the exile of Emma 's offspring by Æthelred . |
| 5 | He took particular care of young players , seeing that they were well-fed and well-lodged and that they sent some money home to their parents each week . |
| 6 | Although , as Beaumanoir stated at this time , the magnates were ‘ sovereigns within their baronies ’ , they were supposed to execute the crown 's ordinances — which often meant that they anticipated royal legislation by legislating in their own name for their own domains . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But , as prisoners see it , the new system means only that they receive negative replies to their complaints more quickly . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We must ensure that they receive ample opportunities to improve their skills and monitor their progress . |
| 12 | Will my right hon. Friend do what he can to ensure that they receive that food aid from the United Kingdom ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We recommend to the Executive Committee that they approve Christian Aid supporting such a course in the way outlined . |
| 18 | I was told later by the Flight Sergeant that they counted five cannon and thirty 7.62mm holes in the machine . |
| 19 | English historians have sometimes lamented the retention of continental possessions by the English crown in the later Middle Ages , maintaining that they distracted English kings from their proper purpose : the reduction of the British Isles to obedience and the formation of an island nation state . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In some rocks their shells lie so thickly that they form solid bands . |
| 24 | When organisms are examined it is seen that they form natural groups with features , usually morphological , in common . |
| 25 | One of the reasons why the better shipyards and coachbuilders were expensive was that they kept large stocks of valuable timber seasoned and seasoning . |
| 26 | Alternatively , the prices could be adjusted somehow so that they met total costs . |
| 27 | The 1967 Abortion Act made it possible for women to get abortions if they were in the early stages of pregnancy and could persuade two doctors that they met certain criteria . |
| 28 | The new version of the directive , which had received the assent of the European Parliament ( EP ) on Nov. 22 , and which was due to come into force in January 1993 , allowed providers of financial services the right , in principle , to trade anywhere in the EC provided that they met minimum standards ( the so-called " single passport " concept ) . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |