Example sentences of "that they [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easy for Draper and White to mock the church fathers for their naiveté on matters of natural philosophy , forgetting that they did have higher concerns — forgetting , too , that their naiveté often reflected the pagan wisdom of their day . |
| 2 | S so then the evidence is that they did know each other , begging what know exactly entails , but that 's not in dispute . |
| 3 | And I felt that they did need some kind of ongoing support . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe I 'll make it a condition that they do marry each other , the two of them . |
| 5 | There is still ample talent for England , given sensible selection , to demonstrate that they do possess organised strength in depth and that the national structure , so precarious in other years , has a substantial base . |
| 6 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 7 | Yes , I think there is a fair point there but er I do n't know whether you listeners appreciate that nobody at all , whether disabled or not will have to repay the student loan after they 've graduated if their income is below 85% of the national average wage , which is currently 11,500 pounds , er we are recognising that they do face some additional costs er when they 've graduated and that should be taken into account and that will be one of the things in our concession . |
| 8 | Even in notation , the differences in musical language between orally transmitted ‘ folk ’ song , printed bourgeois song and recorded rock song come through : they hardly need comment , except to say that they do fit many of the stereotypes of the neo-McLuhanite model ( see Ex. 3.1 ) . |
| 9 | Although they face daily and substantial fluctuations in demand for their output , they wish to ensure that they do have sufficient staff available to help them satisfy this demand . |
| 10 | While recognising the relative vulnerability of certain groups to poverty , it must be emphasised that they do share one crucial common feature , their social class position . |
| 11 | No , but it 's up to the every individual to try and make sure that they do get that level of service . |
| 12 | Erm I think what we have to do in particular as , as , as full time officers is , is probably try and er and erm chase things up although they they 're within the realms of the respo the respective LEC 's but to try and make sure that they do get some clearer , if not confirmed , insight into re in relation to the contribution aspect . |
| 13 | Miss and Tony you have to kinda pretend that they do like each other so that erm the mother does n't suspect her of liking Hastings . |
| 14 | Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls . |
| 15 | Others , however , would rather maintain that these charges have sometimes been exaggerated , but that they do highlight genuine dangers of which one ought to be aware in reading Barth : dangers which lie partly in what he actually says , but also partly in what he can very easily be taken to be saying when his real meaning is subtly but significantly different . |
| 16 | The Government should halt the issue of licences to build further gas-powered stations until it has been demonstrated that they do produce cheaper electricity . |