Example sentences of "they [verb] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fear that the cost of transport would go up , making life on their windswept islands even more expensive ( the same basket of goods costs £52.53 in Barra but £46.77 in Aberdeen ) . |
| 2 | Sometimes they fear that the strength of their passion will so endanger relationships which are important to them that they will shut down parts in themselves from which they believe the threat comes . |
| 3 | People often avoid using too many straight lines in a garden as they fear that the end result will look clinical . |
| 4 | In the 1989 statement on Government expenditure they announced that the Home Office was to receive yet another increase in money to enable it to build two extra prisons , to set up 30 day centres for parole on probation , to recruit 300 more police officers in provincial forces , to employ an additional 1,300 civilians in the police forces and to make the Immigration and Nationality Department more efficient . |
| 5 | They announced that the dialogue should begin on June 8 and that elections for the new Congress should be held on Nov. 8 . |
| 6 | They concede that the Church 's policy of rotating the Moderator every year can pose some difficulties for broadcasters and newspapers in terms of availability and profile , but they argue that this can be overcome and does not explain all the recent exclusions from discussions . |
| 7 | Any moment now they expected that the Collector would make up his mind to do something about it . |
| 8 | They realized that the loss of power at the imperial centre would allow them to strengthen their position by negotiating with the imperial vassals . |
| 9 | As they approached the castle they realized that the advance of the red weed was increasing in speed . |
| 10 | On Sept. 8 they agreed that the victor would form a government which would " guarantee national reconciliation and reconstruction " but specifically excluded the possibility of a formal coalition between their parties . |
| 11 | I called on Labour Councillors : they agreed that the state of affairs on the site was shocking . |
| 12 | It was an impossible arrangement in the circumstances and through their solicitors they agreed that the horse should be put up for public auction , each partner having the right to buy it outright . |
| 13 | They agreed that the letter about which Clarissa was so upset must be from the War Office , and Peregrine said it made him feel almost cowardly to have survived the German breakthrough , the evacuation of the beaches and now this latest blow on the very day the capitulation of France was announced . |
| 14 | The official report from the Department of Transport says experienced display pilots felt ’ the aircraft was being flown in a spirited but not unreasonable manner … but they agreed that the entry speed was insufficient for a full loop . ’ |
| 15 | I imagine that the frustrated passengers would not be amused if they realised that the delay was caused by a restless spirit but the report of the accident can be checked in British Rail 's archives . |
| 16 | Staff there were looking forward to the event until they realised that the Princess regularly went fox hunting . |
| 17 | They realised that the activity could not be subsumed into a set of procedures which would be valid in every case — " the rationale for the teaching of reading is always in evolution for the teacher . " |
| 18 | The deliberations irritated both groups a little because they realised that the gap is growing between those who run computers and those who do n't . |
| 19 | At first glance they realised that the specimen differed from any meteorites they had ever seen . |
| 20 | They realised that the college site , inaccessible at the top of a hill and situated half way between two communities , was in fact serving neither . |
| 21 | They grumble that the company 's membership of the British Franchise Association gave it a ring of confidence in which investors put their faith . |
| 22 | In the mid-Eighties they ruled that the scrummage must be above shoulder height . |
| 23 | He got together with Clyde Walcott , a happy refereeing choice for three Tests in England this summer between England and Pakistan , and they ruled that the rule called for 90 overs to be bowled every day , and the allowance for wickets would only be taken into account for fining purposes when each side 's overall rate was calculated at the end of the game . |
| 24 | They argued that the continuation of reformist policies was largely dependent on Deng 's personal authority , and that his death might signal a conservative backlash against the predicted rise in prices and growth in unemployment . |
| 25 | Others , however , including Cromwell and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer , were much more vehement in their condemnation of the papacy ; attracted by the new ideas and reforming zeal of the continental Protestants , they argued that the papacy had falsified the word of God and distorted true religion . |
| 26 | As for the idea of ‘ community ’ , they argued that the Council 's policy would undermine existing communities rather than create new ones . |
| 27 | The traditional view was challenged by Modigliani and Miller in 1958 They argued that the level of gearing used by the firm should not affect the cost of capital or alter the value of the firm as the risk borne by shareholders and debenture holders was dependent on how the firm used the capital not on how the firm raised the capital . |
| 28 | whilst the insurer was prepared to make an interim payment if providing indemnity they argued that the pursuer was not entitled to an award because he did not have the means to enable him to pay . |
| 29 | By and large , however , they argued that the behaviour of the electorate was shaped less by their stance to particular policy issues and more by generalised attitudes and beliefs about the party 's " image " , and they specifically pointed out " how little the mass of voters could be said to respond to the policy alternatives at Westminster in judging the claims of the rival parties " . |
| 30 | They argued that the scheme could be phased in over 15 years . |