Example sentences of "that they [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your mind became numbed to everything about human beings except that they pressed close around you all the time , that they slept above or below you , that you could never turn your head without seeing some evidence of their closeness — their clothes or their books or their photographs — that they made it impossible for you ever to be alone . |
| 2 | We know that they brought other domestic animals with them but it is inconceivable that they would have taken a wild cat from the mainland . |
| 3 | The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but did n't fully implement it . |
| 4 | What we want is something wherewith to prod the teachers so that they impart more facts more efficiently . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Social security officials suggested that they sell some of their furniture and the television before receiving help . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In this study we found a good agreement between the two tests , particularly considering the fact that they measure two different variables — namely , bile acid losses and bile acid synthesis . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But , as prisoners see it , the new system means only that they receive negative replies to their complaints more quickly . |
| 13 | In the case of lift installations it is essential that they receive regular preventative maintenance inspections to meet the paramount conditions of safety and operational efficiency . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We must ensure that they receive ample opportunities to improve their skills and monitor their progress . |
| 17 | Will my right hon. Friend do what he can to ensure that they receive that food aid from the United Kingdom ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We recommend to the Executive Committee that they approve Christian Aid supporting such a course in the way outlined . |
| 23 | members are recommended that they approve these two course of actions , thank you very much . |
| 24 | He wishes that they 'd all got killed . |
| 25 | I was told later by the Flight Sergeant that they counted five cannon and thirty 7.62mm holes in the machine . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In some rocks their shells lie so thickly that they form solid bands . |