Example sentences of "that [n mass] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 There was a considerable shortage of skilled designers and draughtsmen , and , despite several years of efforts , and assurances by Hacking that headquarters would build up their design expertise , recruitment problems remained .
2 Be careful to recognise areas which have been worked-over by the whelks in the past , and remember that Nucella will feed at different shore levels at different times of the year .
3 And since every table in the application has triggers for primary and foreign keys and last update ID and data information , he thinks that 80% could go if the promised integrity enhancement features work .
4 Ignoring the gleam in his eyes , she carried on ‘ — but bear in mind that Rosa might walk in any minute . ’
5 ‘ I 'm being careful , ’ Erika said , in a voice which meant that Rosa could mind her own business .
6 Now these , this next band , the annual mileage ones , the sickness , and the form seven projections for the next three years , that data will come from Alan .
7 They always bid for funerals and I can remember folk on in being horrified at the idea that folk would put a notice in a window .
8 One of her worst fears is that folk will shun her because of what 's happened .
9 From all that we have said about both training and education , we can see a genuine and urgent need for the kind of flexible , variegated , self-paced learning environment that multimedia can offer .
10 So much so that , in a recent US television interview , Apple 's chief executive officer John Scully made a prediction that telecoms will dominate the next stage in the development of computing .
11 Wilt offered a grab bag of reasons for the SCO pull-out , all involving fears that MIPS will fail to command a market of any size .
12 Ideally it should be laid in a fine carpet and not in higgledy-piggledy lumps that bream can break down to easy mouthfuls .
13 If the pinches of flake were thrown over any other bream 's head then that fish would veer to one side , but only the bream immediately alongside him would react , and then only to get out of the way .
14 As for nitrate , one author stated that fish could live for years in levels up to 500ppm !
15 His letter shows that fish will spawn under most conditions .
16 ‘ It is a simple fact , often forgotten , ’ says Roma , ‘ that people may create something good merely by thinking it so .
17 H. So that people may continue to enjoy the scenery , many parts of the land , mainly near the coast , have been classified as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty .
18 Information and theory is needed so that people may continue to be motivated , and so that occupations can give the meaningful career development that for most persons is still essential to feelings of self-worth .
19 Some people may not want to send Christmas cards or eat meat at least once a week ( two of Townsend 's indicators of conventional British life ) : the implication is that Townsend grossly exaggerates the incidence of poverty because he ignores the fact that people may choose to do without such things .
20 All exchanges ensure that the integrity of their clearing house is beyond question so that people may invest in their derivative products without fear of default risk .
21 It is desirable to have conventional procedures like legislation and precedent so that people may rely on whatever decisions are actually reached through these procedures .
22 There is also the danger with sending a letter that people may misread it — or just look at it and not read it properly .
23 Authors who recognize the significance of manipulation , indoctrination , or ‘ conditioned power ’ ( Galbraith , 1985 ) believe that people may make mistakes in deciding what are their interests , and accept definitions of their interests foisted upon them by the powerful .
24 For one thing , it is quite possible that people may feel free and independent even when they are actually being manipulated .
25 I understand the concern that people may feel about the proposed change , but I am content that it should go thus .
26 It would also be an appropriate time to institute similar legislation to that of the US government in order to keep company profits stable , thereby maintaining research levels , and at the same time ensure that people may benefit from drugs that would otherwise not be available because they were not profitable to produce .
27 — The problem of more training within one 's job means that people may take on more responsibility and will need regrading
28 Previous work ( including a survey in the Medway towns in 1981 , also financed by ESRC ) suggests that people may support both sectors for different reasons .
29 The presence of Asian women advice workers has attracted a good response from the Asian community and the informality is attracting more family and personal enquiries of the sort that people may have felt uncomfortable about bringing previously .
30 First , any illusions that people may have had about Britain were soon dispelled : Britain still refused to accept anything above a loose intergovernmental structure .
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