Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] that it [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was a pleasure to discover that it had escaped the sort of wholesale restoration so commonly carried out in the earlier part of this century .
2 The Commission will now issue a " Reasonable Opinion " , giving the government two months to prove that it had complied with EC law .
3 Where such qualifications may be allowed for certain warranties , the acquirer will probably require the seller to confirm that it has made all reasonable enquiries .
4 It is a cliche to say that it has become a way of life , and that the stone-throwing is only the public , propaganda face of a whole political , social , economic and psychological transformation — the Palestinians ' own perestroika — which both sustains the Intifada and lays the groundwork for the eventual transition to statehood .
5 It claimed that Ms Oruene had failed to show she was treated less favourably than any other candidate and that there was not a shred of evidence to show that it had deviated from normal procedures .
6 But one practitioner , Eileen Reilly , says that while some unscrupulous healers bring the area into disrepute , there is evidence to show that it does work .
7 ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me .
8 Any record in the module which exceeds this width is flagged with in the right hand margin of the formatted line to indicate that it has overflowed .
9 In Madzimbamuto v. Lardner Burke ( P.C. , 1969 ) Lord Reid said that even if Parliament acted improperly or unwisely , it was not open to the courts to say that it had acted illegally and that the resultant legislation was invalid .
10 Redwood Shores , California-based Oracle Corp has joined the Greek chorus to say that it plans to convert its complete family of products to run on Alpha architecture under both OpenVMS and DEC OSF/1 ; the conversion effort on the VMS products is under way and should be out by the time DEC starts ships .
11 It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open .
12 Now Ministers utter the word only in order to deny that it has happened .
13 Once the client was in a position to show that it had received independent legal advice to the effect that the law was uncertain it went ahead alone to achieve its chosen objective .
14 He went into the college hall , and registered himself for matriculation among a rowdy assembly of students younger than himself ; and came out into the street to find that it had started to rain .
15 and it was Mr task to ensure that it 's carried out
16 His unconventionality , his unorthodoxy and his accent all helped the party to feel that it had made a step forward : " the dawn of the new regime " .
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