Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The integration of these systems followed gradually , and much later , when man learned to grow and store crops for his now domesticated animals that they might survive winter or drought at home .
2 Intel Corp has confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that it will delay introduction of its Pentium microprocessor until May , but denies the paper 's assertion that it is holding the chip back to exploit demand for existing 80486 products .
3 It is considered that in the last resort it is to civil remedies that she should have recourse .
4 Tuzla , 50 miles north of the Bosnian capital , declared on Saturday that it would join Sarajevo 's fast for those in eastern Bosnia .
5 Claudia made up her mind that she would help Roman as much as she could .
6 It had never once crossed his mind that she would take exception to what he had done .
7 we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that ,
8 But Lewis 's dramatic demonstration that he can mix knockout punches with impeccable boxing technique was straight out of Ali 's famous butterfly and bee nature study .
9 He faced growing opposition , even among those who had been his closest supporters , particularly when he failed to honour an undertaking made in 1979 to his party supporters that he would relinquish office in 1990 after the first 10 years of independence .
10 Philips arranged with the Procurator-General of the Regent 's government in Brussels that he would visit Antwerp at a time when Tyndale 's host Poyntz was away .
11 We give birth surrounded by people who reflect our own fear that we will lose control and that our animal self will burst forth noisily and messily .
12 Whatever its actual effect , the English wanted at least to make sure that they would not be out of pocket over expansion in America , and the fear that they would lose money was expressed by the economist Charles Davenant when he wrote in 1698 : ‘ it can not reasonably be admitted that the mother country should impoverish herself to enrich the children nor that Britain should weaken herself to strengthen America . ’
13 However , on Jan. 13 , 1990 , Ankara University decided not to withdraw the ban on headscarves for fear that it might provoke unrest on campus .
14 Only the fear that he might win custody of their son Robert held the marriage together .
15 The reference may be invalid because there has been no agreement between the parties that it should take place .
16 This means that your solution may differ , quite legitimately , from your neighbour 's ( in fact it is one of the characteristics of a good case study that it can give rise to equally valid alternative solutions ) .
17 A US$100,000,000 EFTA development fund for Yugoslavia was established in April 1990 with the intention that it should begin operations , after ratification , in 1991 .
18 Having clearly demonstrated his abilities he was appointed locomotive works manager at Swindon in 1895 , and two years later this job was combined with the position of chief assistant locomotive superintendent , with the intention that he should succeed William Dean , whose health was failing .
19 It also has a detailed chapter on the handling of cross-wind landing gear that I 'll bet Peter Underhill wishes he had read before testing the Helio Courier in our March issue .
20 What he can not do , of course , is articulate clearly his true reasons of state , reasons which make perfect sense in an administration context and obey all the rules of realpolitik , including the rule that you should have God on your side .
21 I mean obviously the it 's a I perhaps it 's an exaggeration to the effect that nobody can guarantee planning permission until they 've got planning permission .
22 She would see Mama and Papa again soon , they were coming over well before the wedding , and what bliss to greet them as the future Marchioness of Blaine , beautiful blond Havvie by her side , eager to meet them — or so he publicly said — his private comments were somewhat different — more to the effect that he could swallow Sally-Anne and her dollars , but her parvenu papa was quite another thing !
23 But the sight of a street-lamp or a window light that he can recognise hooks up memories like fish from a pool .
24 On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country .
25 And it was asking too much of readers that they should insulate Eliot the editor and editorialist from Eliot the poet ; so that they should read ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ without feeling that they were being nudged into the Roman Catholic or the Anglo-Catholic church —
26 After being among the first of the former Soviet republics to fight to free itself from the embrace of Moscow , it has now come full circle with the recognition that it must look East as well as West for its own benefit .
27 He added that this was on condition that he would withdraw claims for defamation of character made against the IJF if the IJF would agree not to take any legal action against him in the future .
28 As you know , I have great faith that I shall receive help from you .
29 I have great faith that I shall receive help from you .
30 Six were at sea , on the business of trade — an act of faith that he might have cause to regret .
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