Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [verb] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wittgenstein is here opposing our natural inclination when we start philosophising , which is to say that what matters is not the use of the expressions ‘ I know ’ , ‘ I remember ’ , ‘ I hope ’ , but a mental phenomenon — or process or activity — of knowing , remembering , hoping . |
| 2 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 3 | As specified , a causal circumstance includes no more than was needed to necessitate the effect , which is to say that it included just a set of conditions or events such that if the set existed , so did the effect , and still would have even if certain other conditions or events had also existed . |
| 4 | By which is meant that they have developed their ability to focus both senses and mind upon a thought process . |
| 5 | But looks are deceiving and , despite her daintiness , Jo 's no lightweight — for , as Home and Away 's policewoman Jane Holland , she 's proving that you do n't have to be big and brawny to act tough . |
| 6 | I said you , I said I do n't go out with and he 's saying , she 's saying that I do |
| 7 | But who 's to say that they do n't redesign the standard valve ? |
| 8 | A mother insists on her small son 's going to bed at a certain time , in spite of all his protests , because she knows he needs enough sleep to keep healthy and alert ; but in his view , she is insisting that he gives up his happy play , cutting him off from the rest of the family , for no good reason . |
| 9 | Individuals may freely endorse an organisational culture or set of values and who is to say that they have been indoctrinated ? |
| 10 | He may have meant the general composition of what had been the whole great building : who is to say that he did not also intend the look , smell , feel and silence of these stones ? |
| 11 | People still think the greatest compliment they can pay you is to say that you look younger than your age . |
| 12 | Those conditions still stood , she told MPs , ‘ but no one is suggesting that we dot every ‘ i ’ and cross every ‘ t ’ before we look at it . ’ |
| 13 | No one 's disputing that you 've done well . |
| 14 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 15 | And if it 's discovered that I spent most of my childhood in care , then reporters could make enquiries and turn it into a big thing . ’ |
| 16 | Retired university lecturer Ray Morgan was not at home when we called to see him , but it 's understood that he decided to quit after several meetings with the Gloucestershire Magistrates Association . |
| 17 | It 's understood that he has now been twice to complain to the Prime Minister that ministers are trying to make his staff do things he finds improper . |
| 18 | When it 's raining that I find depressing ! |
| 19 | Willis was blamed for costly delays that plagued filming throughout , and it 's said that he antagonized his co-stars by constantly ad-libbing during takes , leaving the other actors speechless . |
| 20 | If it 's found that they continued to cash cheques after that date , criminal proceedings will follow . |
| 21 | It 's alleged that she drove recklessly , causing the car to strike the verge and overturn , d causing the death of a passenger . |
| 22 | From here you can choose either peak as your first , complete the ridge and return to the same point at the river , but it 's recommended that you traverse east to west taking in Sgurr Thuilm as Munro number one . |
| 23 | Dogs ca n't go in eating areas , and it 's preferred that they do n't climb all over furniture in sitting rooms , but there 's a good acre or 27 of space for romping and rambling . |
| 24 | Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties . |
| 25 | Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties . |
| 26 | At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month . |
| 27 | Although the Schools generally are based in cities , it is intended that they cater for participants from the surrounding ‘ region ’ . |
| 28 | It is intended that they fly out to Brazil in early January to commence their second period of missionary activity . |
| 29 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |
| 30 | It is said that they learn to ride before they learn to walk , and this is almost true . |