Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some have been toppled , and some are so eroded that they appear to be nothing more than wind-scoured boulders . |
| 2 | When one begins to take passages of Scripture and to ask how those can be so presented that they speak with equal force and with the same intended meaning as when they were originally communicated , all kinds of possibilities emerge . |
| 3 | In fact , these two warts are so enlarged that they look like long swellings behind the animal 's eyes , covered with pores through which the poison seeps . |
| 4 | ( I am not arguing that the Americans do not themselves engage in all manner of protectionist devices , but merely note that they do at least have an intrinsic belief in the benefits of Adam Smith 's hidden hand , a view which is not wholly shared on the Continent of Europe . ) |
| 5 | Rumour and gossip will spread and the employer may well find key staff and others so unsettled that they look for and find other jobs . |
| 6 | This last point does not necessarily mean that you have to be using a page description language but , for the moment at least , it amounts to the same thing . |
| 7 | I was much more impressed by Mr. Kasner 's evidence than by that of Mr. Mahmoud , but I do not think that they differ on any material point . |
| 8 | Live the natural way : No , I am not suggesting that you return to some sort of Tarzan and Jane existence , simply that you try and reduce your dependence on those mechanical things which sometimes seem to threaten to take over our lives . |
| 9 | It will be apparent from what I have already said that I agree with the views expressed by Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. in In re J. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 , 41–42 . |
| 10 | The Prime Minister answered a question that I put to him earlier this year by referring to the fact that he did not believe that I live in the real world . |
| 11 | But just because adults have the right to choose , it does not follow that they have in fact exercised that right . |
| 12 | It does not follow that they understand in any sense that the bottom bricks of a tower support the top ones — although this is something which a leaping animal living in a jungle or an untidy house may have to learn . |
| 13 | this is not to suggest that I function like a computer ( which would be anathema to me ) , for there is always something to react to , something new to learn , or to improve . |
| 14 | Nothing personal , Bill , but just remember that I work in this town , and for me to work here then I need doors opening up for me . |
| 15 | You just know that you want to be the one who makes it back . |
| 16 | The radio can not demand that we listen to it : even if we leave it switched on , this does not mean we are listening . |
| 17 | When Butland measures the ‘ skills and talents ’ of general practice he does not appreciate that they rely on stability and knowledge of the patient . |
| 18 | Babies can not therefore really be considered to be trained as they do not realize when they want to go , do not indicate that they want to , and do not go to the potty by themselves . |
| 19 | But this does not mean that we swing to the opposite extreme and say that because doubt is a result of the Fall , all doubts are necessarily destructive , negative , even sinful . |
| 20 | This does not mean that they speak with one voice — the press has often either been critical or published critical opinions — but there is clearly a limit to government tolerance . |
| 21 | This does not mean that I like to be led by the nose , but only that I would appreciate a little extra guidance ’ . |
| 22 | That does not mean that I approve of what Jem does . ’ |
| 23 | Compilers of review volumes sometimes use all three , copying from many original papers and seeming not to realise that they refer to one and the same snail . |
| 24 | That is not to say that I disagree with Sir Bernard 's suggestion that the primary health-care system needs to be radically overhauled . |
| 25 | So we 're not proposing that you turn off the mainframe on Friday and turn on your Unix or open systems machines with your database on it on Monday . |
| 26 | So we 're not proposing that you turn off the mainframe on Friday and turn on open systems on Monday . |
| 27 | I can not say that I care for these self-perpetuating societies . ’ |
| 28 | " I can not say that I think of [ the causal determinist 's view ] as having any plausibility . |
| 29 | All the same , solitary bucks — if they can find no existing holes to make use of — will sometimes scratch out short tunnels for shelter , although it is not work that they tackle at all seriously . |
| 30 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |