Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [that] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Styczynski had x-rays after saying that he had pains in his chest and pins and needles in his arms . |
| 2 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 3 | After the initial shock and disbelief of hearing that you have HIV , you may be left with a mixture of emotions . |
| 4 | Whatever abstract mathematical objects I may choose to represent energy or momentum , the consequence of actually measuring them is the concrete one of finding that I have present so many units of whatever it is . |
| 5 | Once the first and crucial step has been taken of recognising that everyone needs help to handle what are very distressing events , the next step is to request and take advantage of all the support available . |
| 6 | Thus , a new influence came into Medau work , and Senta Medau began a collaboration with Dr Schmitt 's colleague , Dr Frederike Richter , that resulted in a way of working that they called Organgymnastik . |
| 7 | We st we still want to achieve land reform because that ultimately is , is going to be the only way of ensuring that we end feudalism and the proper benefits go to the poor . |
| 8 | In Uzzell 's opinion , ‘ companies now want their investment in computers and telecommunications to relate to business volumes ’ as a way of ensuring that they get value for money . |
| 9 | He made love to her slowly and with exquisite care , wringing from her such an intensity of feeling that she thought paradise could hold no more . |
| 10 | It is through suffering that we learn obedience and trust , and God , in his wisdom , will lead us through stages of growth that feel like anything but growth to bring us to Christ-likeness . |
| 11 | But far from accepting that they gave expression to some all-important class struggle , liberal historians regard the ideas of the revolutionary intelligentsia as the product of their own psychological needs . |
| 12 | That is one reason why I have no hesitation in saying that I support Stagecoach also . |
| 13 | The first question which has been considered on this appeal is whether the justices were right in thinking that they had power in an appropriate case to order that there should be no contact between the mother and child under section 34(2) of the Act of 1989 . |
| 14 | PP : Am I right in thinking that you recognise Exhibit A ? |
| 15 | ( 5 ) In breach of their fiduciary duties they put themselves in a position where there was a conflict between their duty to the plaintiff to inform him and their personal interest in ensuring that they obtained commission on both Vertigo and Caliban. ( 6 ) As a consequence ( a ) the plaintiff was entitled to damages for breach of contract and fiduciary duties ; ( b ) the defendants , being in breach of their fiduciary duties as agents , were not entitled to their commission . |
| 16 | Philip Urbach was encouraged by a German-sounding word ( ‘ Maybe English was n't so difficult after all ’ ) , without realising that it meant war over Poland . |
| 17 | It goes without saying that I consider Nizan 's trilogy of novels to be an exemplary piece of writing worthy of serious critical attention . |
| 18 | His last sentence is tantamount to saying that he includes Abdulkerim , perhaps rather against his own better judgement , only because the mentions the fact that he became Mufti . |
| 19 | Mrs Thatcher was critical of Mr Kinnock for thinking that he had victory in the bag before the result was declared . |
| 20 | The second tool is a small spirit level , invaluable for ensuring that you fix things like shelves and curtain tracks to a true horizontal . |
| 21 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 22 | You can often get them back on track by suggesting that they take turns at riding the tricycle or that they make the Lego building a joint effort . |
| 23 | ‘ A local housing authority may perform any duty under section 65 or 68 ( duties to persons found to be homeless ) to secure that accommodation becomes available for the occupation of a person — ( a ) by making available accommodation held by them under Part II ( provision of housing ) or under any other enactment , ( b ) by securing that he obtains accommodation from some other person , or ( c ) by giving him such advice and assistance as will secure that he obtains accommodation from some other person . |
| 24 | On the facts of Modupe the accused was guilty of inducing his creditors to wait for payment when he had obtained credit by stating that he owned property when he did not and by exaggerating his employment status . |
| 25 | Forty years ago , one of De Gaulle 's greatest admirers , the writer , Franois Mauriac , summed up typical French distrust after nearly a century of conflict by saying that he loved Germany so much that he was glad there were two of them . |
| 26 | This huge increase caused concern among many deputies , but Pavlov had justified it by saying that it took account of forthcoming wholesale price rises and would actually represent a fall in real terms . |
| 27 | For example , to place the concept ‘ hypertext ’ in a semantic net , one might begin by saying that it contains documents , runs on computers , and serves users . |
| 28 | He performs the test and demonstrates that the evolving gas is carbon dioxide by showing that it turns lime water milky . |
| 29 | Bill Clinton has capitalised on this situation by stressing that he offers America change . |