Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [that] the [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 2 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 3 | Little recognized that the cause was an abnormal birth which produced brain damage and secondary spasticity of the limbs . |
| 4 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
| 5 | The government accused Czechoslovakia ( which represented Cuba 's diplomatic interests in the United States ) of " hypocritical inconsistency " — sheltering asylum seekers while requesting official protection to deal with the " consequences " of such an action , and additionally claimed that the episode was aimed at causing embarrassment in the run-up to the July 26 celebrations . |
| 6 | One more adventurous boy decided to explore the overgrown slope behind the hut and he was pushing his way through the undergrowth when he caught sight of a figure approaching the hut further down the slope ; the boy was close enough to see that the figure was that of a tramp wearing tattered clothing and crowned with a battered trilby hat . |
| 7 | The correspondent , however , was sage enough to emphasise that the relationship was far from causal . |
| 8 | He claimed to have been at the Munich Olympics in 1972 while serving with the US Army , and seemed particularly proud of a photograph of himself in officer 's uniform ( without apparently realising that the insignia were incorrect ) . |
| 9 | Yet Howard saw , all too often , that the effect of a prison sentence might be health so broken that the ex-prisoner was unemployable . |
| 10 | For instance , in the commercial applications , the articles of association of a company do not specify a procedure , but merely say that the auditors are to certify the value of the shares ( see Chapter 3 ) : the same brevity is encountered in the share option ( 5.2 ) and convertible preference share examples ( 5.6 ) . |
| 11 | At the top of this list is wally , which perhaps illustrates that the research was not conducted yesterday but the day before the day before then . |
| 12 | Far below the Earth 's surface , the rocks are so compressed that the pores are closed . |
| 13 | Oliver was experienced enough to know that the promise was probably true . |
| 14 | However , my predecessor , Bishop John Bickersteth , who for many years had been an advocate for issues of conservation , quite rightly protested that the Archbishop was saying no more than the biblical tradition states ! |
| 15 | Assuming that you have to ‘ go it alone ’ , it is highly recommended that the model be fitted with floats , or some form of training undercarriage . |
| 16 | He knelt to check the old man 's pulse only to discover that the President was uncaring rather than unconscious . |
| 17 | They set off for Siwa , arriving on 21 June only to discover that the LRDG was in the process of abandoning the place . |
| 18 | Norton 's Coin 's participation in the race was something of a mistake , for Sirrell Griffiths had wanted to run him in the Cathcart Challenge Cup on the same day of the Cheltenham meeting , only to discover that the horse was ineligible . |
| 19 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
| 20 | I dropped down from the loch only to find that the terrain was considerably steeper than I recalled on the way up , although the compass said I was doing fine . |
| 21 | More than one manager has devised a superb presentation only to find that the date was yesterday or the time half an hour earlier . |
| 22 | He accepted Toby 's outstretched hand , its appearance as limp as a flipper , only to find that the grasp was strong and confident . |
| 23 | I know it 's a small point , but how many times have you tried to access the truss rod on a guitar , only to find that the screws are located immediately under the strings and that inserting a screwdriver is nigh on impossible without de-tuning ? |
| 24 | How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ? |
| 25 | A common fault here is to think of the rotor disc as being the model , and watch it describe a graceful turn only to find that the fuselage is now pointing its tail at the ground . |
| 26 | He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them . |
| 27 | She had spent months regretting her experience and crying over it , but suddenly decided that the past was the past . |
| 28 | Fortunately for the horse ( and even the owner ) , the editor rightly answered that the horse was just being nice , pleasant , and submissive ; and his relaxed ear were showing his non-resistance to her authority . |
| 29 | You say , ‘ we will naturally assume that the party is travelling together ’ . |
| 30 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |