Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] that [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intel Corp is said to be talking eagerly to anyone with cooling technology that could prevent its Pentiums turning personal computers into desktop microwave ovens . |
| 2 | Samy slaps her across the face and storms out , criticizing her for suggesting actions that could cost him his job . |
| 3 | Potters , faience artists , pot painters , clay figurine makers , stone carvers and the priesthood probably worked closely together , sharing ideas that would glorify their deities . |
| 4 | Yet somehow Edward must be appeased , so I sought to make a virtue of my ignorance , asking questions that would allow him to air his greater experience . |
| 5 | We are also implementing strategies that will strengthen our position in the market , leading to a profitable expansion of our business in the future . |
| 6 | By cl. 18(a) " knowingly " includes a situation where the accused " avoids taking steps that might confirm his belief " that a circumstance exists . |
| 7 | Mr Ricks said Koresh had now told negotiators that astrological events were taking place that would meet his need for a sign from God . |
| 8 | Likewise young females have the problem of choosing mates that will provide them with vigorous young and possibly the assistance they need to rear them . |
| 9 | However , the success of the Inuit is based far more on dressing , housing and feeding themselves as well as possible , and avoiding risks that would expose them unduly to cold . |
| 10 | When I last met them in September , I asked them to consider urgently three specific point : first , the introduction of visible vehicle identification numbers ; secondly , the fitting of deadlocking across all their vehicle ranges ; and , most important , the development of an effective vehicle immobilising device that would make it impossible to move a car even if it had been broken into . |
| 11 | Unfortunately I ca n't imagine any chairman introducing measures that would make it harder for him to flog of a few prised assets in order to raise some hard cash . |
| 12 | One of them , Prof John Sargent , was among a band of eminent researchers in Britain , the United States , Canada , Italy and France who were bullied , cajoled and encouraged by the Odones to help in producing treatment that would save their son 's life . |
| 13 | In 1955 Balcon sold the studios to the BBC to resolve a longstanding debt problem , moving his production unit on to MGM and then ABPC , but failing to find at either place the sort of working context that would re-energize his production programme . |