Example sentences of "to [adj] [noun pl] [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hwang 's devotion to theatrical effects suggests that he shares Shaffer 's belief that ‘ peacockery is one of the dramatist 's obligations ’ , and both plays concern an effort at a human relationship across cultural difference : Pizarro 's fascination with the defeated Inca god-king Atahuallpa , and Gallimard 's desire for his Butterfly . |
| 2 | If Wordsworth had been a simple country boy , they could have patronized him ; the Johnsonian style of the Preface to Lyrical Ballads showed that he could write like the gentlemanly reviewers if he wanted to , and nothing is more infuriating than one of our own sort who ‘ lets the side down ’ . |
| 3 | The fact that Bukharin 's secondary equations gave rise to these criticisms indicates that he should have spelled out his intentions much more clearly . |
| 4 | Applying Ineichen 's prevalence rates to these populations suggests that there were 382,000 cases of dementia in 1981 ; by the year 2025 forward projection of these prevalence estimates would suggest that there will be 590,000 cases of dementia in Britain . |
| 5 | The intensity of hybridisation to these bands suggested that there were several copies of pPT in the genome . |
| 6 | She found that the recipients fought hard against the idea that they were ‘ at the receiving end ’ and went to great lengths to ensure that their parents ' support was reciprocated in some way . |
| 7 | Letters have been sent out to all parents asking that they keep their children away from other nurseries while tests are carried out . |
| 8 | He wrote to various suppliers implying that he owned the arcade and obtained around £350,000 worth of goods on credit . |
| 9 | Most said that they had been surprised if not totally taken aback on the news of the merger ; but to various degrees said that they were prepared to work with the new ownership as long as the guarantees of openness and neutrality made by Novell regarding the development of System V.4 were maintained . |
| 10 | Even the evolutionists who accepted that species change in response to adaptive pressures realized that something more than simple adaptation was involved . |
| 11 | The little blue handbook given to newly-appointed lieutenants explains that their prime responsibility is to ‘ uphold the dignity of the Crown ’ . |
| 12 | A plan must also show how a business will react to changing circumstances to ensure that its objectives are met . |
| 13 | A few telephone calls to other units showed that our hospital was not an exception . |