Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [that] [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes a moment to realise that it is not some pagan idol , but a head of Christ on the cross , that the spikes represent the crown of thorns and that in the wreckage of the ancient trunk a face has been carved . |
| 2 | It took a while to realise that it is a virus . |
| 3 | Only two outsiders are permitted to eat from the kitchen — the governor , who has to sample one meal every day to be able to answer any complaints the following day , and the doctor , who tastes the food two or three times a week to ensure that it is balanced and nutritious . |
| 4 | However , to maintain this amended behaviour pattern , it may be necessary to repeat this training once or twice a week to ensure that it is permanently reinforced . |
| 5 | The sentences in Task 11 are packed with cohesive devices , but it would be a mistake to suppose that it is this , and nothing else , which creates the unity between them . |
| 6 | Although haggling is common in countries such as India , it is a mistake to assume that it is standard practice throughout the world . |
| 7 | It can become difficult to get such a patient to accept that he is back to normal as he has no milepost to reach . |
| 8 | The onus is on writing as a medium to demonstrate that it is capable of forms of communication which are impossible in the oral media , and that it therefore still has a place in contemporary society . |
| 9 | The palazzo looks so much like a 1950s cinema ( or is it a small-town railway station ? ) , with its curves and ornate super-structure , that it comes as a surprise to learn that it is seventeenth-century . |
| 10 | It might come as something of a surprise to learn that he is now considered to be an Englishman . |