Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not such an optimist as to imagine that we are always going to agree with you about the type of regulation , or its costs , but I do want to emphasise that we are determined always to try to talk through contentious issues with you and to ensure that there is real dialogue . ’ |
| 2 | Some of its members interpreted the result as showing that voters preferred a broad movement such as the Forum to the sort of disciplined party that had misruled Czechoslovakia for more than 40 years . |
| 3 | Kimura saw this result as confirming that the left temporal lobe is more important than the right temporal lobe in the perception of spoken material . |
| 4 | It quoted Brazil 's National Institute for Research as calculating that 120,300 square miles of forest had been destroyed in the years leading up to 1989 . |
| 5 | Yet we can not see this relative lack of effect as indicating that there is no desire for change . |
| 6 | The article also quotes a source at the Ministry of Industry as saying that the government wants the spin-off , with corporate outside investors for the new entity , adding that , although the government is not opening up France Telecom 's capital to outside investors , ‘ nothing prohibits the privatisation of its subsidiaries . ’ |
| 7 | He had been quoted in the Jerusalem Post at the start of a visit by a Green delegation as saying that the Iraqi Scud attacks on Israel were the logical consequence of Israel 's policy towards its neighbours . |
| 8 | The Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Hisham Nazer was quoted before the meeting as saying that while Saudi Arabia would continue to support the US$21 reference price , it would not " force that on the market by a deliberate creation of shortage " . |
| 9 | Rather than maintain that the situation was unsatisfactory and needed diversion of energy into this area , there was a tendency to see any admission of failure as indicating that the whole area should disappear . |
| 10 | The Royal College of Physicians has gone on record as stating that ‘ there are reasonable grounds for the statement that , in genetically susceptible persons , large bowel cancer could be favoured by a fibre-depleted diet ’ . |
| 11 | Cumberland was on record as believing that a battle without a cannonade was like a dance without music and Culloden began as a gunners ’ battle . |
| 12 | Even if that is not the whole truth , — clearly , the government has a crucial say -Mr de Klerk has gone on record as recognising that Mr Mandela has leverage in government decisions . |
| 13 | Maij-Weggen is on record as arguing that too many people are dependent on their cars . |
| 14 | President Houphouet Boigny , of Ivory Coast , is on record as saying that a minister who can not enrich himself is not worth his salt . |
| 15 | SIR — Even his political opponents are on record as saying that John Major is a decent chap . |
| 16 | Meanwhile the debate on whether to replace mercury amalgam fillings continues — the American Dental Association has gone on record as saying that dentists who recommend replacing fillings may do so because of the often hefty fees they can charge for the work . |
| 17 | At the University of Loughborough there were several people who went on record as saying that you could always get a laugh out of Henry . |
| 18 | Admirers of Edison 's tinfoil phonograph are on record as saying that it was impossible to tell the difference between the recording and the original . |
| 19 | Peter Scudamore is on record as saying that Sabin du Loir is one of the best horses he has ever ridden , and could have gone a long way towards towards justifying that high opinion but for falling in last year 's King George at Kempton when holding a healthy lead . |
| 20 | What I got was a group of men who ranged from those with a more developed line on women 's issues than mine to those who were frankly misogynistic , and a woman who went on record as saying that , in her opinion , feminism put women off being lesbians . |
| 21 | The England manager , upset by the way his comments were interpreted after the European championship , has gone on record as saying that he is mis-understood , that he can not shake off the association with the long ball game from his formative years at Watford . |
| 22 | He was on record as saying that he regarded the agonizing over Equal Opportunities on a paper which did not even exist as — at best — a red herring . |
| 23 | Within a few weeks the Minister Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , who is on record as saying that some of the works are in such poor condition that they can not be given away without loss of face , will come forward with a number of proposals . |
| 24 | Orgasm , in fact , although a concomitant of " complete " sex , has been somewhat overrated in our society ; one disabled man is on record as saying that until , by reason of his disability , orgasm became impossible , he had never appreciated the meaning of the saying " to travel hopefully is better than to arrive ! " |
| 25 | Mr. Simon Hughes As the Minister 's first answer made it clear that a price differential has been a major cause of the substantial increase in sales of unleaded petrol , and as the Secretary of State is on record as saying that the market has a role to play in cutting the use of petrol across the market in the United Kingdom , by what figures does the Department currently estimate that petrol prices will increase over the next few years ? |
| 26 | Even the Leader of the Opposition is on record as saying that the rating system is the unfairest of taxes , yet we are led to believe that that is what the Labour party proposes . |
| 27 | The right hon. Member for Blaby may not like the idea of a European central bank , but he is clearly on record as saying that he believes that in this country 's economy an independent central bank would be a guarantee against inflation . |
| 28 | Arzú had already gone on record as saying that Belizean independence would not be recognized , and members of Guatemala 's National Congress claimed that Serrano 's decision flouted Article 173 of the Constitution which stated that territorial decisions regarding Belize " must be subject to the ratification of Congress , following the consultation of the Guatemalan people " . |
| 29 | A spokesman for PT Astra has however gone on record as saying that the majority of the 6,000 jobs to be created will go to incomers from Java , settling in Irian Jaya under the Indonesian government 's Transmigration Programme . |
| 30 | Mr Patten is on record as saying that teachers have experienced too many changes in a short time and perhaps deserve a period of stability . |