Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start he was preaching that assurance was essential for salvation ; that is , you could know within you that you were well and truly saved . |
| 2 | Halting that activity was the objective of the exercise , not the capture of an enormous haul of drugs . |
| 3 | For the careful and conscientious journalist or broadcaster , the legal meaning of " malice " provides vital protection for honest comment , the more so , because the burden of proving that malice was the dominant motive rests on the plaintiff . |
| 4 | In line with his overall political goal of proving that Labour was ‘ fit to govern ’ , Macdonald abandoned the visions of democratic diplomacy which had so excited him in 1917 and proceeded to adjust to the reality of a balance of power mediated through the League , helping to resolve the Ruhr crisis by lending his support to the rescheduling , rather than the abolition , of German reparations payments . |
| 5 | LIABILITY : CASE LAW ACCUMULATES Proving that loss was directly caused by a breach of auditing duty is likely to be difficult |
| 6 | The action taken by sufferers on first realising that incontinence was a problem is shown in table III . |
| 7 | Realising that rowing was n't viable long-term , he soon became interested in karate and after a short time at the university club looked further afield for tutoring . |
| 8 | While believing that few teachers were intentionally racist , and while not accepting that racism was the sole cause of West Indian underachievement , the committee concluded that unintentional racism ( in the sense of stereotyped , negative or patronising views of West Indian children ) was widespread and did influence children 's performance . |
| 9 | To follow Cole that far would come perilously near to accepting that Co-operation was , as nearly as makes no difference , the Consumers ' Movement ; and that its future lay in further growth beyond that already achieved by 1939 until , so long as progress continued , it could within its chosen field have virtually displaced all competing provision and all competing manufacture for the purpose of provision . |
| 10 | She was so vulnerable to him that part of her was already accepting that defeat was inevitable , that only Luke could be the one to end their affair , but at the same time pride was demanding resistance , refusing to submit to the humiliation of a physical surrender to the man who had called her a liar , accused her of infidelity — the man who had hurt her so badly . |
| 11 | And in the same repetitious way she had recalled the scene she 'd interrupted the evening before by announcing that supper was ready : Gordon and the boy seated in the sitting-room before the cosy glow of the electric fire , drinking sherry . |
| 12 | J. was quite capable of staring her straight in the eye and swearing that black was white if it would get me out of a jam . |
| 13 | ‘ But over all the years , I went on with the pretence — putting on a face , or faces , pretending that life was ‘ normal ’ . |
| 14 | By implying that salvation was the responsibility of the individual , by insisting that the only mediator between God and man was Jesus Christ , Luther had posed a political as well as doctrinal threat to the power of the Catholic clergy . |
| 15 | Suez , in 1956 , may have been a buoy in the main stream of British history , marking the end of empire and the beginning of the post-imperial era , but the course taken by Britain when rounding that buoy was based upon her experiences since the end of the Second World War . |
| 16 | The easiest way of solving that problem was to go down to Victoria station . |
| 17 | Yesterday Wang UK 's Freddie Cook admitted that RS/6000 sales were initially slow , adding that demand was now picking up nicely . |
| 18 | Wang UK 's Freddie Cook admitted that RS/6000 sales were initially slow , adding that demand was now picking up nicely . |
| 19 | ‘ My mother has mentioned you a lot in her letters , ’ she said at last , deciding that honesty was the only policy , if she was going to smooth over accusations made in the heat of the moment . |
| 20 | Deciding that captaincy was affecting his batting , he stood down in favour of Fletcher for a season , resuming again in 1989 when the county did well but his own form was fairly ordinary . |
| 21 | As soon as a post 's routine was established it would be attacked : Sergeant James and two sappers lay for two days watching a post before deciding that breakfast-time was the right moment for such an attack . |
| 22 | She concentrated on her drink to hide her embarrassment , deciding that whisky was all right . |
| 23 | After a while , deciding that discretion was preferable , they moved off some distance into the desert parallel to the road . |
| 24 | Deciding that discretion was the better part of valour , Davidson began : ‘ Aidan , you probably like a few pints ? ’ |
| 25 | Deciding that attack was the best form of defence , I knelt beside him and lowering my head to within inches of his , said , ‘ Next time , It 'll be the bread knife . ’ |
| 26 | We now know that during the Saturday daylight raids on London , a chiefs-of-staff meeting took urgent action on deciding that invasion was likely within a few hours ; they had the code word ‘ Cromwell ’ flashed from the War Room to military units at 20.07 hours that evening ( which presumably led to the flap at my unit ; the station commander was away that weekend , and the acting CO in charge ) . |
| 27 | ‘ With the same natural effusion of good colour , ’ Hope continued , deciding that excess was more apt than enough in this instance , ‘ that I find in your own complexion , ma'am . ’ |
| 28 | She forced a smile , deciding that flippancy was her only defence . |
| 29 | Evidently deciding that prudery was the better part of valour , I hotfooted it down to the bedroom again in time to witness half the ceiling crashing in flames on to the bed I had been sleeping in moments before . |
| 30 | Privately she wondered exactly what the gossip surrounding that incident was . |