Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 2 | It was a reminder of the early days of European seamanship , when captains discouraged their crews from learning how to swim so that they were more likely to sink with their ship than abandon their posts and struggle for shore . |
| 3 | It is better for both partners to attend so that they can discuss the issue and fully appreciate its implications . |
| 4 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |
| 5 | For two people who both were always in control , this was something of a miracle — to let go of control completely — to trust enough that they were both hurled into the abyss of pure sensation , pure feeling . |
| 6 | It was only when the intrepid explorers climbed into their rowing boats to come ashore that they really clocked what was going on . |
| 7 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 8 | He was on good terms with Marcus , content to know both that they would talk again , and that it was impossible to do so at the moment . |
| 9 | who speaks to you , er it 's easy enough to just er have the microphone handy that they do n't see and just switch the tape on and I 'll record what they 're saying , come away , see , do it secretly like that , they do n't have to know really that they 're on tape and it does n't really matter , I mean the people who will listen to these tapes are er anonymous you know |
| 10 | But some children , either through their experience of using tantrums to get their own way or through general strong will and temperament , will take a lot of teaching and repeated experiences to realize finally that they can not always get their own way . |
| 11 | partners should have to confirm formally that they have complied with the rules ; |
| 12 | They tried to reach the River Po , which they hoped to cross so that they could eventually get back to Germany . |
| 13 | Intel Corp let manufacturers off the leash yesterday and freed them to announce officially that they had Pentium-based machines . |
| 14 | This means you can also tailor rooms for others to use so that they ca n't get at applications you do n't want them to use . |
| 15 | Many were also given lockable doors to preserve privacy , and curtains to prevent draughts ; indeed , some became so elaborate that during the 1630s the Bishop of Norwich , Richard Corbett , was led to remark wryly that they lacked ‘ nothing but beds to hear the word of God on ’ . |
| 16 | Oxford students succeeded , in Fox v Stirk [ 1970 ] 3 All ER 7 , in establishing that they could be resident in their university constituency and thus entitled to qualify to vote notwithstanding that they were also resident in their home constituencies and could qualify to vote there alternatively but this was on the basis that they had a ‘ residence ’ in Oxford where they spent a substantial part of the year . |
| 17 | What we do n't know is what they intend to do now that they are here . |
| 18 | The conclusion drawn in the Malleus Maleficarum , the handbook on witchcraft written in 1486 by two Dominican friars , was that this made tears displeasing to the Devil , and he made it impossible for witches to cry so that they would never find repentance . |
| 19 | The 1987 Assembly of the All Africa Conference of Churches asked for opportunities for Church leaders to study so that they can cope with problems cropping up everywhere . |
| 20 | As we approached we could hear the real Chairman of the Ontario Jockey Club welcoming everyone to the adventure and we could see Zak and the other actors waiting for him to finish so that they could get on with the mystery . |
| 21 | Cardiff were never allowed to demonstrate clearly that they were the fitter and more composed League team , despite an early assault when they forced five corners . |
| 22 | Even the Commission acknowledges that 10 per cent of the EC 's annual budget — about £3 billion — is still being lost in fraud ; it is a point the British will not forbear to mention now that they are being asked to pay an extra £1 billion per year into EC coffers . |
| 23 | for a night or two to have somewhere that they know they can at least kip on the floor . |
| 24 | She begged him to stay so that they could start life afresh as a family . |
| 25 | Secondly , if we look at return maps , as r passes through the critical region they start to change so that they resemble Fig. 6.10 . |
| 26 | But for many people is n't it the case that the the church wedding is an an and the promises made the vows made before God and er before the the congregation , for many people they 're just a sort of rather erm oh dear how can I put it rather a flimsy frippery erm that they just feel it 's essential to have so that they can have the nice pictures and and look back on on a church wedding . |
| 27 | A note of the fact that they have started out equally separated from each other , are now marching in parallel straight lines , and we need to check later that they are still separated by equal distances and still going in the same direction . |
| 28 | It does little for the already low standing of politicians in the public esteem for Major to say effectively that they did not have plans to raise taxes then and they only did it because it was necessary . |
| 29 | ‘ When they become alarmed they go very quiet , waiting for something to happen so that they can run in the opposite direction . |
| 30 | ( iii ) They should be taught how to skim-read so that they are able to discover the structure and gist of a text quickly . |