Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're also wise enough to know that finding the person who 's right for you requires a very subtle alchemy . |
| 2 | It was the Nonconformist Beecher connection and the special relationship between American and British reformers which Nonconformists were doing so much to cement that paved the way for Uncle Tom . |
| 3 | For example , the late John Strachey , former Minister of Food , used to contend that had the notorious African Ground Nuts Scheme been placed just 30 miles to the West of the site chosen in Tanganyika ( now Tanzania ) , the climate differed just sufficiently there that all would have been well . |
| 4 | It is easy to see that studying the growth and modifiability of neurons is a much harder task than describing them in the state you normally find them , so it is not surprising that much less is known , and all I can do here is to point out some of the interesting possibilities that are opening up . |
| 5 | One could use the intent and motive argument to claim that to maintain the standing of the House one should seriously devalue and perhaps scrap early-day motions . |
| 6 | He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary ; but just as he was nervously about to sound that note the little boy came back — the little boy Mrs Moreen had sent out of the room to fetch her fan ( 3 ) He came back without the fan , only with the casual observation that he could n't find it . |
| 7 | I had the sense to realize that taking the publicity seriously would be dangerous , but none the less it was very seductive . |
| 8 | It is to remind ourselves of the radical demands of God , and to realize that to call the Christian gospel ‘ good news ’ is to concentrate on only half the story . |
| 9 | He was too clever not to realize that harbouring the Shah increased the danger of Muslim fundamentalism gaining round in the kingdom . |
| 10 | In order to answer that question the court had to balance the interest to be served by non-disclosure against the interest served by disclosure . |
| 11 | He said , ‘ You have to remember that selecting the right cigar is an act of intuition rather than analysis . |
| 12 | It would be foolish to suggest that getting the vote had no beneficial consequences for women . |
| 13 | There was nothing to suggest that had the evidence been excluded that result would necessarily have been the same . |
| 14 | Davies says there is some evidence to suggest that showing the consequences of violence is preferable to not doing so . |
| 15 | It is a fatal error to assume that lowering the price makes an indifferent product saleable to a general market . |
| 16 | In order to resolve that dispute the High Court of Justice , Queen 's Bench Division , referred the following questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling : |
| 17 | Perhaps it was the transition to land that enabled the scorpions to survive beyond the Palaeozoic , which saw the end of the sea scorpions . |
| 18 | Care has been taken to ensure that getting the right answer requires a genuine understanding of the grammatical rules . |
| 19 | In the case of childbirth , which in the nineteenth century so often proved fatal , there was a certain disposition — at least among males — to believe that to relieve the pains of labour would be to interfere with what had been divinely preordained ; indeed the Bible could be quoted to this effect . |
| 20 | Many seem to believe that lamenting the middle-class bias of their sample is a sufficient contribution towards equality . |
| 21 | Amongst liberals , there has been a tendency to believe that remedying the gender imbalances in these books might have a positive influence on girls ' educational achievement . |
| 22 | Despite the hon. Gentleman 's figures , a moment 's reflection will enable the House to recognise that managing the delivery of a guarantee of this kind for hundreds of thousands of young people is not a simple , straightforward operation . |
| 23 | It means the savings expected to follow council reform could be less than suggested — an issue which may become crucial since the Government has been anxious to demonstrate that dismantling the present two-tier council structure would bring meaningful savings . |
| 24 | Economists and others who have considered the human capital notion over the years can be divided into two groups : those who have argued that human beings increase national wealth ; and those who went a step further to argue that improving the quality of human beings through health , education and other services increases their productivity as labourers and hence adds to the national wealth . |
| 25 | Producers were so busy fighting their own corner , and so mesmerized by the success of Hollywood , that they did n't have the strength to argue that keeping the industry fragmented and flexible , learning from Hollywood 's example without simply imitating its outward forms , might be a better way of catering for a market the size of Britain than heading up the road of monopoly . |
| 26 | I do not wish to argue that stabbing the patient should not be homicide . |
| 27 | My right hon. Friend ends his letter by saying : ’ I am pleased to learn that following the granting of an ECR by Parkside HA Mr. Thorpe has received treatment and that it is proving beneficial . ’ |
| 28 | It is tempting to think that slashing the defence budget , which was £24 billion or 10% of total public spending in 1992–93 , would be enough . |
| 29 | In Britain people seemed to think that asking the Government to establish the most basic facts about the fate of our hostages was equal to asking them to ship arms to Iran . |
| 30 | What bothered us was the initial reaction by Reagan and Thatcher , both of whom seemed to think that condemning the Iranians for the accident was perfectly reasonable . |