Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | A great many crocodile tears were shed , for , since Unionists had such an elevated view of the principle of leadership , they were unable to accept that they had just driven their own leader from office . |
| 3 | Whether you agree or disagree with what they do , you have to accept that they 've worked out a very complicated system of values . |
| 4 | But the shaming should not be of a ‘ stigmatizing ’ nature which will tend to exclude them from being accepted members of the community ; it should be of a kind which serves to reintegrate them within it , by getting them to accept that they have done wrong while encouraging others to readmit them to society . |
| 5 | It is surely not being excessively pompous to see this as one sign of a trivialisation of European civilisation , or to accept that there has been a catastrophic spiritual impoverishment of national life when a country such as our own , which once thought of itself as Christian , can for the most part simply ignore today 's commemoration of Christ 's passion and death . |
| 6 | It should also be stressed that it is perfectly possible to have reservations about , or even to reject , both these schools , and yet to accept that there has indeed been a major shift in the economy and geography of the UK since the mid-1960s ! |
| 7 | Now that she was forced to accept that she had n't , Celia began to panic . |
| 8 | It one thing to accept that she had no future with Harry and quite another to force her heart to give up hope , to stop loving him . |
| 9 | To tell Luke the truth , somehow force him to accept that she had never been involved with Florian in the way he imagined , might just possibly put an end to his — his persecution of her . |
| 10 | A romantic orphan , though , who was able to accept that he had caused his brother to suffer . |
| 11 | Now , in the faint light of the dawning day she had to accept that he had not done so . |
| 12 | ‘ The trouble was , Len himself refused to accept that he had a problem , ’ said Martin . |
| 13 | And he refuses to accept that he has a bad boy reputation which goes before him with officials . |
| 14 | On top of your fear , anger and guilt , you have to accept that you have no control over what happens next . |
| 15 | I think you just have to accept that you have fairly shy fish — but they obviously like their home , as they are breeding . |
| 16 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 17 | I 'm asking you to accept that I 've got reasons , and not to ask me what they are . |
| 18 | The first rule of surviving a disaster , I had written , was to accept that it had happened and make the best of what was left . |
| 19 | Man himself has to decide on the nature of ‘ goodness ’ , and to accept that it has to be found within the life on earth as it actually is . |
| 20 | What is it to claim authority or to accept that someone has authority over one ? |
| 21 | She wanted their parents to know that they had had an accident , were safely aboard a Royal Navy ship and would be home soon . ’ |
| 22 | Betty would have been upset to know that they had been talking of the devil . |
| 23 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 24 | Many people wish to plan their funerals in advance , and to know that they have set aside the money to pay for them : |
| 25 | Responsibility for those who deliver the education service requires people to feel and to know that they have a professional responsibility and can be trusted to discharge that . |
| 26 | Both are happy with the set-up and for people to know that they have come to an arrangement on leading separate lives . |
| 27 | to know that we 've got something tied up |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'm glad to know that we 've achieved that much at least , ’ she snapped . |
| 29 | I know it will give as much joy and satisfaction to you as it will to me , to know that we have played our part in this great crusade for children 's health . |
| 30 | And you may like to know that we have not neglected the infant 's biological need to suckle . |