Example sentences of "[verb] that they [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was to assume that the Danish people would change their minds of their own volition ; that they had been so overcome by the enormity of what they had done that they would hardly be able to wait to get back to the polling stations to put it all right . |
| 2 | To do that they would actually need to have two effective votes . |
| 3 | If they do n't want to do that they can still practise as unregistered practitioners , using an adjective that might offer their clients the same frisson as ‘ alternative . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Once these countries have actually made substantial investments in a chemical arsenal , what guarantees do we have that they will eventually be willing to throw it away ? ’ asked Elisa Harris , a chemical weapons at the Brookings Institution . |
| 5 | If they are disinterested in my individual welfare today , what assurance do I have that they will miraculously become interested in my welfare tomorrow , after I have had the number of babies they tell me are ‘ necessary ’ ? |
| 6 | It 's what you were born for — to make men 's heads turn and women 's eyes grow green with envy for all that you have that they can never hope to achieve . ’ |