Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have very much looked forward to retirement , and , like many others , I find that I have even less time than before to pursue all that I would like to do , ’ Dr Florin said . |
| 2 | The messengers are instructed to tell Esau of Jacob 's many possessions , and so to make clear that by ‘ favour ’ Jacob does not mean material support . |
| 3 | Two point three O and check through that and just make sure that you 're very happy with the stuff that they 're doing . |
| 4 | And just to make sure that everything was fair and above-board , the computer , like the facilities for tapping phones , would be located at the law courts , safely out of the hands of the police . |
| 5 | And so it seems to me that erm we must look to you sir and Miss Whittaker to say what you feel as er independent erm hearkeners to the debate er we it 's time as I would say for erm North Yorkshire now to face up to what 's going on in its own territory and remove the planning obstacles to what is actually happening and just to make sure that it 's safely tied up with criteria to make sure it does n't erm erm unhappy consequences instead of the happy consequences that we are trying to achieve . |
| 6 | Another possibility , for example , uses the same concept of a filter set , but instead of taking the definition as a whole , takes the separate senses and progressively eliminates those that show the least overlap with the filter set . |
| 7 | When the young are older , able to run with her , the vixen shepherds them to their new home , induces them to move in and somehow makes sure that they are disciplined enough to stay underground in this new home even when she is not with them . |
| 8 | We sit there for some time but I keep glancing up , and gradually become terrified that the man is somehow not dead or has become a zombie and is climbing back up the shaft towards us , to push the grating up and put his already rotting hands down and grab us both by the hair . |
| 9 | He patronized John Lewis and Marks and Spencer and usually felt glad that he did . |
| 10 | Local folk have been picking here for generations and always made sure that the beds were not overfished . |
| 11 | There is obviously a complicated relationship between what is printed in the newspapers and what people come to believe , and we would not wish to suggest that people passively and uncritically absorb all that they read there . |
| 12 | I recently had a liver transplant at Addenbrooke 's Hospital and still feel guilty that inevitably the decision was made to give me a liver rather than someone else whose life expectancy may have been marginally longer . |
| 13 | In that same year I was posted to South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne and quickly became aware that I had an enormous burden to carry , simply because I had spent all of my previous service on ‘ the other side of the river ’ . |
| 14 | However , she shows how imperfect was the participation , particularly in lower-class organizations , and also makes clear that some of the objectives were achieved . |
| 15 | A more critical colleague might remain sceptical and even become convinced that ‘ x ’ is sheer quackery . |
| 16 | It looks as if he was initially working not from a completed score but from a sketch , and simply making sure that enough space was left for the movement before the copyist took over for the next one . |
| 17 | Every now and then make sure that your writing hand is relaxed and that there is no tension in your jaw . |
| 18 | Try to select material which uses pictures to tell at least some of the story and then make sure that you exploit this in your use of it in the language class . |
| 19 | ‘ Sovereignty is not something that you either have or do not have , like a family heirloom which you take out and dust every now and then to make sure that it is still in your possession and still intact , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 20 | This will afford the opportunity to clear the cheque , and indeed to make sure that there are no problems caused by postal delays . |
| 21 | This is not to say that the policy-making is wrong or misplaced , but rather to make clear that our questioning of research and evidence is not always simple or effective . |
| 22 | ‘ But just make sure that you 're a good girl . |
| 23 | The first defendant learnt of this but also became aware that no copy of his report had been sent to the tribunal or was on the plaintiff 's file at the hospital . |
| 24 | We 're trying to identify areas of the river where anglers can be left alone to fish , but also to make sure that the canoeists can still find their white water stretches , without having to paddle around the fishermen . |
| 25 | I was so elated and relieved I could have kissed them , but immediately felt ashamed that I 'd let them see my fear . |
| 26 | You can repeat scenarios which you have previously described but please make sure that in each case you describe things strictly in the context of the preceding five seconds of film ’ . |
| 27 | Now if you 'd like two tickets I 've got one pair of tickets only , we 'll send them by post we need your postcode call us on Nottingham three four three four three four but please make sure that you can use the tickets before you call please . |
| 28 | It will have nothing to do with the lecture but simply to impress those that my vocabulary is very wide . |
| 29 | The interview panel will be interested in exploring the recruit 's capabilities in several relevant areas , while always remaining mindful that formal qualifications are not necessary for advice work . |