Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He led her to it and was delighted to find that she accepted the lair at once . |
| 32 | What they had said was at the end of the war they aimed at a safe and lasting peace , and to obtain that they demanded a setting up of a League of Nations . |
| 33 | Can you sign there to indicate that you accept the formal caution then |
| 34 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 35 | Has he ever said anything to indicate that someone has a grudge against him ? ’ |
| 36 | But there is still a great lack of clarity and we are not prepared to pretend that we know the answer , thereby running the risk of causing at least as much damage as we do good . |
| 37 | For example , a child may use an action previously performed as part of a game to signify that she wishes the game to continue . |
| 38 | Because no Sunday School teacher is there to see that everyone gets a prize , that no one cheats or that no one is left lonely and out in the cold , there will be casualties . |
| 39 | ‘ It will be my task to see that we employ a reliable sort of woman . ’ |
| 40 | One , to protect the members ' you know , interests in each department to see that they got the , a , a time limit you know , to go onto the scheme , that the consultation took place . |
| 41 | Even if we accept only the four gospels as ‘ the records ’ for the purposes of Lewis 's argument , we have to see that they present a differing picture . |
| 42 | Member companies are regularly assessed to see that they provide the following : |
| 43 | But the equitable principles established by the authorities require , in my judgment , that creditors who take from married women security for their husband 's debts take reasonable steps to see that they understand the transactions they are entering into . |
| 44 | At a recent meeting with some of my local farmers , I was most encouraged to see that they gave a far higher priority to and had a greater awareness of the need for better marketing . |
| 45 | Material dependence arises because the old can not earn their living and financial arrangements must be made to see that they have an income that is adequate to their needs . |
| 46 | The English discouraged the colony , the Spanish first watched it carefully to see that it showed no sign of succeeding and eventually in 1700 they captured it . |
| 47 | Any intelligent man , once he has been given the opportunity to voice his feelings , will understand just what he has done and be able to see that it makes no sense at all to build upon an isolated failure when he has a lifetime of ‘ successes ’ about which he could think . |
| 48 | It was not that the family did not make her comfortable or spare any expense to see that she had the clothes and servants she needed , but rather that she found their way of life , their attitudes , their conversation , humour , tastes and ideas completely alien to everything she was used to . |
| 49 | But the clerk did not do anything to see that she read the letter and she did not read it . |
| 50 | The first essential is to see that she has a good solicitor to advise her and sort out her husband 's affairs , making sure beforehand what his fee will be for the work he is going to do for her . |
| 51 | He looked up and she was mildly surprised to see that he had a youthful Middle Eastern complexion . |
| 52 | If her son had n't got a name , at least she was going to see that he had a proper lining to his stomach . |
| 53 | Manville grinned , pleased to see that he had the man rattled . |
| 54 | She was surprised to see that he had the green flashing lights of a doctor set into the fairing at the front of the bike , and a siren that almost deafened her . |
| 55 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 56 | ‘ It is disappointing to see that he heeded the whisky lobby but not the wine merchants who must be very disappointed with the rise , ’ he said . |
| 57 | And I know he was very good to us in the war cos my father was , got a terminal illness and er he used to see that I had a bottle of whisky for dad you know , er the manager did . |
| 58 | It is then the publisher 's responsibility to see that you receive the money which you are due . |
| 59 | I was surprised to see that you applied the term , ‘ The real McCoy ’ to a picture ( 15 March ) of the village of Pennan , Aberdeenshire , and not the original native term , ‘ The real Mackay ’ . |
| 60 | It is important to see that you obtain the necessary experience . |