Example sentences of "that [n mass] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A survey has found that £86m was paid to , or collected by , the taxman in error this year . |
| 2 | He died in 1753 , in his ninety-third year , having made arrangements for his great collections , valued at £80,000 , to be left to the nation , on the condition that £20,000 be paid to his daughters . |
| 3 | The directors recommend that £9,239,000 be transferred to the profit and loss account as set out in note 19 on page 41 . |
| 4 | Summarizing reduces ambiguity by pointing things out explicitly and helps to reduce the likelihood that people are agreeing to different things ( see Agreeing on page 3 ) . |
| 5 | But I 'm aware that people are going to be suspicious of another band mixing guitars with dance beats . |
| 6 | ‘ And after all the controversy involving Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis this summer , Lancashire and Surrey will be well aware that people are going to be looking at their performances . |
| 7 | ‘ It is understandable , after the years of repression , that people are drawn to anything Western , modern and glamorous . |
| 8 | It may be that people are drawn to journalism because of this negativity — the chance to cut everyone else down to size to make themselves feel better . |
| 9 | ‘ It is n't enough to have all the safety plans in the world if you do n't ensure that people are adhering to them . ’ |
| 10 | I WAS so pleased to read that people are reverting to real Christmas trees instead of the ghastly , glittering artificial things that have been popular for so long . |
| 11 | I was constantly hearing that people were reacting to all this technology , expressing a wish to go back to basics with a simple bow , a look at the wind , an arrow loosed into the heavens and a hope that with luck it might hit the target . |
| 12 | He began by saying that people were starving to death , and it got more pessimistic from then on : the resettlement camps , the ensuing dislocation which meant people could no longer grow their food , the dying children . |
| 13 | Caterers now have every reason to ensure that staff are trained to the appropriate level and already there is pressure on the Awarding Bodies to provide a more realistic range of courses than at present . |
| 14 | In 1925 , moreover , the royal commission on awards to inventors ordered that £30,000 be paid to Pollen for his contributions to the Dreyer system , which before the war had incorporated — albeit imperfectly — elements of the Argo clock without his knowledge or permission . |