Example sentences of "to [det] [noun] that [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An individual will invent endless reasons why the absence of the person who has died is due to some circumstance that can change . |
| 2 | She could tell he was close to some revelation that would explain what was going on . |
| 3 | They looked both sly and exhilarated , as though they were off to some party that would end in tears . |
| 4 | Well it is three hundred and twenty thousand pound that they 're paying to this person that should not have been there in the first place , he walked on there , he built places there without planning permission and I think if the council had played their cards right , they could have got him off without paying out this three hundred twenty thousand pound . |
| 5 | Let us turn to another definition that would give the context-dependent nature of such phenomena more centrality : ( 12 ) Pragmatics is the study of the relations between language and context that are basic to an account of language understanding Here the term language understanding is used in the way favoured by workers in artificial intelligence to draw attention to the fact that understanding an utterance involves a great deal more than knowing the meanings of the words uttered and the grammatical relations between them . |
| 6 | It is only the answers to these questions that can really enable you to judge an ad , although it will certainly be good supporting evidence if the answers to the earlier questions are favourable . |
| 7 | But the tests are susceptible to many factors that can distort the results . |
| 8 | There is thus no ground-swell of demand for traffic calming to be applied to those places that would benefit most , existing residential areas where accident rates are higher than in new estates . |
| 9 | The impact of fiscal policy on interest rates and on crowding out private investment has , then , to some extent been a consideration of policy-makers.3 More generally , however , the model and the equations defining the slopes of the functions point to those variables that will be important in explaining the impact of fiscal policy on the level of output . |
| 10 | ‘ I think that in any case technological developments ensure that there is no point in trying to propagandize or conceal , because people have access to the truth — at least , in theory they have access to more data that will enable them to determine what the truth of a matter is — through satellites , facsimiles , etc . |
| 11 | The ‘ design for living ’ shown by a species is the outcome of this selective process and is related not at all to any eventuality that may arise but to the set of conditions , the ‘ niche ’ , to which the evolutionary process has confined the species . |
| 12 | These bear little relationship to any shape that might be termed traditional , they are generally very large and they have been in demand at seaside beach displays , city-organised festivals and internationally at sponsored functions . |
| 13 | He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — . |
| 14 | ‘ without prejudice to any consent that may otherwise be lawful , the consent of young persons aged 16 and over to medical or dental treatment shall be as valid as the consent of a person of full age . ’ |
| 15 | And that answer fitted every question he was asked , as did his response to any poser that could be put to him ‘ thirty-five years ’ . |
| 16 | The term phimosis ( from the Greek word for muzzling ) is often incorrectly applied to any foreskin that can not be retracted . |
| 17 | Each one of these big herbivores is a mountain of valuable food to any predator that can exploit it . |
| 18 | Will he confirm that the possible political connections of any individuals will not be taken into account in relation to any prosecutions that may be necessary ? |
| 19 | In this pathetic condition it is completely immune to any pain that may be inflicted upon it . |
| 20 | First , the Common Good' is held to be an illusory concept , which in practice is rarely used to refer to any aim that can fairly be called ‘ common ’ and which might not even refer to a good' at all ; pursuit of ‘ the Common Good ’ is therefore not useful as an identifying objective of democracy , and Schumpeter prefers to identify democracy not by its objectives but as a method . |
| 21 | They are consequently highly sensitive to any occurrence that might offend against this principle . |
| 22 | The notice of objection was expressly stated to be ‘ without prejudice to any challenge that may be made in any subsequent proceedings , for instance by way of an action in negligence . ’ |
| 23 | This thick tash must be accompanied by a large cigar and the refusal to go to any club that would have you as a member • Nabisco takes over disco as this year 's club theme . |
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