Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that is what people prefer and want to know about … they want to see that it is Cabinet government . |
| 2 | ‘ They tried to explain that it was only sand and it was all a stunt , but it was lit up with radioactivity signs and we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The police were searching the whole area but then they seemed to realise that it must be the van . ’ |
| 4 | And they 'd reported that it was clear and satisfactory . |
| 5 | As Bertrand Russell points out , it was James Mill , active Radical as he was , who in 1831 wrote of Hodgskin 's followers : ‘ Their notions of property look ugly : … they seem to think that it should not exist , and that the existence of it is an evil to them . |
| 6 | They begin to think that it is the work of a demon . |
| 7 | They can do whatever they like provided that it is what the Treasury has already agreed . |
| 8 | They feel threatened that it is prying into their own personal affairs . |
| 9 | Well actually I live just outside Shilton. erm they keep saying that it 's Shilton airfield , actually it 's not on the airfield at all — as you will know , Mr. Hayworth 's got planning permission for a golf course on the airfield — it 's Scrubs Lane , Shilton , and actually they 've already the Council have already turned down two applications for caravan sites there anyway erm because it 's unsuitable and yet they think that they you know that it 's going to be suitable for gipsies to live down there . |
| 10 | But they do admit that it 's still more often than not a case of all talk and no action when boys discuss sex in the playground . |
| 11 | ‘ They do say that it 's there that thy Robemaker has his Workshops . |
| 12 | Most owners misinterpret these problems as grief and they overcompensate by giving their dog more attention than they are used to ; they fail to realise that it howls because it is lonely and insecure ! |
| 13 | They fail to recognize that it must be founded on precise numbers of votes and of seats , and related to precisely defined entities , namely whole political parties . |
| 14 | So they choose to contend that it has not really happened : and in so choosing raise a timely question about the nature of political belief . |
| 15 | Independent advice er comes from major brokers , the banks and building societies have come out of independent advice pretty well , because they 've decided that it 's expensive and a hassle , cos we 're regulated all the time and of course it makes , we 've , we 've got to analyze the products on the market , so we 've got to pay people to do that . |
| 16 | She thought briefly of AIDS and added : ‘ For one thing , they 've learnt that it is n't very wise … but not because it 's immoral , Johnny . |
| 17 | They had proven that it could be done . |
| 18 | Although they had decided that it was a drill motor , Bernice 's imagination turned it into all sorts of monsters . |
| 19 | They had learned that it was easier to survive on the croft than in the bread line . |
| 20 | He says that the police were not chasing the car , but they had spotted that it was stolen . |
| 21 | They had agreed that it would be unrealistic to attempt to form a union of the two republics . |
| 22 | The Government took the opposite view ; but now they have decided that it must be made high profile again . ’ |
| 23 | They have demonstrated that it is possible to construct systems of clinical budgeting in acute hospitals . |
| 24 | Such heroic experiments therefore show a diminishing return in giving insight into the effects of loss of sleep , although they have demonstrated that it is an intensely stressful experience , taxing the psychological resources of individuals to their utmost . |
| 25 | They have concluded that it is a mistake to approach monetary union by gradually stiffening the ERM . |
| 26 | They have to understand that it does not diminish their professional authority and status if they share decision-making with the governing body . |
| 27 | As the Archbishop of York observed : ‘ they have shown that it [ planning ] should embrace the whole country , and that without it we can not make the best use of the limited space in our small island ’ ( p. 160 ) . |
| 28 | Whether the Japanese will eventually be able to use solar energy to obtain metals from the sea remains to be seen , but they have proved that it is possible for copper at least . |
| 29 | They need to know that it is possible to find alternative accommodation for the individual or themselves . |