Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present unsatisfactory state of the law relating to VAT could mean that VAT paid by the tenant may not be recoverable , and therefore the tenant should consider amending such a provision to provide that it will only pay VAT on such sums where it is first presented with a valid VAT invoice in the tenant 's name . |
| 2 | But I think it would be glorifying things a bit to say that re-created Cabinet government in its full glory , if it ever existed in its full glory in the nineteenth century , which I frankly rather doubt . |
| 3 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |
| 4 | So , we set objectives and sub , subsequently planned a budget to ensure that it 's successful . |
| 5 | The function of the impartial mediator or conciliator may be described as to act as a catalyst to ensure that negotiation does take place and that the issues are confronted and as a facilitator to enable an agreement which both parties can perceive to be fair . |
| 6 | It is detracting nothing from his ability as a driver to say that his first championship , in I972 , he owed to a markedly superior car . |
| 7 | There needs to be a degree of tolerance and a willingness to accept that not all are willing or able to make the same level of commitment , but there are limits . |
| 8 | Production of Roquefort is strictly controlled and the cheeses are stamped in red with a picture of a sheep to show that they are genuine , made with milk from Larzac sheep and matured in caves in Combalou . |
| 9 | The governor of the central bank , a friend of parliament , says brazenly that his all-important promise to rein in credit was a trick to show that Mr Yeltsin 's austerity measures were impossible . |
| 10 | A short time before , estate agents ' men had put up a board to say that five houses were to be built — but they had erected it in the flower garden of the house instead of in the field as they had been instructed . |
| 11 | Neither is it a defence to claim that best practicable means have been taken to abate or prevent the odour complained of from arising , or that it is emitted during the exercise of a business or trade in a reasonable or proper manner . |
| 12 | But , to spike the guns of barrack-room lawyers , it is expressly stated that it is not a defence to prove that the documents prepared were not in fact prepared in accordance with the Act . |
| 13 | Again , the provisions broadly only apply to acts in the UK and it is a defence to show that a person reasonably believed that his act or conduct would not create and impression that was false or misleading . |
| 14 | It is thus a defence to show that the reason for the alleged act of discrimination was not the plaintiff 's disability but rather an inability to perform the work in question . |
| 15 | It is a defence to show that it was necessary for the defendant to enter the plaintiff 's land . |
| 16 | The onus of proving that sufficient disclosure was made rests on the firm and it is not a defence to show that a legal or financial impediment on the part of the customer would have prevented him from proceeding with the relevant transaction , or that disclosure would not have affected the customer 's decision whether or not to proceed . |
| 17 | It had been a blow to learn that he had gone away to spend Christmas with ‘ friends in the country ’ , and she imagined him surrounded by fascinating girls all more attractive than herself . |
| 18 | As well as giving her cause to be anxious about Rosemary — whose parents would make life most uncomfortable for her if the rumours circulating the village ever reached them — it was a blow to know that Sebastian would be away for the rest of the year . |
| 19 | It is therefore either a tautology or a fallacy to state that lack of entrepreneurial talent is the reason for poor growth . |
| 20 | It is a fallacy to think that the more information an organisation has the better will be the decisions . |
| 21 | It 's a fallacy to think that ‘ a good night 's sleep ’ will necessarily overcome the indiscretions of the night before . |
| 22 | It is almost always a fallacy to think that buying now on credit beats inflation . |
| 23 | This is a derivation of the formal systems model , and is used in essentially the same way , ie as a checklist to ensure that the model of a procedure is well-formulated and all the necessary attributes are considered during the analysis . |
| 24 | The interviewer uses a checklist to ensure that specific areas are covered , requesting explanations or introducing new topics as necessary . |
| 25 | A Change Control Form will be completed for each approved change to identify who is responsible for the change and to act as a checklist to ensure that the change is correctly implemented . |
| 26 | The democrat looks to a parliament to ensure that the executive is kept under scrutiny and prevented from abusing its powers . |
| 27 | It was because of this that it became so important for a buyer to establish that the seller 's representation amounted to a contractual term so that full damages would then be available . |
| 28 | The existence of A level courses may be seen not simply as a useful tool for individual pupils who may want to go further in their education ( or have a certificate to show that they have not left school till they were l8 ) ; but as a measure of the standard of the school itself . |
| 29 | If we add the £100 for the tank onto this then it does not take a genius to realise that there is not much left of the £250 budget , especially if we allow for adds-and-ends such as airline , non-return valves to protect the pump , a stick-on thermometer etc . |
| 30 | It did not require a genius to discover that there had been a structural failure of the right stabiliser in down-load while the aircraft was on final approach to land and that fundamental to the failure was a massive fatigue fracture of the rear spar of the stabiliser emanating from the hole of the eleventh fastener on the forward flange of the stabiliser chord . |