Example sentences of "to [pron] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obvious to them that Danzig , up to the advent of the Nazis , had been far freer from racial strife and entrenched national rivalry than might have been expected in such a complex and explosive economic and political environment . |
| 2 | It was also vital to them that Persia should be able to prevent any Russian drive to the south . |
| 3 | Yet it does not occur to them that God might have brought about the defeat as an act of judgement upon them , and unlike Joshua and the elders in the story of Ai in Joshua 7 , they do not bother to turn to God to discover his mind . |
| 4 | It must have seemed to them that Marian and Allen had perished in the flames and their own immediate concern was to remove themselves from the danger of the roof falling in on their heads and from the certain consequence that so conspicuous a fire in the night would be seen by the outlaws and would sooner or later bring them to the scene . |
| 5 | He must try to explain to them that Sylvie 's suicide was above all an appropriate finale to her life . |
| 6 | It seems to me that things have a nasty habit of going haywire around you . ’ |
| 7 | It occurred to me that Ward 's early background could n't have been all that different . |
| 8 | I was happy to agree with this because it seemed to me that teachers were not ready for all the problems of assessment of speaking and listening for pupils aged 14 to 16 , and for the profile component to be given a 20 per cent weighting would be a considerable step forward . |
| 9 | Now I 've heard about you know the question of definition of where the edge of the open countryside is and that 's a valid point but if we if we have in mind the open countryside , it seems to me that P P G seven does clearly differentiate between the countryside , the countryside , rural areas and the open countryside where it refers to development being strictly controlled . |
| 10 | Nevertheless it seems to me that Gironella is right , or that he is right in so far as he is using ‘ mestizo ’ to claim for his work a Mexican , not a European identity . |
| 11 | It is interesting to me that periods are never seen as important . |
| 12 | ‘ People have suggested to me that changes have been coming more rapidly than they would like but that brings me back to the feeling that people intrinsically do n't like change . |
| 13 | It never occurred to me that Karen might be grieving for her late husband . |
| 14 | If you simply put up but people still have to use their cars to get from A to B you 're not actually improving the environment at all and it seems that adding added habits habits habits er it it seems to me that proposals that we have represented and which create improvement in a number of areas or reduce the cut in a number of areas will actually produce a much more balanced programme for nineteen ninety four ninety five . |
| 15 | She said tersely , ‘ It seems to me that Adam has had far too much to say for himself . |
| 16 | And it seems to me that China was just doing the same as St Stalin did . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems to me that snowdrops speak more of hopelessness than of hope . |
| 18 | But then it occurred to me that Auden 's self-perception could have sprung partially from the necessity to conceal his homosexuality from his public . |
| 19 | The mention of six years suggested to me that Alec might be a doctor but I was wrong . |
| 20 | My experience with fifty millesimal potencies over the past nine months , with approximately 400 patients , has proved to me that Hahnemann was correct . |
| 21 | It had n't occurred to me that Sarah and John might not be alone , but here , now , I would have to be introduced and explained away somehow . |
| 22 | Conversation was lagging , and it seemed to me that Mrs McLaren was tiring and might lose confidence . |
| 23 | Tonight it seemed to me that Mrs Browning had still not recovered from her fear , and I suggested that I should perhaps stay and see her into bed . |
| 24 | Seems to me that Wilko is content with playing the Strachan-Batty-McAllister-Speed quartet in midfield . |
| 25 | It became clear to me that Dr Clark did not understand journalism , however . |
| 26 | It seems to me that Tyneside is a maritime locality or it is , literally , nothing . |
| 27 | I say surprisingly in the case of Christian feminists because it is so clear to me that women , or the feminine , can never hold an equivalent place to male figures or motifs within what is a deeply masculine religion . |
| 28 | It seems to me that parents as well as their children have rights , so if you do not feel comfortable about letting the couple share a bedroom in the family home , you should be free to say so . |
| 29 | It seems to me that parents carry these things on longer than the people involved — even Irene Markham seemed offhand with me , though God knows what she 's got to be huffy about . ’ |
| 30 | She paced up and down the tiny room while I sat on her bed , and she explained to me that McIllvanney had been approached by a client who had apparently seen Ellen and authorised McIllvanney to offer her the money . |