Example sentences of "that [verb] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coincidence between the ordinary predicative and clausal positions is all the more striking in that the inherently restrictive adjectives can not be so used in predicate qualifying position ( where restriction for identification is not appropriate ) ; this is why there is a further contrast between ( 57 ) and ( 59 ) , even though the adjective is one of this inherently restrictive group in both cases , and despite the fact that the property THIRD is certainly compatible in itself with the noun ox : ( 57 ) she considers the Admiral ( to be ) the worst ( e.g. of the village 's gardeners ) ( 58 ) she declared the squire ( to be ) the lazy ( 59 ) the revellers had eaten the ox the third ( 60 ) they ate their steaks well done Example ( 60 ) shows that eat can support predicate qualifiers , so that incompatibility between the verb and the construction can not be given as a reason for the ungrammaticality of ( 59 ) . |
| 2 | He thought that to remain would look ‘ unsporting ’ and would count against him the next time . |
| 3 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 4 | The Marine Conservation Society claims that potting can damage fragile and rare seabed species , including the sea fan and black cave sponge . |
| 5 | Less readily acknowledged are the social and emotional problems that ageing can bring . |
| 6 | England defenders Rob Jones and Mark Wright came on in a wholesale reshuffle of resources , but any danger that United would feed off the disruption was dismissed by McManaman 's leggy skills . |
| 7 | All I 'm saying is that worry can make you thin . ’ |
| 8 | One cause for this ambiguity is the specification of the particles that put can occur with to form phrasal verbs . |
| 9 | On the basis of Mr Freeson 's letter , SAVE 's solicitors advised that SAVE should take out an action for mandamus , a court order to force a minister to do what he is obliged to do under statute . |
| 10 | And so I figured that Complete must mean continue on . |
| 11 | Some of the things that happened may have been misguided , that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | Baldwin firmly believed that lie would win . |
| 13 | The dealer would usually get away with this , if tapes were checked , but clients were unlikely to complain , as they would recall the dealer 's insistence that lie could make no guarantees . |
| 14 | These days the official recommendation is that babies should have only milk up to at least three months , preferably four , and that weaning can begin any time between four and six months . |
| 15 | Debt has been proverbially frowned on : ‘ He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss ’ ; ‘ He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing ’ ; ‘ Out of debt , out of danger ’ ; ‘ Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt ’ ; ‘ Let him that sleeps too sound borrow the debtor 's pillow ’ ; and , but only grudgingly , ‘ Debt is better than death ’ . |
| 16 | The long silence that followed would become a familiar feature of night raids filled with uncertainty and pregnant with disaster . |
| 17 | Such a wave and the turbidity that followed would kill off all the bottom-dwelling filter feeders around the world , except perhaps those in some sheltered inland seas . |
| 18 | The conclusions drawn from the wealth of data generously provided by the DNs in EHA , and the recommendations that followed will form the basis of the concluding article in this series , to be published in the July issue . |
| 19 | As for the future , Mike says that Feel would like to release a cassette single solely for their local fans , and , of course , score a success with a record company . |
| 20 | It is exactly the same tension that made The Smiths a success , and in their low-key way I suspect that Felt will keep some of the same cult appeal now they are gone . |
| 21 | Modelling leads to the startling conclusion that melts may have been stored for as long as 300,000–500,000 years before eruption . |
| 22 | Surely the story that follows must sustain the high note that has been reached . |
| 23 | The discussion that follows will examine the imperfections in the market for control and then consider the wider implications of reliance on it as a disciplinary mechanism . |
| 24 | This truncated approach is unsatisfactory , and so the discussion that follows will explore the grounds on which ownership of corporate property might be thought morally to entitle shareholders to exercise power , and , more realistically , to delegate that right to management . |
| 25 | But those that do will get preference , other things being equal . |
| 26 | According to Friends of the Earth , at least six of those that won should have been disqualified through failing to meet the EC 's virus standards . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd 've thought that Arise would have made something of a meal of all that — top financier in shares scandal ; weapons mogul arms IRA ; that sort of thing . ’ |
| 28 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 29 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 30 | An investigation found that accesses should remain clear , headlights on the fork-lift truck should be mounted on the roof and the cabin should be fitted with demisting equipment . |