Example sentences of "that they [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contemporaries distrusted them in the belief that they brought an unsavoury speculative element to the market in stocks . |
| 2 | By this is meant that they derive an important part of their remuneration from singing , playing or directing in cathedrals and major parish churches . |
| 3 | Disputed claims can be an unnecessary drag on effective management of construction projects in that they absorb an enormous quantity of the time and energy of trained staff in unproductive activity |
| 4 | It is in this prayerful meditation that mystics say that they receive an illumination of the reality of God over and above anything they can reach by their own efforts . |
| 5 | The simplest explanation for the persistence of the displacement model is that problems arising from pupils ' behaviour are so stressful that they provoke an expedient response . |
| 6 | In hexagonal ice the water molecules are arranged in such a way that they form an open lattice structure which produces puckered layers of hydrogen-bonded water molecules ( Figure 8 ) . |
| 7 | A third viewpoint suggests that they form an intermediate group between the middle and working classes . |
| 8 | Reverting now to spatio-temporal relations , the assumption of their irreducibility to monadic predicates is linked with the assumption that they depict an objective order , and if such relations are taken to depict an objective order , then it is clear that we shall have to assume the possibility of a plurality of biographically distinct points of view , occupied by different percipients , before we can make any significant inferences about the ontological distinguishability of their terms . |
| 9 | Professor Elton believes that they are part of the revolution in government carried through by Thomas Cromwell , that they produced an entirely new kind of Council — a formal governing board instead of an informal inner ring — and that they achieved a clear demarcation of function between administrative and judicial business , with the Privy Council attending to administration and the Star Chamber in effect the same people afforced by two judges — carrying out conciliar jurisdiction . |
| 10 | I suggest that they take an extended lunch and return mid-afternoon . |
| 11 | They all speak excellent English and going on last year , are so pleased to be in Britain and so appreciative of everything arranged for them that they make an easy and rewarding group to entertain . |
| 12 | And , needless now perhaps to say , such situations should mount up on a progressive scale so that they make an ongoing story . |
| 13 | Very big trees it , it 's suggested should be planted along there , so that they make an immediate impact . |
| 14 | Trimm 's proud boast is that they make an enclosure for every purpose , ’ … from walk-in to carry out . ’ |
| 15 | He says that they mounted an undercover operation to get to the horse — it 's in such a bad way it may have to be put down . |
| 16 | Space must be left so that they get an uninterrupted view , extra lighting may need to be laid on and someone must be on hand to make sure the photograph has an accurate caption . |
| 17 | It was my experience that they took an extremely passive line , waiting to see if the situation would change and the spouse return . |
| 18 | Those hardy souls in the present century who ignore the mysteries and regard themselves as random atoms , moving purposelessly in a world of blind chance , must necessarily behave differently from those who , like so many in the nineteenth century , believed that they inhabited an ordered world in which they had moral duties to perform , even if these were obscurely glimpsed and seldom accomplished . |
| 19 | It is certainly true that they enact an awareness of the efficacy of penance which is at the very foundation of Christian spirituality ; but it also true that part of their potency depends on an understanding of the joy of " brennyng in loue ouur al thynge " when : The meditation on the Passion in Ego Dormio , on the other hand , engages directly with the experience of receiving such a gift . |
| 20 | The PLO had refused to comply with the demands of the Lebanese government to disarm its forces based in southern Lebanon , claiming that they constituted an army and not a militia [ ibid . ] . |
| 21 | There is a sense in which all grieving is for ourselves , so whether or not we loved the lost one can be irrelevant : all that matters is that they played an important part in our lives . |
| 22 | They might also have noted that they played an important part in bringing Attlee more fully to the notice of the electors . |
| 23 | Earlier , on July 10 , a group of 23 opposition Assembly members began a 10-day hunger strike demanding the holding of a referendum on the new Constitution and the setting of a date for new elections , and protesting against a requirement that they swear an oath of constitutional loyalty . |
| 24 | She suggested that they excavate an area known as Burnt Leaze , which was a favourite walking place of Carter . |
| 25 | And it was at that moment , half a mile before Carrick-on-Suir , that they heard an actual clamour — of angry voices , hundreds of angry voices . |
| 26 | Many people said that they had an enjoyable afternoon and made a significant dent in their Christmas shopping list ; it was really nice to see so many members there . |
| 27 | ‘ I had seen them live and thought that they had an energy . |
| 28 | It showed that they had an intrinsic musical knowledge . |
| 29 | However , as professionals they were not content to act as mere checkers , but felt that they had an obligation to express an opinion of the work they saw before them , and found they had an extraordinary agreement with the views of Burn , much to the resentment of other judges . |
| 30 | He felt that they had an opportunity of spreading to a greater extent than ever before . |