Example sentences of "[pron] that the " in BNC.

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31 Nothing that the Minister has said today convinces me that his heart and his mind have been won over to the case for a funding council .
32 Nothing that the head could do would make religion pervade the life of the school but it had to be recognized , he believed , that religion does permeate some people 's whole private lives .
33 In such circumstances , there is nothing that the directors can do to prevent shareholders selling a controlling interest if they so wish .
34 Mr Lumsden said : ‘ There is a very very strict rule that during a General Election nothing that the Government does can intrude on the election process . ’
35 think what I 'd like , but I could n't prove anything and erm , so there was nothing that the ombudsman could do at that stage , at , as the stage complete
36 And Bridhe and Seumas Ban would make it plain to everyone that the new mistress had their approval .
37 When I very deliberately try and remember it like this I know I end up remembering it and describing it being like a bar scene in a musical , where everyone that the camera pans past is a very definite character , and they 're all so eager when the camera is on them , clapping and laughing and tapping their feet to the music so convincingly .
38 It had quickly become clear to everyone that the new concept ( the ‘ Teller-Ulam configuration ’ ) was likely to prove successful .
39 After apparently driving it to France , Roche nonetheless assured everyone that the dioxin was safe — up until two weeks ago , when it started offering to retrieve it ‘ if it is not ’ .
40 It became obvious to everyone that the Tournament could not continue and after another undue delay , the Earl of Eglinton announced that it was cancelled for the day .
41 McCauley added : ‘ I want to make it clear to everyone that the club is not in financial difficulties . ’
42 Jones responded by reminding everyone that the DOE had been funding his work for nearly three years already , that he had positive results ready to publish , that the DOE funding agent had encouraged him to go ahead and that he was due to speak about them at the Spring Meeting of the American Physical Society in Baltimore during 1–4 May .
43 They let off frequent bursts of fire into the air to remind everyone that the only law in Somalia is administered down the barrel of a gun .
44 It must , indeed , have been clear to everyone that the claims of Canterbury could only be successful if they had the support of the king and the English bishops .
45 It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities .
46 However it was considered by everyone that the real reason was to let Alec Douglas-Home have a triumphal return .
47 An engagement party can be arranged to introduce families and friends to the other families , and inform everyone that the young couple are now attached .
48 Understandably , she fretted at this circumscribed lifestyle , but another episode of somewhat more serious bleeding two weeks ago had convinced everyone that the programme of rest and professional care was not an overcautious one .
49 It was soon apparent to everyone that the two dogs were fretting .
50 ‘ It did occur to me that the doctor did choose an odd moment to draw attention to the bell 's being there .
51 She has also warned me that the little porcelain giggling buddha I 've put in the tomato plant pot outside my front door ‘ will probably be nicked by the Arab boy who delivers the newspapers . ’
52 It seems to me that the successful professionals make their money not be selling their wares , but by selling their skills — by writing books , running courses , making videos , holding seminars and giving demonstrations — in short , by teaching others how to do it .
53 A man with a clipboard told me that the cutting of the tenons is a dangerous practice .
54 The Commissioner states in his report : ‘ Because it seemed to me that the Minister 's letter implied that the NHS had an absolute duty to provide care for the complainant 's father once it became clear that he could no longer meet the nursing home fees , I asked the DoH for clarification of the legal position and invited their general views . ’
55 It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ .
56 A sharp note has come home informing me that the costume must be made by the child .
57 We met one of the Medics who informed me that the bodies of Les and the other three Commandos had been taken through the village and laid out with the other dead in front of the Chateau .
58 Mick informed me that the Brigade Major had gone to pay No. 4 Commando a visit , so I decided to make my own way there and keep out of the Brigade Major 's path as much as possible .
59 I spoke to one of the medics , he informed me that the attack on the village just along the road was under way and already there were many casualties , particularly among 6 Commando , due to the heavy shelling from the Allied and German guns .
60 The Brigade Major informed me that the Brigadier 's party would be in the restaurant for at least one-and-a-half hours , which gives me time to look around the town .
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