Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you read the paragraph carefully you will find your eyes continually moving to the pie chart for confirmation that you have understood what has been written . |
| 32 | Companies may look for confirmation that you are in good health . |
| 33 | However , the playgroup run by local parents had not been the success for Balbinder that we had hoped . |
| 34 | In addition to the processes just described , repeated presentation of a stimulus also brings about those changes responsible for habituation that I discussed in Chapter 2 — changes that were characterized as resulting in the formation of a representation of the stimulus . |
| 35 | I 'd refrained from advertising any more for fear that we would be overwhelmed . |
| 36 | But Peter Walker and Jim Prior , also well-known doubters , were retained ( Prior until September 1984 ) , no doubt for fear that they might prove troublesome on the back bench . |
| 37 | However , restrictions are placed on the power of management to combat a hostile takeover bid , for fear that they might act only in their own interests rather than for those of the company or its shareholders . |
| 38 | It can lead to a perpetual and escalating attempt by women to please , trying to retain their outward beauty at all costs , and to show only the lovely , pleasing side of their nature for fear that they will otherwise be dethroned . |
| 39 | The IWC has said that there is no scope for slaughtering minke whales for fear that they might be driven into extinction . |
| 40 | As the chairman of the Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training has indicated , appointment committees are reluctant to appoint anyone over the age of 35 for fear that they are so near the age of 40 that they will be unable to obtain a consultant post and will linger , blocking their senior registrar post . |
| 41 | And once one child in the street is offered a place , other parents naturally feel under some pressure to put their children into school too , for fear that they might fall behind educationally . |
| 42 | During April he was obliged to withdraw two bills ( one of which changed voting rules in regional elections ) and to postpone another for fear that they would be defeated . |
| 43 | Before the emancipation of the serfs the government had been reluctant to return peasants to the countryside after they had served in the army , for fear that they would use their training to promote discontent . |
| 44 | * A leaked memorandum shows that growing amounts of untreated nuclear waste are being stored at the UK Atomic Energy Authority 's base at Aldermaston , due to delays in constructing safe disposal sites , in part for fear that they will not meet safety requirements . |
| 45 | It 's becoming sort of fairly topical erm where there , and it is , more perhaps related to the fear of crime than the actual crime itself , where , people are afraid to go out for fear that they 're going to be personally attacked , whether it be you know , answering the door at night in their own homes , or actually , you know , going to their cars . |
| 46 | I was anxious that Ivy should read it in manuscript , for fear that it might not be published in her lifetime : it was a story of family tyranny that must appeal to her . |
| 47 | Asquith , like Campbell-Bannerman , was personally , if somewhat indolently , in favour of reform , but also like his predecessor was extremely cautious about pursuing it , for fear that it would lose as many votes from middle-class taxpayers as it might gain from others . |
| 48 | Other countries apparently more successful than us , never seem to mind change , the British do for fear that it diminishes their lot in life . |
| 49 | Therefore it does not seem to be necessary to encourage people who suffer from Chemical Dependency also to give up cigarette smoking ( except on grounds of general health ) for fear that it will spark off the compulsion to return to use of the original addictive drug of choice . |
| 50 | However , on Jan. 13 , 1990 , Ankara University decided not to withdraw the ban on headscarves for fear that it might provoke unrest on campus . |
| 51 | For example , when I first lived alone I used to be in a state of anxiety every time I left the house , for fear that I had forgotten something . |
| 52 | My heart , or what passes for one in demonic physiology , is in my mouth , for fear that I am about to be exiled from Rainbow Rosenbloom , and from Chinese food , movies and other earthly delights , for evermore . |
| 53 | Paris House — the horse — is two years old and trained by Jack Berry at Cockeram , Lancashire , Chandler cautioned fellow chefs against betting on Paris House in the future , for fear that he could lose a lot of friends ! |
| 54 | for fear that he would start a separatist movement in the south — there was some point to his suggestions that Bao Dai should be better advertised ; that he should have an American adviser and that American technicians should give the Vietnamese government a ‘ new look ’ . |
| 55 | It was somewhat surprising , then , that McIlvanney felt uneasy being approached for this profile , apparently for fear that he might be invited to ‘ pontificate , when I really do n't think I have that much to say ’ , It sounded like false modesty , but after he 'd relented , I remembered the long-standing ‘ pin-down ’ policy employed to prevent hubris in sports writers . |
| 56 | Indeed , one might be wary of suggesting to a customer that an invoice is overdue for fear that he commit hari-kari immediately ( without paying first ) . |
| 57 | The official Saudi news agency SPA reported on Aug. 20 that Col. Hussain had been " liquidated " for fear that he might " expose the aims of the Iraqi regime and reveal the secrets of the invasion operation " . |
| 58 | ‘ At one point when my mother was ill , the district nurse refused to enter her home and treat her , for fear that she would be contaminated and consequently place her other patients in danger . ’ |
| 59 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 60 | He pushed her gently down on to the settee and sat so close to her that she could hardly breathe for fear that she 'd betray how much she wanted him . |