Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | We do not have to define him , or even believe that he is a ‘ person ’ , in order to believe that he is real . |
| 32 | It might not matter in the end — Forester fully expected to be traced and caught-but every difficulty and delay that he could strew behind him could make a final difference of hours or even minutes that might determine the distinction between success or failure . |
| 33 | Although this is hardly the headhunter 's fault , the candidate will naturally feel annoyance or even anger that his or her expectations have been raised and then dashed , often without much explanation . |
| 34 | A self-appointed leader , he made the rules without being explicit about them or even explaining that there were rules . |
| 35 | ‘ Had you any reason to believe or even to suspect that Riddle might have been the father of your daughter 's baby ? ’ |
| 36 | He did not need to raise his voice or even explain that this was his final word on the matter . |
| 37 | But there are reasons to wonder , or even to suggest that the goal of International Relations should be understanding rather than explanation . |
| 38 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 39 | Does my right hon. Friend accept what is becoming obvious by now — that many of his hon. Friends , and Members in all parts of the House , have no wish or even thought that he should resign over this issue , or that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister should see fit to accept his resignation ? |
| 40 | Occasionally he falls into a kind of torpor where he wo n't speak or even acknowledge that anyone is there . ’ |
| 41 | MANY of us were brought up on stories of great inventors and individualistic engineers , and have since had to reeducate ourselves to understand the development of science and technology as a social process , or even to believe that inventions are ‘ socially constructed ’ . |
| 42 | More radical socialists have been prepared to go even further : either insisting that markets operate within a framework of planning , or even proposing that markets themselves be ‘ socialized ’ , by inserting into them new institutions and procedures which will rob them of their tendencies to inequality and producer dominance . |
| 43 | Efficiency : seeking to ensure that the maximum output is obtained from the resources devoted to a department ( or programme ) , or alternatively ensuring that only the minimum level of resources is devoted to a given level of output . |
| 44 | ‘ When a gospel is presented that explicitly or implicitly teaches that becoming a citizen of the Kingdom of God requires a denial of peoplehood , its authenticity must be called into question ’ ( Wagner 1978 ) . |
| 45 | In the main , local law societies answered the question negatively , or simply stated that it was a matter for the lender . |
| 46 | And they have the choice between either er running the gauntlet of erm bad landlords , temporary accommodation , the streets , the shelters , friend 's floors , er or simply hoping that er government policy will change , and er at some point somebody will prioritise er the provision of new housing stock . |
| 47 | And was he given the choice before the order went out , or simply informed that it had been given ? ’ |
| 48 | This can be expensive and if a large mailing is going to regional newspapers , for example , it may be more sensible to reproduce one or two pictures on the release and invite editors to request prints , or simply state that photographs are available on demand . |
| 49 | Meanwhile , Marcus came less and less often , perhaps ‘ frightened off ’ , as Alison put it , by Pat 's noisy friends , or simply feeling that Pat no longer needed him . |
| 50 | Or maybe results that you are trying to achieve are being put at risk by their behaviour . |
| 51 | He apparently forgot that I could not understand German or else decided that what he wanted to say could not be left unsaid , for he began to talk fast and seriously . |
| 52 | Stopping only to emphasize that this is not because we belong to different disciplines and that several other final positions are open to anyone from either discipline , we then leave readers to make up their own minds , or else to decide that there is no monopoly of wisdom to be had . |
| 53 | Those letters would be bound to point out to Gina how badly she 'd treated him , telling her to reform and to save her marriage if they were religious , or else saying that she deserved it if he got someone else . |
| 54 | Such is the general expectation that married couples will have children that those who do not want them , or want to put parenthood on a few more years , or sadly learn that they can not conceive , find themselves having to respond to veiled or not so veiled queries . |
| 55 | Article 25 d. of the 1983 UCP provides that banks will reject a transport document issued by a freight forwarder ‘ unless it is the FIATA Combined Transport Bill of Lading approved by the International Chamber of Commerce or otherwise indicates that it is issued by a freight forwarder acting as a carrier or agent of a named carrier . ’ |
| 56 | The boy was so far from being ill-used or closely confined that he apparently lived a normal life , at least within the walls , going and coming much as he pleased , and eating in hall like a member of the household . |
| 57 | They complain about having to live in a village for three generations before winning social acceptance or ruefully conclude that ‘ the first fifty years are the worst ’ . |
| 58 | Er , I should know that , or certainly agree that all the staff in the Environment must have coped ade adequately well before under the preceding system where each officer , each department was was instructed to deal with the environment as it came along . |
| 59 | None of the other EC members have any sympathy for General Noriega or seriously doubt that the results of last year 's general election were in favour of the Panamanian opposition . |
| 60 | On the other hand , some may never have placed such emphasis on independence in their lives , or never felt that they had very much independence in the first place . |