Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [pron] " in BNC.

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31 As well as the points mentioned there are the usual claims for Latin that it improves competence in English , facilitates the learning of other languages and so on .
32 That humans also fail on these sentences was regarded as support that it reflected how humans process ambiguity although arguments exist against this inference ( Briscoe , 1987 ) .
33 We have also seen that manufacturer or distributor who does not supply the goods directly to the consumer can not ( e.g. in a guarantee document ) exclude any liability for negligence that he may have towards the consumer — see section 5 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act ( paragraph 9–03 above ) .
34 It is through change that we grow and discover ourselves , that we begin to actualise some of the myriad possibilities of our lives .
35 Practice these techniques at times when you feel fine so that you will become expert for times that you may need them .
36 It is through literature that we grow into a particular kind of awareness of ourselves and — an inseparable corollary — of our manifold relations with each other and all that is not self , without which there is really not much ‘ self ’ to talk about .
37 Alright , fair enough , you accepted what we 've been saying for ages that we had to go to voluntary competitive tendering right .
38 However , there is a danger for shareholders that they will become trapped in the power play between the two US giants .
39 Mr Rose , had he had access to the whole elaboration of this pleasing metaphor , with its roots in folklore and childhood culture , hallucination and dream , might , or might not , have understood something about Marcus that he did not already understand , and might , or might not , have felt able to offer help or advice as a result of this understanding .
40 The same sort of reasoning about conjugation that we used for edges shows that we can use this process to restore all the corners , though we do disturb the edges .
41 Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you .
42 They do not on the whole deny a male bias in conventional English , but they pretend to object to change on purely linguistic grounds — for instance that one should not tamper with grammar , that nonsexist forms are unaesthetic or even , as a last resort , that willed changes in language destroy freedom of thought and usher in totalitarianism .
43 We do know , for instance that its minimum substrate is big endothelin ( 19–34 ) of which the region of 27–34 is most important in determining the velocity of conversion ( ) .
44 right , now what you 've got to judge at the end of the day , now lets say for instance that you 've put in six lines six lines , right and you only wanted to use two of them all you 've got a number for is the rental charge is n't it ?
45 Er , I can say for instance that I 'm changing because I 'm er getting older , I 'm getting tireder erm all sorts of things can be said about me .
46 From the day they had all parted , diverging from Ecalpemos out into the world , he had never seen Adam again , but he knew all about him , knew for instance that he had become a partner in a company selling computers that called itself Verne-Smith-Duchini .
47 when Moore says he knows such and such [ for instance that he has two hands : JD ] he is really enumerating a lot of empirical propositions which we affirm without special testing ; propositions , that is , which have a peculiar logical role in the system of our empirical propositions .
48 Finally it raised an action for declarator that it was not liable to purchase tax on such stationery and for recovery of past payments .
49 Always be on the look out for signs that something might be wrong , especially when the weather is cold .
50 A second example of the importance of giving opportunities to other people comes from the type of head who , in pursuing the argument that good management of a school should lead to good learning by the child , watches pupils for signs that they do in some way match hopes about independence of mind , wholeness and honesty .
51 So look out for signs that there may be a problem , such as :
52 She walked towards the door with an effort , glancing at Roman for signs that he too was on the verge of sleep .
53 Unless pressure is put on the Government , they will simply substitute that money for money that they were going to spend in the regions anyway , and the regions will not receive any direct benefit , although that was the whole purpose of the RECHAR regulations .
54 I suspected this fool was so desperate for money that he 'd concealed the bumps and scratches on the disc with black shoe polish , so I was examining its surface with a magnifying glass .
55 It was not for money that he had the bear dance to amuse commuters .
56 Clive had a stammer and had learnt through regression that it had originated when he had been the subject of bullying at school .
57 Demonstrate in talking and writing about literature that they are developing their own views and can support them when appropriate by reference to the text , eg in making judgements of characters and their actions , or when building upon those characters and events in their own writing .
58 If Gould was disgusted by the commercial exploits of his fellow white men , he was compensated by the reverence for birds that he discovered among the Aborigines .
59 It 's just that I mean this is the only thing about Halloween that I do n't like is the import from America of this trick or treat nonsense .
60 I wholly agree with the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook that it would be inappropriate to oppose the Bill on Second Reading , but , like the right hon. Gentleman , I intend to look closely at what happens to it during its passage through the House .
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