Example sentences of "[verb] that [det] " in BNC.

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1 Yet it was only by contrast with Fei Yen that these things were noticeable : as if in Fei Yen lay the very archetype of Han beauty , and all else , however fine in itself , was but a flawed copy of that perfection .
2 It transpired that each woman had packed up her own cake to bring to the fête .
3 It later transpired that all but one of these were for the Bulgarian A team .
4 A Mayday was transmitted , but it later transpired that this had not been heard , probably due to a simultaneous transmission from another aircraft .
5 It transpired that both had been betrayed by a Russian agent , Hans Geyer , who using the alias ‘ Henry Toll ’ had infiltrated Gehlen 's organisation and passed on all the details of his plans to Moscow .
6 By praying that many children from the local area will be drawn to the Holiday Club and the Church , with their families , and ultimately to faith in Jesus .
7 Longer-term planning , which is vital for education , will not receive the priority that is attached to praying that each financial quarter will be survived without having to close wards and hospitals , cancel operations , incur building repair expenses or experience increased waiting lists .
8 The beans have now reached the top of their 6ft canes and I 'm praying that any autumn gales will be delayed until the beans are all safely harvested .
9 Reverend Sawyer is praying that these measures will help fortify the congregation and the the church coffers .
10 She found herself praying that this batch would be more to his liking than the last .
11 Everyone is praying that this time it will be third time lucky .
12 And the Sharlott family is praying that this time he leaves the crosses alone .
13 Kelly was 12 months old when her mother first began to worry that all was not well .
14 There is no denying that many things have improved since the revolution .
15 Moore is not denying that such elucidation is sometimes needed and possible , but bringing home to us that this is never what is going on when all things with a certain complex property are said to be good .
16 A Christian would argue that the life of Christ represents the Absolute ‘ entering into ’ human history , whilst denying that this meant God Himself was subject to change .
17 There is no denying that this is a severe problem .
18 But there 's no denying that this is an important event — or , to be more exact , an important set of nine events .
19 While not denying that this has an important role to play in any science , it is not clear that it is the method responsible for the discovery of natural laws .
20 Now what will happen is erm , erm there are signs of which is happening abroad already , that people will go from the United States , other parts of the world , they will fly in and they will fly into Frankfurt and they will erm fly into other European erm airports and Heathrow relative to others will begin to lose it 's position , and therefore from a national point of view , from an economic point of view , it is very important that Heathrow does sort of maintain er it 's er position and nobody 's denying that this may have some sort of , erm er important erm environmental erm dis dispendant and er if stick by them if you you 're going to .
21 We can surely think of pleasure and pain as referring to felt qualities of experience without denying that these qualities are of radically different kinds .
22 This is a picture of policing which some constables in hard-line areas dispute as typical of Northern Ireland , with one policeman m West Belfast denying that any routine policing occurs in Northern Ireland , arguing that no area could be considered ‘ soft ’ because policemen and women are at risk everywhere ( FN 29/4/87 , p. 6 ) .
23 He believed that the government had lost credibility , first by denying that any recession ever existed , then by claiming it was only minor , then by claiming that though perhaps it was severe the recovery was just around the corner .
24 He responded by denying that any concessions had been made .
25 The men , one of whom was named as Ernest Joma , were quickly arrested , however , and two hours later the then Information , Ideological Guidance and Co-operative Development Minister , Simon Pierre , broadcast a message denying that any coup had taken place and calling for calm .
26 The day after Myeni 's warning , Buthelezi distanced himself from it in a statement denying that any decision had been taken to deploy fighters .
27 Although much remained unaltered , there is no denying that some significant changes were occurring .
28 First of all one can deflect it by denying that some forms of species solidarity are mere bias .
29 It is strange to relate that this well-known symbol has been comparatively neglected by social scientists and especially by social psychologists .
30 It is strange to relate that this short stretch of water should be such a barrier but the hills of Wouldham and village are as foreign to some people of Halling as any parts of the world and in fact there are some who travel all over the country and to some places abroad , but have lived all their lives in the village without ever setting foot on the further banks of the river .
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