Example sentences of "[conj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
| 2 | She has challenged certain long-established political assumptions : that a government could not be re-elected if it presided over a massive increase in unemployment ; or that a government had to govern with the consent and co-operation of the major interests , particularly business and the unions . |
| 3 | Which is also to say that it is not the case that there is no connection , or that a category mistake is involved in the mere comparison . |
| 4 | It blasphemed God 's goodness to declare that one day , the seventh , was holier than the other six ( the Christian Sunday was seen as the eighth day , pointing beyond time to eternity ) ; that some food or animals were clean and others unclean ; that some nations were less God 's children than others , or that a natural function , such as menstruation , made women unholy and hence unfit for contact with God . |
| 5 | If the Justice of the Forest discovered that a wood was without a woodward , or that a woodward had not taken the oath or had not appeared at the Forest Eyre to be sworn , or neglected his duty , or committed trespasses in the forest , the wood in question was seized for the king , but the owner was usually allowed to recover it on payment of a fine . |
| 6 | This may be because the GP 's previous contact with the family facilitated such contact or that a balance to the GP 's assessment was sought . |
| 7 | They tell us that a stonemason 's third marriage at 57 was his happiest ; or that a retired doctor found ‘ life was for a time difficult ’ for lack of ‘ any special hobbies . ’ |
| 8 | This is not to say that methods of biochemical adjustment are sufficient in themselves , or that a psychiatrist , however biochemically oriented , can neglect the pastoral aspects of caring for his patients . |
| 9 | Before very long , however , the entitlement aspects of ERA will surely lead to conflict and litigation , as parents discover that laboratories and equipment are insufficient to deliver ‘ science ’ to their children , or that a guaranteed first foreign language can not be taught because there are insufficient qualified staff . |
| 10 | They may chug along believing that structure is all there is to it or that a combination of structure and roles is the answer . |
| 11 | They hoped for no benefit of internal interpretation or the construal of favourable terms ; rather , they hoped that a disposition in dubious form might be admitted to be a disposition of legal force , or that a disposition in an invalid will might not sink into the oblivion of intestacy . |
| 12 | The breeding population appears to be resident , but birds are recorded in other areas of the county in winter sufficiently frequently to suggest either some post-breeding dispersal within the county , or that a few visit the county from elsewhere in winter . |
| 13 | There 's this feeling that your polymorphonuclear leucocytes have lost their grip , that the brain has gone , or that a slow virus has chosen its moment . |
| 14 | Others have suggested that an appropriate interfacial free energy is necessary , or that a hydrophobic surface would be useful , or that an albumin coated surface would solve the problem . |
| 15 | Events over the next six months are likely to leave an imprint , and it seems a relationship is the catalyst for a major change or that a relationship is transformed from outside . |
| 16 | The Auditing Practices Board concurs with the Institute 's view , and suggests either that audit endorsement be restricted to those parts of the code capable of objective evaluation , or that a company 's audit committee should endorse the statement of compliance at a meeting attended by the auditors . |
| 17 | ‘ tending to show that an offence had been committed , or ’ This point includes a conduct such as a straightforward report of a false crime to anyone , but it will usually be made to a constable , e.g. that a person 's car has been stolen or taken without authority or that a house has been burgled . |
| 18 | ‘ to give rise to apprehension for the safety of any person ( or property ) or ’ False reports that a person is missing from home or that a bomb is in a building ( which is more likely to be encountered in practice ) come under this point . |
| 19 | It is sometimes very strange to see an AIB Engineering Inspector and an RAF doctor with their heads down inside the wreckage of a crashed aircraft in the AIB hangar at Farnborough , arguing , discussing or merely agreeing that this or that component is not strong enough to sustain survivable crash forces on a row of seats or that a part of the galley constitutes a lethal hazard against which passengers could suffer injury in a crash . |
| 20 | Or that a comprehensive test ban might not be possible — even desirable — at some point in the future . |
| 21 | This ensures that complete tables and only complete tables are approved , or that a single oddball entry and only a single oddball entry is approved . |
| 22 | It could be suggested that the workmen who had made the trinkets and votive objects for visitors continued to use their technical skill for profit , or that a new land-owner was exploiting the commercial potential of the local labour . |
| 23 | By ‘ empathy ’ one knows , for instance , that a man swinging an axe is cutting wood or that a man is aiming a rifle . |
| 24 | When you consider that it costs 40p in bank charges every time a cheque is cashed , or that a covenant will increase your contribution by a third ( if you pay income tax ) , you will appreciate why the fund raising and marketing department is so keen on these cost-effective methods ! |
| 25 | It is not a condition that the third State be specified by name provided it is clear from the context or surrounding circumstances what State is intended , or that a group or class of States is intended of which the claiming State is a member . |
| 26 | Males take more rabbits , and females more fish and small mammals , but this is not to say that a female ca n't kill a rabbit or that a male wo n't kill mice . |
| 27 | We say that a divides b ( or that a is a divisor of b ) and we write unc there exists unc such that |
| 28 | She had not realised there were still houses where there was no hot-water system or that a relative of hers might live in one Neither was there proper toilet soap . |
| 29 | Modern interpretation of elite theories seek to show either that key policy offices are held by people from a narrow spectrum of social origins , or that a limited number of people , characterized by close links with one another , dominate decision-making roles . |
| 30 | Or that a rhino 's nose system is larger than its brain ? |