Example sentences of "[noun sg] that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They not infrequently turn for some answers to the religion that they may have been introduced to in the past but have long since rejected . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is argued that even if researchers do not really believe in the religion that they are studying , they will get more information if they pretend to do so — if , in other words , they use covert , rather than overt , methods of investigation . |
| 3 | As has been suggested , it was particularly the perceived threat to the importance of organised religion that they represented which galvanized Mrs Whitehouse and others into action . |
| 4 | It was such a childish action that they all laughed again before he said , while striking a pose , ‘ You have a lot to learn Mr Farrier . ’ |
| 5 | However , I would disagree most strongly with the suggestions for future action that they draw from their results . |
| 6 | So eager were the Highlanders to be in action that they charged forward prematurely , to be swept by further fire from the hated artillery as well as by musket shots from the opposing infantry and from a detachment under the 18-year-old [ later Major-General ] James Wolfe , posted on the royal left flank , which took them in enfilade . |
| 7 | Critics argue that because of the control of information officials are in a position to slant their recommendations to one course of action that they prefer rather than one they do not prefer . |
| 8 | It is likely in any organisation that individuals will have different opinions , there will be personality clashes and there may well be conflicts of interest where an individual is required to pursue a particular course of action that they can not , in all conscience , perform . |
| 9 | The report published by the Indonesian Government and the action that they subsequently took — for example , against certain military commanders involved in the incident — show that they are not concerned simply with a cover-up . |
| 10 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 11 | Indeed , and to allow them to take that sort of action that they feel allows them , or enables them to express what they 're feelings are , but to assume that they can take the sort of action that we as adults have not been able to take , i.e. to find different ways and more mature ways of resolving conflicts is putting expectations on children that we as adults have n't been able to achieve ourselves . |
| 12 | He suggested to the Leeds and District Football Association that they should field a representative side against Leeds City reserves , a game duly held at Elland Road , but he soon became disillusioned . |
| 13 | Oldham are also waiting for official confirmation from the Football Association that they can bring in another goalkeeper , a course of action restricted under Premier League rules to emergencies only . |
| 14 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 15 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 16 | Your worships , er , there 's nothing at all more sinister in the failure to stop and failure to report than than that , i th that is a a true record of the er er er of the incident as far as Mrs was concerned erm and it is something which erm comes about an accident which came about probably through the inexperience of the children er , running across the pedestrian crossing thinking that they have priority erm and not having regard to other road users er , and Mrs was travelling at slow speed but it was she was put in a difficult position by the the way in which the children ran across the road . |
| 17 | This involves helping pupils so to develop skills of reflective thinking that they can be generously affirming of others without losing their own footing . |
| 18 | You tell them that this is the card that they have freely chosen . |
| 19 | And dried fruit , tropical fruit , eight percent when it 's fresh or dry , but if people , if Third World countries prepare it into fruit juices , then it 's twenty three percent tariff that they put on it . |
| 20 | as questions lead to shouting and then crawling back to his Then a little bit about language and an experiment that they did . |
| 21 | On many occasions in our study we found a sharp contrast between the professionals ' perception that a high degree of consensus had been reached and the parents ' perception that they had agreed to a course of action because they saw no other real choice , particularly if the urgent needs of the child and other family members were to be quickly met . |
| 22 | The EP was ‘ brought in ’ in response to the teachers ' perception that they lacked the skills to manage George 's behaviour . |
| 23 | This is not just an arbitrary theory of schooling which they have dreamed up , but derives from their perception that they have been ‘ written off ’ . |
| 24 | Our participants had the clear perception that they also have powers within the classroom , conceived as a specific social setting , and they act to establish themselves and their powers . |
| 25 | Their pursuit of high-level official corruption , and the perception that they were being victimized for it , had earned Gdlyan and Ivanov significant public support . |
| 26 | Harold MacMillan , Prime Minister , might still be saying to the electorate that they had never had it so good — which was true in terms of the change-round from post-war reconstruction , wartime destruction , and the days of depression ; but to someone of Leonard 's background , from Canada , the place was a bore . |
| 27 | These councillors convinced a big section of the electorate that they are capable of helping to run public services throughout the province . |
| 28 | And we 've seen , we 've seen the commitment to Local Government , have n't we , on the planning application on the , where two local Councillors , two Labour Councillors , sitting there , listened so much to their electorate that they abstain when it comes up to the vote ? |
| 29 | As a result of nail sickness , the heavy Westmorland slates were regularly coming loose and crashing down with such force that they sliced through the lead gutters below . |
| 30 | So angry was he with her that he flung a handful of the stars after her , and they fell to earth with such force that they formed a row of waterholes across the country . |