Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead we are talking about a series of complex configurations of politics , economics and ideology that recursively interact to guarantee that it is not possible to understand what is happening in the local economies of Glasgow , Liverpool or Birmingham in the UK or Baltimore , New York or Toronto in North America without reference to inner city policies wedded to a particular form of symbolic , frequently spectacular , regeneration . |
| 2 | Both groups purport to find their principle validated within the criminal law but both tend to assume that they have found the master principle and seek to defend it at every turn . |
| 3 | It says it wants a fairer system of awarding contracts and also seeks to ensure that the taxpayer , via the Treasury , gets a proper return for the use of a scarce resource . |
| 4 | I was chatting to her one lunch-time and just happened to mention that I kept and bred barn owls . |
| 5 | The Society is unique in sharing any such surplus with its policyholders by means of a Special Discount which benefits those motor policyholders whose premiums have substantially contributed to the surplus and therefore helps to ensure that the cost of motor insurance is shared more fairly . |
| 6 | Certain individuals may have overstepped the mark and still seem to imagine that you are either too insecure or emotionally confused to retaliate , but you will achieve a great deal more by remaining aloof this month , especially around the 4th and 15th when the Sun is challenged by Neptune and Saturn . |
| 7 | Landlords were not seeking any advantage in the regulations but merely wanted to ensure that the rental value of holdings was maintained . |
| 8 | There is no need at this stage to give explicit gory or shameful details but only to begin to recognise that the simple facts of the previous behaviour and consequences do not fit with the previous belief that all this could be managed satisfactorily alone and without outside help . |
| 9 | He keeps up their morale and always remembers to see that they are thanked properly . |
| 10 | Amiss was stunned by the courtesy and curiously uplifted to find that not everyone in this establishment was like Colonel Fagg . |
| 11 | They took it as a snub that Down failed to field at anything approaching full strength and now want to show that they are a match for the real thing . |
| 12 | Even when presented with photographs showing obvious emaciation from starvation , the sufferer from anorexia may comply with forced feeding through intravenous or naso-gastric infusion in hospital but still continue to believe that this is all a lot of fuss and that other people are the ones who really have problems . |
| 13 | Individuals paying less than £2,400 a year in free-standing AVCs will not normally need to involve their employer but just have to certify that they are not paying more than 15 per cent of their earnings in total contributions . |
| 14 | When people draft contracts they are usually keen to limit or exclude their liabilities and yet wish to ensure that the other party was absolutely bound to perform his part of the contract . |
| 15 | The use of this equipment should obviate this problem and also helps to ensure that the sphincterotomy continues in the correct direction . |
| 16 | With this in mind , when you are shooting camera-originals which are to be assemble edited later , shoot them with at least five seconds of spare length at the beginning of each shot ; this not only facilitates the offsetting of the backspace but also helps to ensure that the edits will be stable on the copy . |
| 17 | Thanks were also extended to all the club members who gave of their time and hard graft to ensure that fun was had by all . |