Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] that [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rang Davidson to confirm that he could make the eight a. m. appointment . |
| 2 | For example , he should wait for the buyer to indicate that he can sit down or , at least , ask the buyer if he may sit down . |
| 3 | It is preposterous for the Opposition to claim that they can introduce such a tax and then complain about the Government 's introducing a new tax in 1993 . |
| 4 | It is hard to find much at Comdex and the companion Windows World show that is not NT-related this year , and Tivoli Systems Inc winged in from Austin , Texas to announce that it will develop a version of its product for NT , and brought along enough gear to demonstrate the Tivoli Management Environment for Windows NT in an early form : it says the product will make it easy for systems administrators to manage , configure , change , monitor , and enforce security of NT systems across large networks , and enable systems managers to manage Windows NT and Unix systems , as well as Windows and MS-DOS client machines , from a single , integrated systems-manager 's desktop ; it will start trickling out at the end of the year with a developer 's toolkit , and management applications will follow in early 1994 . |
| 5 | It was somewhat of a disappointment to her vengeful mind to consider that he might have taken yesterday 's omen to heart , and prudently drawn in his horns , resigning his pretensions on her rather than venture even token opposition to the fiat of the prince and his governor . |
| 6 | Russia 's prolonged struggle with Turkey gave Prussia and Austria the leverage to ensure that they should benefit from the dismantling of Polish independence . |
| 7 | Britain has always taken a stand against bullies and tyrants to ensure that we can live in a safe world and I pray that our resolution to do this will remain undiminished . |
| 8 | The assessment will be integrative — that is , it will require candidates to demonstrate that they can draw together the vocational and the core skills strands of the whole programme for that general SVQ . |
| 9 | Users are finally coming round to the idea that applications are more important than the platform , he says , citing the UK supermarket chain , Sainsbury 's , which took ten months to decide that it would move to Unix , choosing its software before inviting companies to bid for the hardware contract . |
| 10 | In place of a draft provision which gave protection in all cases where criminal or disciplinary proceedings were possible in a third State , the final Convention text allows States to declare that they will respect privileges and duties under the law of third States to the extent specified in the declaration . |
| 11 | According to the Court of Appeal in Tagro v Cafane this requires the valuer to assume that he can sell it on the open market to a willing buyer , and in so doing to ignore any covenant against assignment which restricts alienation of the landlord 's interest . |
| 12 | It is an even wilder dream to imagine that it would get such a majority that it could escape from being held to ransom by the 25 Members who signed the amendment . |
| 13 | We 'll be happy to survey your home to ensure that you can pick up the necessary signals … and that you really will be able to enjoy perfect Satellite Television reception . |
| 14 | The House will remember that we had the effrontery to propose that we should have a property-based system founded largely on capital valuation and with legal liability falling on the householder alone . |
| 15 | It did not take long for Gould to realise that it would have been better to have waited . |
| 16 | John Allerton is one that springs to mind , a lovely angler to watch and certainly not one who inspires the onlooker to think that he could do just as well . |
| 17 | Mary obviously understands the message of the angel to mean that she will conceive a child immediately , for she points out that she is unmarried . |
| 18 | That is why if Jill knowingly leads Jim to expect that she will behave in a certain way she bears a responsibility to prevent harm to Jim as a result of this reliance , and so on . |
| 19 | For a start the old problem of slow play reared its ugly head once more , causing one member of the field to suggest that he might switch to a more active sport like angling . |
| 20 | He was the first scientist to suggest that they may have led a more vigorous life than the reptiles , and even proffered an atmospheric reason as to why they became extinct . |
| 21 | Naturally , I hope Heather is alive , but , if she is , she has every right to expect that I will observe absolute confidentiality where her medical history is concerned . |
| 22 | The component parts of the multiplier have been agreed as four years for the period up to the age of nineteen when he leaves school and thirteen years thereafter Mrs doctor and Mr Paul 's headmaster agree that Paul needs an enabler at school during school hours , that is classroom hours , an enabler is in effect a classroom assistant who works with him on a one to one basis to ensure that he can participate in lessons . |
| 23 | I was miserable most of the time , but it would be a towering ingratitude to say that I 'd have done anything else with my life . ’ |
| 24 | How does my hon. and learned Friend expect Palestinians to feel that they will get a fair crack of the whip while they are subjected to those double standards ? |
| 25 | Kierkegaard interpreted the parable to mean that we should trust God unconditionally . |
| 26 | And how there were some there who thought no shame to recommend that you should invite him to a meeting , so that he could be taken unawares and murdered there . |
| 27 | I note that the hon. Gentleman did not take this ideal opportunity to deny that he may have been involved in the passing to the press of a bogus document about the alleged future of InterCity . |
| 28 | Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on . |
| 29 | One of them , a tall Hung Mao sat apart from the rest , looked up as the three men approached , then , with the vaguest movement of his head to indicate that they should go on up , looked back down at the rifle in his lap , continuing his meticulous inspection of the weapon . |
| 30 | He contemplated eating a meat pie at the stall by the church , but he had enough experience of phantom hunger at night to know that it would disappear of its own accord by morning and that it was best not to squander money on appeasing it . |