Example sentences of "[vb -s] that they [verb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We ordinarily say of causal circumstances and causes that they make their effects happen , but we do not say , and will deny , that effects make either of the two causal items happen .
2 We also say of causal circumstances and causes that they explain their effects , in a sense in which effects do not explain the causal items .
3 It seems that they got their way .
4 First , the fact that pluralists are only interested in explaining what they choose to call public policy-making means that they confine their attention to those issues that involve government and the state in a very direct way .
5 NIGEL BURKE argues that they subvert our system of justice
6 It also demonstrates that they have their root cause in godlessness ; so we should pray for our country , not that we should be saved from recession , but that we should turn back to God .
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