Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [pron] [noun pl] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir , It is a sad reflection on the high street banks ' attitude to their customers that I had to rely on FARMERS WEEKLY for financial information vital to the overall profitability of my farming business . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was in deference to her sensibilities that he had slipped on a robe , but it did less to conceal the perfection of his body than to hint tantalisingly at it . |
| 3 | One , to eliminate any feeling of antipathy er to the introduction of any new incentive scheme , but more so er to give confidence to our members that whatever happened , erm there would be a benefit . |
| 4 | It is a remarkable tribute to their builders that they have survived for fifty years in regular service , albeit in rebuilt form . |
| 5 | If so it is all the greater tribute to his qualities that he never took a step to force the issue or to encourage abdication . |
| 6 | Much that was written in those days now sounds appallingly snobbish , and I think it is a great tribute to my parents that we were kept ignorant of such distinctions . |
| 7 | Boys will seldom be able or wish to preserve the degree of closeness to their mothers that it is open for girls to do . |
| 8 | Third , an animal may be brightly coloured as a warning to its enemies that it is not to be trifled with . |
| 9 | Cos next , well the week after the reading week we 've got , we do the first visit to our schools that we 're doing our T P in . |
| 10 | SIR — Jean Howard ( letter , April 8 ) may have given the impression to your readers that her knowledge of Ultra material ‘ never released to the public ’ proves her theory about the military insignificance of Tito and the Partisans . |