Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] that [pron] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ VERY cut glass ’ was the phrase in my youth for hinting that somebody or something was a quality product . |
| 2 | The Commerce Minister P. Chidambaram resigned on July 9 after admitting that he and his wife had invested Rs250,000 ( about US$8,700 ) in Fairgrowth Financial Services , one of the companies being investigated in the recent securities scandal [ see pp. 38913 ; 38967 ] . |
| 3 | The ‘ meaning ’ theist is capable of recognising that he or she considers the problem in a mutual dialogue with the ‘ meaning ’ atheist , that each is out to convince the other and that each may convert the other to his or her views . |
| 4 | It is the child who refuses to abandon Dreams — who stubbornly persists in believing that he or she will explore the depths of the Amazon , or will become a film director — who becomes the adult who will achieve those ambitions . |
| 5 | The same survey found that the more a person smokes the less faith that person has in believing that he or she can stop . |
| 6 | I should be grateful if you would , in accordance with the confidentiality undertaking , now return the Information memorandum to me and at the same time confirm in writing that you and your advisers have destroyed any further copies of the documentation . |
| 7 | I am therefore requesting , in accordance with the confidentiality undertaking , that the Information memorandum is returned to me and that at the same time you confirm in writing that you and your advisers have destroyed any further copies of the documentation . |
| 8 | Where the director or directors is or are not in sole control of the company , there is no difficulty in holding that he or they can appropriate from the company and the property belong to another . |
| 9 | The younger adolescent is to be pardoned for feeling that he or she ca n't win ! |
| 10 | The situation is not helped by the writers of " soap operas " who " explain " the behaviour of a murderer , child molester or other deviant by saying that he or she had epilepsy or a brain tumour . |
| 11 | Similarly , a director who is in charge of the company 's research and development programme would not be able to resist a negligence action by claiming that he or she lacked experience or qualifications in the area concerned . |