Example sentences of "[noun] they [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Why did n't you use anything ? " is a familiar question , and there are various explanations — getting pregnant may have an unreal quality about it , something which younger teenagers in particular may feel , and even if they know the risks they assume that they 'll be lucky . |
| 2 | At first glance they realised that the specimen differed from any meteorites they had ever seen . |
| 3 | Although in terms of quantity more pottery has survived , it is the combination of the quantity of coins together with the official inscriptions and designs they bear that have made them more precisely datable than any other common class of artefact . |
| 4 | But he soon became a joke to most of us , because not only was he pedantic and patronizing , he was also frightened of what he 'd started and disliked suggestions for fear they implied that he was going wrong . |
| 5 | For solutions they thought that London could be considered from three points of view : as a community — where people live , work and play ; as a metropolis — the seat of Government and a great cultural and commercial centre ; and as a machine — of locomotion . |
| 6 | On Bosnia-Hercegovina they declared that " the primary responsibility for the conflict , and its brutality , lies with the present leadership of Serbia and of the Bosnian Serbs " ; in particular they were " appalled by the systematic detention and rape of Moslem women " [ see also p. 39240 ] . |
| 7 | On the future of Bosnia-Hercegovina they urged that the legitimate concerns of all the peoples living " within the inviolable borders of the republic " be taken into account , and proposed international supervision of the forthcoming referendum in the republic on Feb. 29-March 1 , in close co-ordination with the institutions of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) . |
| 8 | On the basis of their own study they claim that many managerial and administrative jobs have become increasingly routine and require little use of initiative . |
| 9 | Quoting another study they add that the frontal lobe ‘ represents a relatively late phylogenetic acquisition which is well developed only in primates , especially in Man . ’ |
| 10 | Using data from the OPCS longitudinal study they showed that , for males , class-based inequalities extended into later life . |
| 11 | In other words they deny that education is necessarily a means to an end , and argue instead that either the content or the processes of teaching and learning can have intrinsic educational value . |
| 12 | Put into words they require that the divergences of the stress-energy tensor vanish everywhere . |
| 13 | In other words they hoped that by self-denial the Americans could dissuade the Russians from attempting it . |
| 14 | In other words they believe that sexism in this instance is built on some ‘ natural ’ foundation . |
| 15 | During their courtship they believed that his true future was to be a poet . |
| 16 | In effect they said that if Lloyd George looked like succeeding , they would join him . |
| 17 | No I especially hope it will be read by sceptics , by people who have grown up with a kind of psychologically inspired dismissal of religion , people who 've become so sophisticated , so busy they have no time for it , people who are so bemused by technology , by the greatness of human achievement , the computers , the moon rockets , the medical advances , that in their worship of human talent they forget that there 's a point where human power ends and the power of God begins . |
| 18 | In a fast moving industry they fear that , unless they are continuously involved in development work , their skills will deteriorate , and this will affect not only their future earning power , but also their ability to take on the sort of work they enjoy . |
| 19 | There was a final , violent crash of thunder , and in the bright light they saw that the tree had been torn in half by the lightning . |
| 20 | Like the Baptists in Holmer Green , the Amersham Baptists ' main problem concerned attendance ; following traditional Christian practice they held that the indispensable sign of membership , of being ‘ in communion ’ , was partaking in the Communion Service , whether this was held quarterly or , in their case , monthly . |
| 21 | The only experience of collectivization there 'd been was the Soviet one and they seemed to have known at least something about the Soviet , they knew it involved a lot of force they knew that if you were going to collect you were going to collectivize you needed the mechaniz well they thought that you needed the mechanization first and they knew that they d A they did n't have the capacity for that mechanization they did n't want to use force I mean i it would , i it would have been very dangerous , would n't it , to go back to the countryside collectivization . |
| 22 | When the Spanish conquerors entered Mexico they found that a special variety , the fire opal , having a clear orange or yellow body , was held in high esteem by the Aztecs . |
| 23 | When , however , in one district , private hospitals attempted to provide data they found that in most cases they could not identify patients ' districts of residence ( S Israel , personal communication ) . |
| 24 | Despite this high figure they concluded that oesophageal manometry was beneficial in patients with chest pain , dysphagia , and those in whom achalasia is suspected . |
| 25 | From his own mouth they understood that , regardless of ethnic or regional or age identity , they would have to surrender nothing in order to gain a great deal : that alliance need not produce merger or submergence , that even racist habits of mind became beside the point — you could vote for ‘ the nigger ’ not because you wanted a Black man in your family but because you thought he might save your family farm . |
| 26 | WHEN THE originators of the Dart Valley Light Railway plc formed it in 1965 they always intended that it should be a commercially operated line rather than a ‘ preserved ’ railway , for having looked at the then contemporary scene they felt that there were enough preservationists at work already and that their nice for survival in an essentially holiday area should be revenue-earning profitability . |
| 27 | In unison they agreed that the new system , ‘ improves consistency and is a great asset ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ No wonder they call that position the arse end Charlie ’ , he thought grimly . |
| 29 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 30 | On the well-defined Teviotdale road they proceeded next morning , and now were able to check at the villages and communities they passed that they were still on Balliol 's route , without the time-consuming searching for tracks . |