Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five million more motor cars on the roads since 1980 mean that there is bound to be more damage to , theft from and taking of motor vehicles . |
| 2 | This mean that there were only 18 enquirers in our sample ( 19% ) . |
| 3 | This mean that he probably do not wish to play as a central defender in the english premiership — central defenders in england are seldom allowed/seen going forward and ronny feels after playing three reserve games for spurs ( which is supposed to be a playing team … ) that this kind of futba does not suit him … so i guess he will be staying here — most of the top norw. players just think of one thing now — USA'94 and to be among the 24 that are travelling — and they choose club out from this : ie how much play will i get at my new club — better be going to a low-profile club in the premiership than a high profile club where i might have to sit on the bench ( Flo , Nilsen ( Sheff Utd ) , Halle , Pedersen ( Oldham ) , Fjortoft ( Swindon ) — will gets lot of play this winter — whereas players like Bjornebye ( Liverpool ) , Lydersen , ( Arsenal ) and Strandli ( Leeds ) struggle to keep/get places in their teams . |
| 4 | The car slid away from the kerb , followed by a small blue roadster , and I thought with some regret that I was probably watching Mrs. Barbara Porter driving out of my life . |
| 5 | Some say that it is because the church has neglected , in almost every generation , to create a true fellowship in Christ that we are faced with modern freemasonry or , more recently , acid house or the New Age groups . |
| 6 | Some say that it helps them to study , but do n't accept that . |
| 7 | And , second , there is a sentence in Plutarch 's Life of Artaxerxes ( chapter iv ) about the revolt of the younger Cyrus ( for which see p. 184 ) : ‘ some say that he revolted because he was not given enough rations . ’ |
| 8 | Well people who 've commented on this say that they 're now aware that they feel unable to say to women students things they would say to male students . |
| 9 | Yet even the British acknowledge that there are individuals and countries ‘ wedded to sanctions ’ , and according to Commonwealth officials , Britain may well again find itself in a minority of one when the subject is debated . |
| 10 | Some suggest that we would all be better off if the Germans controlled our monetary policy and our economy . |
| 11 | Most experts are hard pushed to explain why normal , healthy people should not take E. Some suggest that it may promote Parkinson 's disease — after all , the symptoms are fairly similar : short-term memory loss , the shakes , jaw-ache and constant chewing . |
| 12 | Some suggest that it is more important to be able to bring political pressure to bear , so that the elected representatives of whatever sex will pass legislation of benefit to women . |
| 13 | There are , for instance , several conflicting claims concerning the function of the Japanese suffix -wa : some suggest that it is an obligatory marker of topic ( this claim is implicit in Li , 1976 : 465 ) ; others suggest that it marks given information ( see 5.1.2. below for an explanation of given vs new information ) . |
| 14 | The UK and France have always accused each other of malpractice , the UK claiming that the French are the most protectionist country in Europe ; the French say that they are simply more open about it , and that the UK is just as bad . |
| 15 | 2 Imagine that you have been provisionally asked to translate John Le Carré 's The Russia House ( 1989 ) into your target language . |
| 16 | So it was with some hope that I travelled to Scotland . |
| 17 | Unlike other exiles , however , she did n't live in the half hope that she might . |
| 18 | Some hold that it follows from this that the priest must be male : |
| 19 | Some consider that it is inconsistent to show issue costs of one kind of capital instrument in the profit and loss account and those relating to another kind in the statement of total recognised gains and losses . |
| 20 | This ensure that there is something going on the whole time for both the spectator and the participator . |
| 21 | But the positive interest of an agent is some guarantee that your work is not passing by unnoticed . |
| 22 | Some decide that their child should be using a teacher beaker by the age of 6 months while others will happily breastfeed until the age of 3 years . |
| 23 | Some believe that we should be looking at all ages to fulfilling activity which is not wholly employment based , but make more constructive use of leisure . |
| 24 | As indicated above , at one extreme , some believe that its emergence was entirely due to the internecine conflict of the Liberal Party during the First World War , occasioned by David Lloyd George 's replacement of Asquith as Prime Minister in 1916 . |
| 25 | Some believe that it is undesirable and that the diver should transfer under pressure . |
| 26 | Some believe that it is inappropriate to ‘ export ’ a cultural ideology of women 's advancement from one society to another , |
| 27 | Some believe that it is normative in an absolute sense ; that Christ revealed what is to be believed ( for example about divorce ) for all times . |
| 28 | Some find that they do slow down somewhat , and this is no bad thing — after all , what is the point of continuing to play a game of ‘ Beat the Clock ’ from morning till night ? |
| 29 | Some find that they get better treated in there than they do outside , but for the others it 's just rubbish . |
| 30 | Amongst the non-reminiscers , some find that there is little point or purpose served in looking back at their lives , whilst others do not reminisce because they find it too depressing , often because of the contrast between their past and present life which they find too difficult to contemplate . |