Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [that] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young kids , some of them not even teenagers , were arriving all the time , mostly for reasons that they had n't thought through or could n't express . |
| 2 | It should not be forgotten that , in addition to those being regulated , there are those who have the power to influence the composition of the accounts , thereby manipulating the directions for change that they consider desirable . |
| 3 | The police service themselves recognize that there has to be a a need for change that they have to be brought up to date er and er I think you 'll see when I a announce my decisions on the Sheahy report er that er I am taking the need to er reform the police service , very seriously indeed . |
| 4 | Another worry is that the existence of guaranteed compensation will encourage some farmers to apply for grants for operations that they have no real intention of carrying out , simply in order to become eligible for compensation . |
| 5 | However , there is a danger for shareholders that they will become trapped in the power play between the two US giants . |
| 6 | A second example of the importance of giving opportunities to other people comes from the type of head who , in pursuing the argument that good management of a school should lead to good learning by the child , watches pupils for signs that they do in some way match hopes about independence of mind , wholeness and honesty . |
| 7 | Unless pressure is put on the Government , they will simply substitute that money for money that they were going to spend in the regions anyway , and the regions will not receive any direct benefit , although that was the whole purpose of the RECHAR regulations . |
| 8 | Demonstrate in talking and writing about literature that they are developing their own views and can support them when appropriate by reference to the text , eg in making judgements of characters and their actions , or when building upon those characters and events in their own writing . |
| 9 | In English and Welsh courts the position remains that defendants are only liable for losses that they have caused and , as Mr Justice Hobhouse put it , the plaintiffs had ‘ failed altogether to prove their case on causation ’ . |
| 10 | It may also be through therapy that they 're able to explore that erm . |
| 11 | Large demands have to be floated gently and you must stay in touch with the other party 's reactions by looking for signals that they are being pushed too far or too fast . |
| 12 | But Peter Walker and Jim Prior , also well-known doubters , were retained ( Prior until September 1984 ) , no doubt for fear that they might prove troublesome on the back bench . |
| 13 | However , restrictions are placed on the power of management to combat a hostile takeover bid , for fear that they might act only in their own interests rather than for those of the company or its shareholders . |
| 14 | It can lead to a perpetual and escalating attempt by women to please , trying to retain their outward beauty at all costs , and to show only the lovely , pleasing side of their nature for fear that they will otherwise be dethroned . |
| 15 | The IWC has said that there is no scope for slaughtering minke whales for fear that they might be driven into extinction . |
| 16 | As the chairman of the Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training has indicated , appointment committees are reluctant to appoint anyone over the age of 35 for fear that they are so near the age of 40 that they will be unable to obtain a consultant post and will linger , blocking their senior registrar post . |
| 17 | And once one child in the street is offered a place , other parents naturally feel under some pressure to put their children into school too , for fear that they might fall behind educationally . |
| 18 | During April he was obliged to withdraw two bills ( one of which changed voting rules in regional elections ) and to postpone another for fear that they would be defeated . |
| 19 | Before the emancipation of the serfs the government had been reluctant to return peasants to the countryside after they had served in the army , for fear that they would use their training to promote discontent . |
| 20 | * A leaked memorandum shows that growing amounts of untreated nuclear waste are being stored at the UK Atomic Energy Authority 's base at Aldermaston , due to delays in constructing safe disposal sites , in part for fear that they will not meet safety requirements . |
| 21 | It 's becoming sort of fairly topical erm where there , and it is , more perhaps related to the fear of crime than the actual crime itself , where , people are afraid to go out for fear that they 're going to be personally attacked , whether it be you know , answering the door at night in their own homes , or actually , you know , going to their cars . |
| 22 | But it 's not for football that they fear — it is for the danger of crowd violence . |
| 23 | A couple who run a private nursing home have been barred from the premises after allegations that they stole from residents . |
| 24 | Britain broke off diplomatic relations with the Syrians four years ago after allegations that they 'd been involved in trying to below up and Israeli airliner . |
| 25 | TWO youngsters who were strangled after warnings that they could be at risk were put on a council child protection register in June , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 26 | San Francisco has had a privatised police force since 1851 , when the city cops were so desperate for help that they sold off districts to private enterprise . |
| 27 | But now , we said to our people , if anybody has something about Eismark that they had not the money to explore , now we can unlock the money . ’ |
| 28 | They had been orphaned and were so desperate for work that they auditioned while still mourning . |
| 29 | Why is it , then , that so many of our constituents are coming to advice surgeries about bills that they can not afford to pay ? |
| 30 | It is a golden political rule for Chancellors that they must ensure a pre-election boom and should never waste one post-election . |