Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An applicant for registration is asked , unless such confirmation has already been received , to produce confirmation from each of his or her home law societies , bars , chambers or courts that its professional rules do not prohibit practice in partnership with English solicitors in England and Wales . |
| 2 | This preference for speech tends to be based on a logocentric assumption that speech directly expresses a meaning or intention that its speaker ‘ has in mind ’ . |
| 3 | It is dangerous to tell a 5 year old boy or girl that his or her mother uses language incorrectly . |
| 4 | She disliked casual touching , the assumption of acquaintances or strangers that her disablement entitled them to handle her , as if her body were a despised encumbrance which it was proper gently to push and pull into place . |
| 5 | Every applicant for initial registration is required to produce confirmation from the relevant law society , bar , chamber or court that its professional rules do not prohibit practice in partnership with English solicitors in England and Wales ( except where such confirmation from that body has already been received ) . |
| 6 | He therefore leaked his deepest , darkest secret , but selectively , to those half-way in the know already ; and he made it deliberately dramatic , so that there was still a good chance it would fall within the wide range of hyperbole or blarney that his listeners already allowed for . |
| 7 | People might still sue when the facts were in dispute , because each party might hope to convince the judge or jury that his view of the facts was historically correct . |
| 8 | The exposure draft also incorporates substantial revisions to the IAS , including : disclosure of the profit or loss from ordinary activities and extraordinary items on the face of the income statement ; guidance to assist in the identification of extraordinary items ( outside the ordinary activities of an enterprise and of a non-recurring nature ) ; a requirement to disclose the nature and amount of items of income and expense within profit or loss from ordinary activities that are of such size , nature or incidence that their disclosure is relevant to explain the performance of the enterprise for the period ; and additional disclosures in respect of discontinued operations . |
| 9 | There were no depressions from her or tears that her days were over . |
| 10 | Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for a teacher to convince the proud father or mother that their beloved offspring was a complete nitwit . |
| 11 | What he saw was incredible to him : imperfect stones , yes , flawed , sometimes of poor coloration , but cut and set with such skill and ingenuity that their imperfections were disguised . |
| 12 | When I first moved into my present garden nine years ago I madly planted all those trees , shrubs and climbers that my previous garden , being rather small , would not allow . |
| 13 | A little of that modesty and humility that my mother 's waiting maid used to show will become thee better . |
| 14 | Such groups tend to wield greater power in conflict situations than their members , and indeed the very existence of the groups may be seen to anticipate and perpetuate conflict , to harden and formalise a set of attitudes and values that their individual members may not themselves have recognised or expressed . |
| 15 | Would it be possible for other areas to be given housing action trusts , in addition to all the resources and programmes that my hon. Friend has mentioned ? |
| 16 | He is determined to get authoritative results , and demands that his associates be similarly single-minded . |
| 17 | The Institute has again warned the Department of Trade and Industry that its proposals for summary financial statements are too prescriptive . |
| 18 | Ultimately , if a journal editor is to be a gatekeeper of scientific knowledge , procedures must be in place to assure both readers and authors that their work is to be taken seriously . |
| 19 | Richard was so exhausted with cold and emotion that his laugh came out as a foolish titter . |
| 20 | Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing . |
| 21 | Ponyboy constantly reminisces about those ‘ golden times ’ when his parents were alive and how , now , their lives were a daily struggle to survive and keep the remaining family together without the love , warmth and security that their parents would have provided . |
| 22 | If he had not been halfway to sleep he would have noticed that far from washing the make-up from her face she had taken the trouble to apply the eye shadow and lip-stick that her mother sent her from Moscow . |
| 23 | There were very old dogs , taken gently to the nearest suitable spot then straight home ; dogs who bounded ahead , to wait for a moment , look round , eyes shining , mouth dripping , before dashing off once more ; dogs on the lead , who would drag their owner slowly from one thoughtfully sniffed-over site to the next ; and there were some , like Wilson , who trotted to heel — alert , brisk , responsible — although Wilson was not a dog , only so much like an Aberdeen terrier in bearing and gait that his picture sometimes became confused in my mind . |
| 24 | But it was upwards , up to the sky and the heavens , the clouds and rain that his eyes reached and there , lay a blurred outline of saltire , vague and dismembered , random and partially obscured . |
| 25 | He felt a mixture of astonishment at himself and irritation that his rigid daily routine was going to be broken after forty undisturbed years . |
| 26 | The child 's own feelings were split between mortification at a christening that doomed him to live out for good a pun that he could already see to be gruesome and pride that his father had cared for him enough to embed him into his act by the very roots of his name . |
| 27 | Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and the rest of the Common Open System Environment companies were quick to step forward and stress that their collaboration on the interface does not affect their Unix operating system plans in any shape or form . |
| 28 | Two main lines were carried on by Richard Chaloner , cooper , and George , the youngest son who inherited the cottage and smithy that his father had erected on a piece of waste land east of the church , together with the lease of 3 acres of land enclosed from Myddlewood . |
| 29 | Jessamy was immediately horrified by the vivid pictures and memories that his murmured words conjured up inside her head . |
| 30 | It is clear from thinking in Brussels and Paris that their views on international trade owe more to Friedrich List than to Adam Smith , although it is always surprising that they bemoan their countries ' so-called tutelage to the United States and at the same time attack the liberal economic policies which lie at the root of American power : why do they not realise that they should adopt economic liberalism as well ? |