Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Consider each impasse that you meet as a stepping stone along the path to eventual happiness and fulfilment . |
2 | Brucan 's reference to the benefits of abandoning the ‘ idiocy of rural life ’ was the typical presumption of a Marxist intellectual that he knew what was best for the benighted peasant . |
3 | ‘ When you 're brought up a Catholic , you ca n't shake that off , ’ says Enya , ‘ and there 's that element of protection in religion that everybody needs . |
4 | ‘ There 's ( an ) element of protection in religion that everybody needs . |
5 | As has been suggested , it was particularly the perceived threat to the importance of organised religion that they represented which galvanized Mrs Whitehouse and others into action . |
6 | What should the post-Christian then hold of the religion that there has been down the ages ? |
7 | Behind his hostility lay a conviction that the Roman Church represented a corruption of an earlier , undefiled religion that he associated with the Egyptians . |
8 | Sometimes I go out and pick up strange men in clubs because that seems to fit the self-image that I 've adopted — I do n't know if that makes sense . |
9 | However , I would disagree most strongly with the suggestions for future action that they draw from their results . |
10 | Critics argue that because of the control of information officials are in a position to slant their recommendations to one course of action that they prefer rather than one they do not prefer . |
11 | So eager were the Highlanders to be in action that they charged forward prematurely , to be swept by further fire from the hated artillery as well as by musket shots from the opposing infantry and from a detachment under the 18-year-old [ later Major-General ] James Wolfe , posted on the royal left flank , which took them in enfilade . |
12 | Indeed , and to allow them to take that sort of action that they feel allows them , or enables them to express what they 're feelings are , but to assume that they can take the sort of action that we as adults have not been able to take , i.e. to find different ways and more mature ways of resolving conflicts is putting expectations on children that we as adults have n't been able to achieve ourselves . |
13 | I would suggest that is the action that we take . |
14 | The churn rate is now down to eleven percent , the result of positive action that we 've taken there and we expect to add a million homes during this year and the cable audience I am pleased to say is growing still very very slowly er but that should help as well . |
15 | So I hope that you will agree or confirm the action that we 've taken in expressing those sorts of views . |
16 | Erm , in the point that was raised from the London region , talking about resources in dealing with er regional health and safety officers and their time , part of the er document itself , is looking at consultation , so that the resource implications and the necessary action that we have to take in identifying priorities , deals with those things and those things are now opened up to discussion , er by accepting the report , and we 'll be looking at that over this next year . |
17 | It read : ‘ I ask you to consider that the effects of the legal action that I undertook in the Berne district court concerning my non-participation in the European Cup this year are null and void . |
18 | He has not got the freedom of action that I have . |
19 | My whole understanding of the human world requires that in thought and imagination I am constantly shifting between and responding from different viewpoints , here or there , remembered or anticipated , individual or collective , my own or someone else 's , hypothetical , fictional , or simply indefinite ; it is only in action that I have to settle in a present viewpoint , whether personal ( ‘ I ’ ) or social ( ‘ We ’ ) . |
20 | Did you yourself give thought to the action that you thought would be required ? |
21 | Tallis was prompted by this insult into an action that she knew she would regret . |
22 | Er as you can see , the wrist action that she does is very difficult erm stressful , we do it many times a day . |
23 | If the right hon. Gentleman wants to talk about taking action , perhaps he will consider the action that he proposes to take in his policies : a minimum wage that will cost jobs , a payroll tax that will cost jobs , and a strikers charter that will create jobs — not here but in France , in Germany , in Belgium , in Italy , in the United States and elsewhere . |
24 | Saint Basil was so enchanted by this selfless action that he concluded his comments with the words ‘ If things seen are so lovely , what must things unseen be ? ’ |
25 | At the end , Slim is the only one who understands how difficult it is for George to take the action that he did , and also why he did it . |
26 | The Home Secretary is receiving a disproportionate amount of attention from the press for the action that he has taken . |
27 | This is an observation in line with his general theory of psychological predicates , and consistent with , for example , Minsky 's notion of self-model that we discussed earlier . |
28 | He went on : ‘ Every gratutitous headline that you put out is money into Noraid 's collecting boxes in pubs here and on the east coast of America . |
29 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
30 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |