Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the US , irresponsible politicians pretend to the electorate that by killing a few people you 're going to solve society 's crime problem and people believe them . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Buckley died under tons of rubble but the jury deleted from the charge an allegation that after staggering clear , Sutherland had pretended to the emergency services that there was no-one inside . |
| 3 | Whilst MAS will always endeavour to ensure that KPMG is appointed investigating accountant , MAS should bear in mind that in recommending KPMG it is acting as an agent for the purchaser . |
| 4 | responding to competitors , suppliers or customers who have ‘ gone international ’ ie there is a fear that by failing to respond to what others are doing , a company will fall behind and lose markets ; |
| 5 | Appeals will surely ensue but in the meantime we may well sympathise with those Soprintendenze who feel tempted to put all restoration work on hold in the fear that in carrying out their proper duties they may find themselves being sentenced as criminals . |
| 6 | Strange , he thought , aggrieved , that the friars should be so implacably his enemies , and stranger that by becoming his enemies they should regain a little of the credit they had lost among common men . |
| 7 | So situations are reviewed and we do look at monitored traffic flows for example , we do look at our justifications and if there are reasons for a change we can go back , so it 's not irreversible by any means , that is the current committed preferred route however and I did n't want to give an indication that by changing the diagram we were saying everything 's opened up again , cos clearly we 've reached a stage that the County Council 's declared it 's a preferred route and that 's |
| 8 | These accounts also give an indication that in producing 1.5 per cent return the capital base has been maintained so that today 's postal services can be maintained in the future . |
| 9 | Those who find crab indigestible may be interested in the advice proffered by Merle 's Domestic Dictionary and Household Manual of 1842 , to the effect that after eating fresh crab it is always advisable to take " a very small quantity of good French brandy , mixed with its own bulk of water " . |
| 10 | In Blackburn v. Attorney-General a declaration was sought to the effect that by becoming a party to the Treaty of Rome527 and submitting to the law-making competence of the European Communities , Britain would partially surrender its sovereignty contrary to its law . |
| 11 | Thus emphasis on reminiscence sensitively developed ( Coleman , 1986 ) and oral history are all part of a recognition that by listening to the memories and past experience of an elderly person we are validating the unique worth of that individual , the contribution made to society . |
| 12 | It may well be the case that with regard to many people unlawfully at large this should be regarded as ‘ hot pursuit , ’ but the approach of the Court when faced with a patient absconder allows a choice of methods to be adopted . |
| 13 | Interestingly it seems very much the case that in socializing infants linguistically , in introducing them to words and utterances , we from the very beginning teach them to use talk in this self-dissociated , fanciful way . |
| 14 | Nor is it the case that in saying ‘ I promise to meet you ’ I am merely giving expression to — or reporting or describing — an inward , mental act . |
| 15 | It should be apparent from this case that in assessing what damages are recoverable ( i.e. within the rules in Hadley v. Baxendale ) for breach of a term as to quality , one does not ask simply ‘ What type of damage could the seller at the time of the contract have predicted ? ’ |
| 16 | And there 's the added advantage that by using an estate agent you 're dealing with a dedicated property specialist , a description which applies to only a handful of solicitors . |
| 17 | It seeks only to open up the lines of enquiry sketched out here ; and it does so in the hope that by bringing them into the debate , it may contribute towards a fuller and more objective assessment of Mary 's reign — and Mary 's misfortunes . |
| 18 | Falkland 's intervention can in part be seen as a delaying tactic , in the hope that by forestalling the offer of the Crown to William and Mary some arrangement more in accord with Tory principles might still be able to be worked out . |
| 19 | With fitzAlan , de Villiers and a chastened but still influential Bishop of Winchester listening to every word , Isabel had answered as best she could in the hope that by doing so she might appease her conscience . |
| 20 | We have locked them away , in the vain hope that by doing so we could make them disappear . |
| 21 | It is , indeed , one of the most telling arguments against the broadcasting of the proceedings of Parliament that by shedding the spotlight on only one facet of the functions of Parliament it misrepresents its role in a quite grotesque fashion . |
| 22 | The fallacy that by using drama as a learning medium we necessarily dilute the drama is exposed by the fact that drama itself is usually greatly enhanced by the work that can accompany it in other curriculum areas . |
| 23 | He said from experience that in using an agency it was extremely difficult to get even a small number of carers , quote , you know who is coming when they arrive through the door , unquote . |
| 24 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |
| 25 | The true breeding he explains by the law that in crossing the characters of an older domestic race dominate those of a younger one . |
| 26 | I further covenant with the Council that before transferring any share in the Company or transferring a beneficial interest in any such share or holding any such share as nominee I will ensure that the intended transferee or beneficial owner submits to the Council a Compensation Fund covenant as required by Rule 14 of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 ( or any modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force ) . |
| 27 | It further covenants with the Council that before transferring any share in the Company or transferring a beneficial interest in any such share or holding any such share as nominee it will ensure that the intended transferee or beneficial owner submits to the Council a Compensation Fund covenant as required by Rule 14 of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 ( or any modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force ) . |
| 28 | If it 's to be helpful if if Mr is saying on behalf of the Parish Council that by showing it in this way on the key diagram , he feels is prejudicing or the Parish Council 's position is prejudiced at some future date , then it 's to be helpful to that that the County Council is saying it is prepared to show it simply as a an arrow and similarly for consistency it would seem to make sense to show the western in the same fashion . |
| 29 | Amaldi astounded his group in October 1934 with his discovery that by slowing down , rather than accelerating , neutrons , he could provoke intense nuclear reactions . |
| 30 | There is also an anxiety that through losing touch with developments , skills are also lost . |