Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer keyboard also has its own memory and if the computer is busy doing something else or you type too fast , the last sequence of keystrokes ( usually 16 ) is remembered so that nothing is lost . |
| 2 | This chamber looks in some ways similar to the alchemical laboratory ( location 72 ) save that nothing is broken here , it 's simply very dusty and cobwebbed . |
| 3 | Note , too , that nothing is said within such analyses about forms of middle-class racism — the discussion pivots around a simple polarization between a ‘ ruling ’ and ‘ working ’ class . |
| 4 | Reliance is placed upon the statutory duty of the Independent Broadcasting Authority to ensure that nothing is transmitted on the commercial airwaves which is in bad taste or is likely to prove offensive to public feeling . |
| 5 | Unless entry into partnership between firms is actually intended , steps should be taken to ensure that nothing is done which would create such relationship . |
| 6 | The Boffins take care of him when Betty goes away , and disguised as a dustman , he keeps an eye on Wegg whilst Boffin 's mounds are cleared to see that nothing is stolen . |
| 7 | You get the feeling that nothing is left to chance . |
| 8 | Mr George Ryde , TGWU national secretary for civil aviation , said : ‘ Our members are involved in almost every aspect of airport work , and they tell a different story to the public relations myth that nothing is spared in providing passengers with maximum security . |
| 9 | Otaka ensures that nothing is allowed to detract from the overview , yet he allows his orchestra sufficient freedom to shape phrases affectionately without every suffocating them . |
| 10 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
| 11 | Either the magistrate refuses bail and says , effectively , that the court orders that the weekly equivalent of £20,000 a year is spent on the offender until his case is heard , or the court grants bail and orders that nothing is spent on the offender until the case is heard . |
| 12 | Seeing that nothing 's drowned in the pool recently . ’ |
| 13 | The establishment of a National Curriculum has certainly been a major historical movement , but it is not the case that nothing was defined prior to 1988 and now everything is defined . |
| 14 | Lilley stated that nothing was ruled out in his review . |
| 15 | However , the eddy in the pool meant that nothing was lost . |
| 16 | Jackson did promise some attention to the matter but it seems that nothing was granted . |
| 17 | The fact is that nothing was done about the matter , and the goats were released from farm isolation by the ministry with subsequent disastrous results for me and for others . |
| 18 | He had a poor opinion of the utility of book-learning to the Masai , and it was no doubt in part due to his influence that nothing was done in Tanganyika to bring education to them till the 1930s , whereas the first government school was opened in Kenya Masailand in 1921 . |
| 19 | A colleague of Dr Maden 's is quoted as saying that nothing was done because ‘ nothing really terrible had happened … |
| 20 | Perversely , a settlement which is seen as having been the subject of more bitter dispute may persuade voters that nothing was given away too lightly . |
| 21 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 22 | Kalm noted that the spent tan was afterwards spread in the garden as manure and that nothing was laid On pots in the summer , compared with Moscow where he had seen sawdust used to keep them moist . |
| 23 | But few of their efforts in the field of development were blessed with success , and this contributed to the erroneous impression that nothing was attempted . |
| 24 | This does not mean that nothing was bought and sold in the independent sector , still less that the agricultural producers in it were self-sufficient , though it is probable that a rather high proportion of peasant agriculture was consumed on the peasant holding , or within the narrow limits of a local system of exchange , if only because the food demands of the small cities in so many areas could be supplied from within a radius of little more than one or two dozen miles . |
| 25 | The answer is not difficult , if we remember that each meeting of the Assembly was different in composition from all others ; personal oratory and ascendancy , not party organization , decided the issues , and that is why the absence of Kimon mattered so much : he would have given his usual speech on the ‘ special relationship ’ with Sparta , urging that nothing be done to the Athenian constitution to which oligarchic Sparta would take mortal offence . |
| 26 | It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one , and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers , and may be changed according to the diversities of countries , times , and men 's manners , so that nothing be ordained against God 's Word . |
| 27 | I just thought that them being owned by Simon Cawthorne would … ’ |
| 28 | If your wedding guests are not seated in a reception hall but milling around a hotel or house your problem is to ensure that everyone is gathered in the right place at the right time to hear the speeches . |
| 29 | Co-ordinator — making sure that objectives are clear and that everyone is involved and committed . |
| 30 | It is essential that everyone is kept informed about what is involved and just how the new system will impact upon them . |