Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
| 2 | Sometimes she would climax first , sometimes he , and on good nights they would explode together so that they felt the same tingling in the very tips of their toes and even then he 'd had to remember to withdraw — just in case . |
| 3 | Share prices could fall so far that his cash offer for DRG , the Basildon Bond company , starts to look attractive . |
| 4 | You must never allow yourself to be crowded out , neither must you retreat so far that you overstep the area boundary . |
| 5 | Rosemarie had gone to see the film with her mum and dad — and let them know straight away that she was n't impressed with its factual accuracy . |
| 6 | The adult you — the one watching the film — would know perfectly well that the fall had hurt and distressed you and would be able to say so . |
| 7 | It is all too easy to blame the unions , to argue that they must know perfectly well that the effect of excessive wage settlements is inflationary but that they nevertheless still seek and get them . |
| 8 | If the hon. Gentleman had listened the last time we had Home Office questions he would know perfectly well that the standard spending assessment has been set in West Yorkshire to enable it to employ police officers up to the full establishment . |
| 9 | You can predict fairly safely that some of the following situations will be ‘ disaster areas ’ for parents : |
| 10 | Let both arms fall forward so that the backs of the wrists are just touching . |
| 11 | She went into the corridor , hurrying as though she did not know very well that she was simply being transferred to another waiting chair , that the urgency of their voices bore no relation to the speed of their , or anyway her , movements . |
| 12 | The limitation is that the people under observation may well feel rather acutely that they are being observed and may react against the observers , act unnaturally and perhaps even lie . |
| 13 | She hoped the clock would break down so that she would not have to see the bird again ; she did not like it . |
| 14 | Can it have changed much — or did it rain so pre-emptively that he can not have noticed the lovely inlets at Isleornsay , their green banked lands sloping to soft-coloured waters ? |
| 15 | I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree that what we are doing through the national curriculum , and especially in the testing of seven , 11 , 14 and 16-year-olds , will ensure not only that we can monitor progress on standards , but that pupils who are falling behind will be given the assistance that they need to improve . |
| 16 | We shall assume not only that the IS-LM model is the correct model but also that agents know that it is the correct model . |
| 17 | If she should by chance ever read these words , I think she would confirm not merely that this was how he spoke but that I have not misrepresented her reactions . |
| 18 | ( No. 2 ) [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 109 , after reference to the principle of law that , in cases concerned with government secrets , the Crown , in order to restrain disclosure , must show not only that the information is confidential but also show that it is in the public interest that it should not be published , continued , at pp. 283–284 : |
| 19 | You must show not only that you have seen the chapel , but that you can identify it . |
| 20 | One look at them will also show quite clearly that they are not too distantly related to the Scats , bearing a very similar body shape and positioning of their anal , caudal and dorsal fins in particular . |
| 21 | To those who are new to this absorbing — and highly addictive — branch of the model hobby , I can not repeat too often that the two essential ingredients for success are dogged persistence and experienced help . |
| 22 | ‘ Records will show very shortly that we have not had a typical winter for this part of the country and that seems to be the main reason , ’ he told the environmental health committee yesterday . |
| 23 | What can metals do very well that non-metals ca n't do ? |
| 24 | But if Sartre anticipates such later thinkers we should not assume too quickly that they have simply taken his insights further . |
| 25 | The pickups are Bartolini 's 1C models , although let me stress once again that all personal preferences will be gladly catered for at the Moon workshop . |
| 26 | We can see easily enough that in a competitive world social selection for a selfish maximization of an individual 's capacity to reproduce will result in the predominance of certain traits in a population . |
| 27 | Friends of Cuba suggest they may just scrape through now that oil in commercial quantities has been found . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 29 | And when we begin to gain , if only the merest glimpse of the deeply ingrained brutalities and prejudices embodied in what was judged to be ‘ right ’ , then we can see more clearly that the Garotter 's Act was not so much a moment of panic which led respectable England off its true course , but a mature expression of the existing social relations — including the self-assumption of the mighty , and their attitudes and actions towards the lower orders and the plebs . |
| 30 | He said the terms should run concurrently so that she would serve four years . |