Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone agreed that the result was most successful . |
| 2 | Everyone agreed that the loss of eyesight was a consequence of the animals taking up residence in an environment with no light , but the Lamarckians argued that the inherited effects of disuse provided a better explanation of the process than natural selection . |
| 3 | Everyone agreed that the Gorbachevs were lovely people . |
| 4 | Everyone agreed that the Gorbachevs were lovely people |
| 5 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
| 6 | That 's what makes me think that the man may have been a foreigner perhaps even killed on the other side of the channel . " |
| 7 | Carol began to sing a very rude version of ‘ Pretty Flamingo ’ which made me think that the stories of graffiti in ladies loos were all true . |
| 8 | It was he who told me to see that the room was prepared for you . ’ |
| 9 | For example , adding a little recycled paper to a package enables them to claim that the item is made of recycled materials and convey a sense of ecological responsibility . |
| 10 | The news from France was that the French Army was withdrawing into prepared positions to lure the German Army into a trap , but soon everyone realised that the Germans must be sweeping all before them . |
| 11 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 12 | All of them say that the MacSharry plans would be devastating for farmers in every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | Mercifully we had shut the refrigerator and the cupboards after looking in them , and there was nothing to indicate that the visitor had noticed anything amiss . |
| 14 | The actual state of the market is that it 's flooded with property , so we have a case where supply has increased , demand is still at a fairly low level , so we 're having to be very honest with our clients , our vendors , and let them know that the situation is that their property has to be of good value in the market place . |
| 15 | Hayling had let them know that the move would complicate his personal life . |
| 16 | Some of the features of alcoholism in its terminal phase are so well known that a cartoonist has only to draw a couple of lines for everyone to know that the subject is a " drunk " . |
| 17 | We shall return to this issue later , but it surprised me to discover that the population of Waltham Forest needed more expenditure per head for such deprivation than that of Cleveland and about the same amount as Knowsley ; similar observations stem from the comparison of Hackney and Westminster , although this is hampered by including components referring to ILEA . |
| 18 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 19 | It was disappointing to discover on asking if I could have them to find that the museum had only just got round to registering what appeared to be Audubon 's proofs . |
| 20 | She opened them to find that the priest had come in and was blandly regarding her and her father . |
| 21 | I asked that the link road from to Lane , which had been omitted , should be included in the town plan and Councillor has written on that matter to District Council and they agreed that it should be . |
| 22 | I regret that the link will not come through south London . |
| 23 | I regret that the committee decided it would not approve funding as detailed in your application . |
| 24 | Personally , I regret that the effect of these changes would be to make professional cricket in England less different from the first-class game everywhere else in the world . |
| 25 | In this case , I regret that the matter that he has raised does not meet the requirement of the Standing Order . |
| 26 | If there is to be a time taken for a further hearing before me in relation to the question of interest and or a structured settlement , I regret that the parties will have to follow me , not purely from Chelmsford to London but thereafter to Maidstone . |
| 27 | The semantic theories argue that the description just given is realized in and enforced by the very vocabulary of law , so that it would be a kind of self-contradiction for someone to claim that the law provides right s beyond those established through mechanisms sanctioned by convention . |
| 28 | He was prepared to forgo some of his rights , but I contend that the state is required to defend those rights for the benefit of its citizens . |
| 29 | I repeat that the Government agreed those regulations . |
| 30 | I repeat that the lady is his wife , and not his sister . |