Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what makes me think that the man may have been a foreigner perhaps even killed on the other side of the channel . " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Hayling had let them know that the move would complicate his personal life . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Nor do I think that the cutting down of the scrub and the erection of the secondary wire mesh fence add very much . |
| 7 | Nor do I consider that the principle is advanced by identifying specific categories such as husband and wife or elderly parents and adult children ; the principle applies whenever a creditor knows or ought to have known that the relationship between debtor and the surety gives rise to a real risk that the surety may not contract freely and with a full appreciation of the nature of the obligation being assumed . |
| 8 | How do I know that the firms involved in Compact are reputable ? |
| 9 | Work out indicators of success by answering the question ‘ How shall I know that the end result has been successfully achieved ? ’ |
| 10 | How do I know that the alternatives to belief in God , like Marxism and Humanism , are sustainable in the same way ? |
| 11 | Nor do I believe that the zeal of discovery is a cause for shame . |
| 12 | Nor do I believe that the conclusion to be drawn from all this is that life is a miserable business . |
| 13 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 14 | May I suggest that the government abolish forthwith the Foundation for Sport and the Arts , and replace it at once by a Foundation for Gardeners , Handymen , Babysitters and the Arts . |
| 15 | Erm could could I suggest that the committee might like er to ask me to right to the W I to thank them for getting a new piano ? |
| 16 | ‘ May I suggest that the college direct its attention to providing adequate parking facilities for the students already attending existing courses ? ’ |
| 17 | May I submit that the Aussie cricketers of this year had it and our lot did n't . |
| 18 | I will say in moving that , would I note that the property services , the property sub- committee I should say , is receiving a further report on recommendations on how to preserve the long-term viability of the estate , which I consider to be the right priority , erm , the long- term viability of the estate is essential for the value both as an estate and for the value of it er , to us should we need to dispose of any of it for development land in the future . |
| 19 | Not only do I suppose that the desk in my study exists when neither I nor anyone else is there to perceive it , I suppose that I , and everyone else , can perceive the same desk . |
| 20 | Thanks very much Alan , before we move on to the agenda colleagues , er could I announce that the collection yesterday for the Burnstall strikers realized a magnificent sum of five hundred and forty-nine pounds . |
| 21 | Can I announce that the C E C has informed me that motion eighty four Lancashire Region due for debate on Wednesday afternoon has been withdrawn . |
| 22 | There was something enthralling about this scene , the three girls in the circle of insect-laden light , so that I had n't wondered what she was doing and only now did I realise that the girl was a fortune-teller . |
| 23 | May I add that the promotion of fast cars and reckless driving by the media is not good for the youngsters attracted by such aspects ? |
| 24 | Can I say that the purpose of the E I P is to examine the various issues that have been id identified for discussion . |
| 25 | Sir , — In reply to the letter headed Ugly anti-hunt shock tactics , may I say that the aim of the Surrey Wildlife Protection Group is to enlighten the public to the true facts , by displaying posters and handing out leaflets . |
| 26 | ‘ What can I say that the General does n't know ? |
| 27 | The principles of the NBS , brainchild of A1 Garden Aquaria 's Peter Oakes , were outlined in last month 's column , but little did I imagine that the device itself would be in my hands so soon afterwards , let alone up and running in time for this update . |
| 28 | If our propaganda has failed , it has failed because we have been unable to arouse the British people in such a way as to make them feel that the cause of Republican Spain was their cause in such a measure that they would take every risk , even the risk of war to make the Republican cause in Spain prevail . |
| 29 | If this new period brought with it a phase of Spenglerian pessimism after the long years of Victorian optimism , Toynbee did not himself assume that the West was in decline as such , but rather that paradoxically the globalization of Western civilization was being accompanied by a self-consciousness of its own cultural relativization , a process to which Toynbee 's own equally totalizing and relativizing history was designed to contribute . |
| 30 | It was all a smokescreen to make them believe that the Clarion Call had been lost at sea . |