Example sentences of "[noun] that [pron] [vb base] [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 It says a great deal about our attitude to the role of the opposition that you regard everything that they do as being a little more than attempt to seek a political advantage .
2 ‘ A principle I have always applied in the property business is that you put in a bid that you think something is worth , and you do n't go above it . ’
3 Poverty is the recognition that we possess nothing to buy privilege with God , and prosperity results from our readiness to receive from God .
4 The distinctive contribution which our cathedrals make to Western culture is the more significant because of a world-wide recognition that they represent something unique .
5 If you need to have your gas fire or gas cooker connected when you arrive at your new place , make sure that you tell the gas board that you need someone there on the day .
6 And who knows what may come of Labour 's long-overdue admission that we need someone in the cabinet specifically to fight our corner ?
7 Marchmont himself was forced to admit that ‘ Lord Anson 's promises are so long in the performing that I reckon none of us will build sudden expectations upon them ’ .
8 It 's no consolation to those involved in Monday 's canoeing tragedy , but British school trips have an impressive safety record and schools are keen to assure parents that they do everything in their power to ensure the wellbeing of pupils in their care .
9 It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something .
10 But his insistence that she leave everything to him had only served to strengthen her determination to be independent .
11 It 's looking good but it 's down to us They 've convinced dealers that they have something worth selling … even in a recession .
12 Erm the reasons that we were er anxious about this allocation to Harrogate erm stemmed from the point that I think somebody should make on this occasion and that is that it does seem there are two local authorities within North Yorkshire that have particularly distinguished er issues to deal with on employment .
13 If I 'd suggested to Manuela that we murder someone , she would no doubt have gone along with it as she went along with everything else I suggested .
14 Worse still , almost half of those who do suffer from prostate cancer have no urinary symptoms and no inkling that they have anything wrong , until they experience bone pain linked with secondary malignant growth elsewhere in the body , which is likely to cause death within two-and-a-half years .
15 It 's a job that they need somebody to do , they could n't just
16 Rufus had suggested to Adam that he sell something out of the house , a piece of china or some silver .
17 To package and present their ideas , to perform as they do , they have to develop the belief that they have something unique to offer .
18 So it 's yet another argument that you know everybody 's got their legitimate view on and erm at the end of the day there 's actually likely to be less money in the pot rather than more .
19 They can suffer depression and grief and the feeling that they need someone to talk to even though the rest of the world feels they should have got over it . ’
20 It 's very important for the environment that we do something to stop the amount of CO2 going into the atmosphere .
21 But yeah , I can see that , I can see that side of it but , I do n't know , just people that you say something in confidence to like , not like Trem but well er yeah I told , I told well Jenny take that thing that you told her , I mean that 's a bit off .
22 So what I 'm saying is , is getting a delivery if you ca n't get something there in time I mean , it may mean that you know in advance that you need something done and you can deliver in a normal working week , but maybe it 's inconvenient in a normal working week .
23 He would retain the right to appoint the Prime Minister , but with the proviso that he choose someone reflecting the majority in parliament .
24 This can only be good for the G M B and it would hopefully bring on board some , if not all of the doubting Thomases , that have said in the past that we do nothing for them .
25 We believe that the Further and Higher Education Bill 's provisions meet the concerns expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton ( Mr. Latham ) and by others , and we can categorically reassure those colleges that they have nothing to fear .
26 The only clue that they are no longer children is their adult-like assumption that they have something important to say .
27 So terrified of doing the wrong thing that they do nothing at all — except bleat like sheep about their petty rules and regulations and their morality .
28 ‘ I told your sergeant that I know nothing of my cousin 's death .
29 That walk that I 've one That I 've walked it twice , gone right out Glen Baily and right into Glen Shee and down Blackwater , down to the and come along and round in , thirteen mile Maybe twelve or thirteen miles .
30 I speak without volition , in the same way that I do everything else .
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