Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons are neither sentimental nor superstitious although I accept that arguments for live worship can fall sometimes into these categories . |
| 2 | For the examiner may not agree that the fact is implied in the question ; but he will not mind about this if he sees that your assumption is not the result of carelessness but is your considered interpretation of the question . |
| 3 | But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important . |
| 4 | They are only likely to be resentful if they suspect that their parents are acting from nothing better than outraged respectability . |
| 5 | But we would be equally wrong if we believed that the development of rhythms depended wholly upon internal factors . |
| 6 | The Conservatives will , however , be very wrong if they think that the whole constitutional thing can be forgotten . |
| 7 | Minter , had he but known it , was right as well as wrong : right that Harry was running short of cash , wrong if he believed that currently mattered to him a jot . |
| 8 | The magnitude of the special needs post-holder 's task becomes clear if one considers that these skills are to be geared to assisting classroom teachers of varying lengths of career experience ( often considerably longer than that of the ‘ qualified ’ supporter ) and range of subject specialities ( beyond the supporter 's expertise ) — teachers already under pressure from many directions and with ambivalent feelings about ‘ hawing problems ’ and ‘ being seen as in need of help ’ ; and if one considers that the supporter 's extended task is to deepen these colleagues ' understanding of ‘ special ’ learning needs , to enhance their skills , discover and develop their strengths and the confidence that the professional know.how they possess can be summoned for responding more appropriately to most of the behavioural , emotional and learning difficulties they encounter . |
| 9 | Susan did not know how she felt about this until she saw that he had painted himself and herself half-way up or half-way down , looking up or down at their reflections in the water . |
| 10 | The APA also questions the current rule that the state must prove that a defendant is sane if he claims that he is insane . |
| 11 | It may seem easier if you remember that all parents have to do just this when they change a baby 's nappies , wipe the baby 's bottom , and ensure it is clean and dry . |
| 12 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
| 13 | The mention of Cyprus is interesting because it shows that Egypt was not mere opportunism : the decision to attack Persia in strength on Cyprus had already been made . |
| 14 | I found that interesting because it appears that the Minister does not know how many doctors made a claim that was above the amount of the reimbursement schedule or , if he did know , he was unwilling to tell me , so I must presume that he did not know . |
| 15 | We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP . |
| 16 | Opposition Members do not believe that is very generous because we know that the cost of putting together a serious buy-out offer is likely to be nearer to £250,000 . |
| 17 | We do this because we fear that the other language may not contain the sophisticated concepts we may need in the communication . |
| 18 | We prefer this because we believe that this is the way in which we can learn from our mistakes ; and that in finding that our conjecture was false we shall have learnt much about the truth , and shall have got nearer to the truth . |
| 19 | They are able to argue this because they believe that the state in capitalist society is neutral and can be used in any way that the people desire . |
| 20 | I mention all this because I know that many women are horrified at the idea of their baby being delivered in this way . |
| 21 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
| 22 | I say this because I believe that those constitutional issues have to be decided once and for all at this year 's Party Conference . |
| 23 | Yes but he wrote a book called this because he thought that er the conservatives were losing . |
| 24 | And he wanted to do this because he thought that if it were possible , if we could start just from our own sense experiences , then a great simplification would have been achieved . |
| 25 | King is currently on holiday but Mr Corfe added : ‘ John will be delighted when he hears about this because he feels that getting into the Pontins League is , in the long-term , almost as important as getting into the Premier League . ’ |
| 26 | Hopes were high because it seemed that Britain might be prepared to modify its position : note had been taken of a speech made by Bevin in the House of Commons on 22 January 1948 when he commented that the idea of unity was undisputable and that ‘ the time is ripe for a consolidation of Western Europe ’ . |
| 27 | In fact , it was about the time that David and I both auditioned for Hair and we were both turned down which I thought was quite funny because it seemed that just about everyone else in London got the part , but we were very much the kind of solo singers and perhaps the wrong type . |
| 28 | and er actually Joan was quite embarrassed because she heard that you were in a box |
| 29 | The law , ‘ All planets move in ellipses around the sun ’ , is scientific because it claims that planets in fact move in ellipses and rules out orbits that are square or oval . |
| 30 | erm it does n't bother me in the slightest because I know that I would prefer maybe to be on my own than to be restricted by someone . |