Example sentences of "[adj] that [pers pn] [vb mod] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the definition of IT above , it should be clear that IT ought to be able to offer a lot to mathematics learning in schools and colleges — but how much , in fact , has IT affected it ? |
| 2 | I conjure you by the bitter tears shed on the Cross by our Saviour the Lord JESUS Christ for the salvation of the world , and by the burning tears poured in the evening hour over His wounds by the most glorious Virgin MARY , His Mother , and by all the tears which have been shed here in this world by the Saints and Elect of God from whose eyes He has now wiped away all tears , that if you be innocent you do now shed tears , but if you be guilty that you shall by no means do so . |
| 3 | But er it 's not the road that that that it used to be . |
| 4 | Parents and families in the reception areas were shocked by what they saw and heard , incredulous that they could until then have been ignorant of the deprivation within a society which they thought they knew well enough . |
| 5 | I determined that it should not happen again and it seemed impossible that it should for this time I should carry with me the foundation of happiness which I had found behind the wire . |
| 6 | Five Democratic Party ( DP ) members of parliament ( MPs ) joined the African National Congress ( ANC ) and announced on April 21 that they would in future sit in the whites-only House of Assembly as independents ( the ANC not being registered as a political party ) . |
| 7 | Since in general inflicting punishment may be costly to the non-reneging firms , it must be credible that they would in fact do so . |
| 8 | Erm , I 'm quite sure that we ought to be able to spend this money , and I think it 's it 's very sensible and it would help a great deal with the problems that we have . |
| 9 | Well I 'm sure that we could of got it free through erm Suffolk Wild Life Trust and it |
| 10 | sure that you could up your voice a bit okay . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I can at the moment , ’ I said apologetically . |
| 12 | If however he had entertained any doubt on the matter , I feel sure that he would as a matter I will not say of honesty but of courtesy refused [ sic ] to accept the money until the position had been made clear to him . |
| 13 | But er , yes er , I would have been er , I think if I 'd still been in Jim 's place , er quite rightly so , getting all that we can for the town . |
| 14 | Before they sailed from London they had undertaken to do all that they could under all the emergencies of the voyage . |
| 15 | Addressed to the archbishop and all the prelates assembled at Lambeth , it commanded them , on their oaths of fealty , to do all that they could for the defence and conservation of the king 's rights and of his realm ; it then continued : |
| 16 | From the theatrical magazines on which she spent every spare penny , she learned all that she could about her . |
| 17 | Civilians were fleeing and the Commissioner for the Dockyard sought leave of the Admiralty to destroy all that he could of the yard to prevent it falling into enemy hands . |
| 18 | Two days ago , after his daughter had told him her story , he had immediately contacted an enquiry agent whom he knew to be trustworthy and told him to find out all that he could about Dr Neil Cochrane , Sir Alastair Cochrane 's younger brother . |
| 19 | It appears that William on his deathbed confessed that he had indulged in a fraud in getting his marriage to Adelizia nullified and at the eleventh hour did all that he could for Mabel 's succession as his heir . |
| 20 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Transport is doing all that he can within Europe to achieve the speedy adoption of a Europewide directive , on which Great Britain has been in the lead , to get our Western European car manufacturing colleagues to do exactly the same . |
| 21 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
| 22 | Oh I think I 've told you about all that I can about the glen . |
| 23 | Clearly this Government has a political and moral duty to do all that it can for Shetland , ’ she added . |
| 24 | John Maddox , the editor of Nature , wrote in 1982 : ‘ The OED is uniquely a data base … , which will suggest to many that it should by now be stored on a long reel of magnetic tape , floppy disks , or some other means of data storage . |
| 25 | Upon receipt of preliminary enquiries and any additional enquiries , the seller 's conveyancers should answer those that they can from the deeds and documents of title and the balance from information given to them by their client . |
| 26 | Paul remembered the Colonel , an old martinet who was one of those who had made it evident that he ought to be at home helping his mother . |
| 27 | ‘ We were often so hungry that we used to actually lick the vaseline mixture that was smeared over our bodies to stop the skin chapping . ’ |
| 28 | Declaring that she was so beautiful that she ought to be in pictures , he gave her some of his manuscripts . |
| 29 | However , as with most decisions there are advantages and disadvantages on either side and it is important that you should at least know what the choices are . |
| 30 | Others , several of them very distinguished , recognized that great care was necessary but believed that they were seeing something so important that it ought to be properly investigated . |