Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to explain that possession by devils was just a form of words . |
| 2 | So there were two key consequences ; one was that universities came to see that planning of such change might have produced a better result : the other that vengeful dons denied Mrs Thatcher her honorary degree from Oxford . |
| 3 | However , one of the more sophisticated studies seemed to indicate that parents of people with schizophrenia can be reliably differentiated from the parents neurotics or normals . |
| 4 | A study was later published which seemed to indicate that patients on tablets had a higher mortality from coronary heart disease than other groups not receiving oral therapy ( University Group Diabetes Program 1970 ) . |
| 5 | They both came to realise that supremacy within capitalism ultimately requires the use of force or the threat of its use — whether against the Soviet bloc or inter-capitalist rivals . |
| 6 | The interim results seemed to show that women with breast cancer who went to Bristol were twice as likely to die , and 3 times more likely to relapse , than patients undergoing conventional treatment only . |
| 7 | Many Americans began to fear that membership of the League would involve the USA permanently in the affairs of Europe . |
| 8 | Even critics who loved the pace and zest of the new films began to feel that night after night they were just sitting through one long gangster film . |
| 9 | The relationship between the sewer or sewers and the site should be examined and checked to ensure that access to the sewer is possible without requiring easements from adjoining owners . |
| 10 | The additional command needed to specify that areas with a negative data value be excluded and that the class intervals be chosen so as to place an equal number of zones in each class is : |
| 11 | Sometimes other service-providers failed to understand the symptoms of dementia and therefore took inappropriate decisions on clients ' behalf ; for example , a social worker who had been asked to assess a client for residential care failed to realise that questions about the client 's own preferences would have to be phrased in such a way that the client could understand what was being proposed for her . |
| 12 | At every opening in the trees , across every glade , and beside every hidden pool , Marian looked to see that glint of white she had seen from the Ridgery ; it was never far from her mind . |
| 13 | The N'pani professed to believe that tracks in the sand were disturbances in the wa , or harmony , of the garden . |
| 14 | But a lot of evidence appeared to suggest that variations in nominal spending had , at times , marked effects on real variables . |
| 15 | They also had to accept that attacks on the USSR by weapons launched from American bases other than in Britain might still bring down nuclear strikes on this country as long as it remained a member of Nato or was linked to the United States in some way or other . |
| 16 | The bulk of the working-class press continued to argue that discussion of contraception only hindered the advancement of social reform . |
| 17 | She wanted to believe him , wanted to believe that note of compassion in his voice was real so much that it hurt . |