Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many techniques for stress reduction can be appropriated by the same injunctions to succeed that got you stressed in the first place , and should be discontinued if you spot that they have been subverted in this way ( unless your goal has also changed along the way from stress reduction to record-breaking ) . |
| 2 | The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge . |
| 3 | ‘ There was a feeling of disappointment that we were held to a draw in Bruges and the atmosphere in the dressing room at the Olympiastadion only lifted after we heard that Marseille had suffered the same result against CSKA , ’ said McCall . |
| 4 | ‘ I had rather expected before I went that I might not be taken seriously as a woman . |
| 5 | As George Graham put it : ‘ The day has come when we see that the country has gone to the dogs . |
| 6 | Because these will be resent as we know that have individual needs in individual ways and they often rub off one against the other if they live in closeness as we all do . |
| 7 | This apparent contradiction is only resolved when we realize that man in his ( sic ) present state is sub-human — ie less than God intended and created . |
| 8 | The issue of selecting an NSF candidate for the ( as yet unannounced ) presidential elections was not resolved when it emerged that any candidate would be required to endorse Roman 's programme . |
| 9 | Politicians can only be trusted when they think that they are on the winning side and will ignore any democratic mechanism to prove that they are ‘ right ’ . |
| 10 | The infant Elizabeth will learn that being promised a sweet for behaving herself will result in more than the mere probability of its arrival ; the penny will have dropped when she realises that a promise entitles her to the reward — it is her due , to which she has a right . |
| 11 | Both points about unfairness are revealed once we note that in the election of 1983 the Conservatives secured one Commons seat for every 33 000 votes ; Labour one for every 40 000 ; and the Liberals and Social Democrats one for every 340 000 . |
| 12 | Phyllisia too , rejected Edith , her only friend , like her father would have done if he saw that she dressed like a ‘ Ragamuffin ’ . |
| 13 | ( Five year cases only ) If you are applying for a divorce because you have lived apart from your husband or wife for at least five years , your application would not be granted if it meant that your husband or wife would suffer grave financial hardship . |
| 14 | That the view of the judge 's role as declaratory is inadequate can be seen if one considers that the reason many cases come to court ( which are only a minority of the cases that are actually started ) is because there is genuine doubt as to what the law is . |
| 15 | To move from ‘ art ’ to ‘ craft ’ is rather plainly a further contraction , or diminution : and it will be radically misunderstood unless we remember that for Pound the level of craftsmanship ( not just in letters , but in supposedly humbler trades also ) is a register , a thermometer-reading , of the good or ill health of a period or of a society . |
| 16 | The decision , condemned by some observers as unconstitutional , was reportedly made after it emerged that the suspended ministries had failed to implement the Dec. 10 ban on Hindu religious groups . |
| 17 | But there was something Forster had said before he died that Delaney had to check out first . |
| 18 | Our plans were dashed when I learned that another British company , GKN , had already signed a deal with Unimation . |
| 19 | But the young mother 's plans were dashed when she discovered that Gilfoyle was still married and that his wife was expecting . |
| 20 | He thought that something more than automatic associations were made as he observed that the chimpanzees seemed to understand the principle in solving the problems . |
| 21 | If he can produce no grand reason for abandoning left-wing Labour attitudes , people will be forgiven if they conclude that the change was cynical and opportunistic and that Mr Kinnock is more interested in gaining office than in doing anything in particular once he has arrived at the top . |
| 22 | This pattern of latencies can be explained if we assume that when a subordinate clause appears before its main clause syntactic information about the subordinate clause needs to be retained until the main clause has been heard . |
| 23 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 24 | The change procedure is bypassed if he considers that the change is beneficial and that no significant change in the functionality of the relevant sub-system , or impact on the development schedule , will be incurred . |
| 25 | So , for various different reasons , most of the Unionist leaders approved of Lloyd George 's intentions ; the party managers agreed because they feared that continuing disorganization on the Coalition Liberal side might eventually wreck the government . |
| 26 | Was it overlooked because it demonstrates that insights into genetic disorders can be gained without use of human embryos ? |
| 27 | This Summer Disney finally relented and allowed alcohol to be sold after they realized that the French were not interested in eating if there was no drink on offer . |
| 28 | Angered when he heard that Louis and the Young King had deserted him , the news none the less convinced him that the cause was lost . |
| 29 | The poet 's wife was told when they arrived that they would want to film her . |
| 30 | Her heartbeat quickened when she saw that Andrew Walker had telephoned twice that morning , and would like her to return his call as soon as possible . |