Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , it is suggested that land cultivation grants in the LFA remain withdrawn and that drainage grants are reduced to 30% under both AHDS and AHGS schemes in the LFA except in the proposed Marginal Zone ( the least handicapped Article 3(4) LFA land ) where it is recommended that they revert to the level obtaining outside the LFA ( 22 ½%),; reflecting the increased financial benefit likely to accrue from drainage schemes on such lower elevation , least handicapped land . |
| 2 | Some have been toppled , and some are so eroded that they appear to be nothing more than wind-scoured boulders . |
| 3 | ‘ I had n't realised that I needed to be a hypochondriac to qualify for your — affections . ’ |
| 4 | He was fascinated by horses — so fascinated that he came to be called ‘ The Man who Loved to Draw Horses , ’ although he could and did draw a wide range of other domestic animals . |
| 5 | Her mother thought it was better for her not to be at home as there was not much space , so the following week they saw the social worker and it was arranged that she go to a house run by the Catholic anti-abortion organisation LIFE . |
| 6 | She 'd been taught that it paid to be passive . |
| 7 | Buzz sensed that she had to be careful , she had to box clever , she had to let Adam think she had accepted what he said and would go quietly . |
| 8 | By spring of eighty-nine , when the project had started , we 'd gone quite a long way down the road , we 'd decided that we wanted to be looking at what was feasible in general practice . |
| 9 | Already he had half decided that it had to be . |
| 10 | ‘ It is n't very gallant of me to say so , ’ he added , softly kissing her fingertips , ‘ but the fact is , Marissa had decided that she wanted to be the second Mrs Wyndham — while I , my darling , was only interested in the first . ’ |
| 11 | Paddy quickly took command , but with most of their gear missing and two men so badly injured that they had to be left behind , there was nothing for it but to try to make the rendezvous with the LRDG . |
| 12 | What is more , careful examination of its proportions has revealed that it belonged to precisely the same species of cat that was later domesticated in Egypt . |
| 13 | Presumably , since it is said that she lived to 127 , her sixties would be equivalent to our thirties or forties . |
| 14 | ‘ How does it follow from what you 've said that you came to be — ’ He paused and his lips compressed in a cruelly thin line before he seemed to deliberately force away the tension , saying simply , ‘ To be with my brother ? ’ |
| 15 | It was said that he travelled to Europe and established the Merovingian dynasty of kings which ruled France until displaced in 679 AD , by which time the dynasty had become enfeebled . |
| 16 | Although slides and photos have been the traditional medium , and are widely accepted as substitutes for the landscape ( Shuttleworth , 1980b ) , Kreimer ( 1977 ) has also argued that they need to be put more fully into their context . |
| 17 | Opponents of the bill had argued that it amounted to " retroactive justice " by declaring illegal acts committed in another country and allowing the prosecution of people for offences committed before they became British citizens or residents . |
| 18 | Any such claim would therefore have to be framed in terms of the interest theory ; yet , as even the advocates of such an approach admit ( Campbell , 1985 , p. 20 ) this involves open-ended and controversial issues as to which interests deserve protection , and some have argued that it leads to a disintegration of any distinctive or effective notion of a right ( Simmonds , 1985 ) . |
| 19 | If we look at industrial work it can be seen that it tends to be too much dominated by part tasks in that the worker is not involved with the delivery of the whole product but with a small component of it and even , at times , with a particular operation on that small component . |
| 20 | Any erm deficiency at the end of the financial year was made up by a rate demand , erm so i the it was n't the same in all municipal undertakings , some of them were allowed to carry forward their balances but Ipswich , whether it was erm , er by law or er a , oh I do n't know what it be , perhaps needed that they got to be , the erm balance of the year had to be balanced at the end of the year , so you had a rate demand and of course that rate demand went on to the next year 's rates . |
| 21 | It was thought that anyone subscribing to a newspaper would have to pay a special tax . |
| 22 | So it is important to remember that schools are not factories — however frequently we are told that they have to ‘ deliver ’ the curriculum , and however deliberately we are exposed to the pressures of competition and market forces . |
| 23 | We were told that she set to work ‘ editing ’ the crazed philosopher 's work to make it more Nazi , and that Elisabeth had a strong and malign influence on the growth of National Socialism . |
| 24 | It is assumed to be adversarial , whether the couple feel adversarial or not , whether or not they have specifically agreed that they want to be sensibly amicable . |
| 25 | It was agreed that there needed to be substantial funding restored to both the Housing Executive and health service budget to improve the services they provide and to combat the ever increasing problems which are besetting our community . |
| 26 | Accordingly , Sir David has requested that I convey to young Reginald the facts of life . ’ |
| 27 | Interviews with doctors who practise euthanasia have shown that they resort to LAWER when they have neither the courage nor cruelty to talk openly with patients , relatives , or colleagues . |
| 28 | ‘ Now that it has been shown that it adds to the greenhouse effect we will start a programme to further reduce the use of SF 6 and to study replacements in the foundries , said Sven Plahte of Hydro 's magnesium division . |
| 29 | The animals failed to draw blood but , two weeks later , she was still so worried about getting her fingers bitten that she admitted to finding the whole business of pushing letters through a letter box as nerve-wracking , in its own way , as trying to hole a four footer . |
| 30 | Selectors should also avoid books which are so tightly bound that they have to be held forcibly open . |