Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The five leading members of the party at the centre of the controversy , Pearnel Charles , Errol Anderson , Karl Samuda , Edmund Bartlett and Douglas Vaz , although stating that they did not want to unseat Seaga , refused to give a public statement of unconditional loyalty to him . |
| 2 | wilko knows about tore but leeds has shown no interest in him other than saying that they know about this player . |
| 3 | seems far more interesting than knowing that they 've rehearsed for hours on end . |
| 4 | Rather than concluding that I had been too radical in Opposition , I fast came to the view 1 had been too cautious . |
| 5 | as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face . |
| 6 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 7 | Mr Redwood gave his warning while announcing that he had instructed the Land Authority for Wales to make more land available for housing . |
| 8 | We shall focus on the search for drugs which lower blood pressure , while noting that they do not cure , that their role is essentially palliative , and that their use is not always appropriate . |
| 9 | While confirming that there had been widespread Iraqi brutality , Middle East Watch emphasized that no proof had as yet emerged to support allegations that thousands of Kuwaitis had been executed by the Iraqis . |
| 10 | While emphasising that he had not reached any firm conclusions , Lord Donaldson 's voice will be a powerful one in behind-the-scenes manoeuvres as rules governing the exercise of the new advocacy rights are hammered out away from the parliamentary battlefield . |
| 11 | The Zaïrean authorities denied the newspaper reports , while acknowledging that there had been student unrest , and refused requests for an international inquiry into the alleged incident . |
| 12 | Though I did n't know that then , so I rang your hotel — and , while insisting that they contact me , without letting you know , the moment you walked in … ’ |
| 13 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 14 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 15 | At a meeting of the Moscow nobility on 30 March 1856 , while insisting that he had no immediate plans for Emancipation , Alexander delivered the famous warning : ‘ You yourselves know that the existing order of ruling over living souls can not remain unchanged . |
| 16 | However , he and Earl Tostig Godwinsson [ q.v. ] were robbed by brigands on their way home , and forced to return to Rome , where Nicholas reinstated Ealdred and gave him the pallium , while insisting that he give up Worcester . |
| 17 | JOHN SMITH is preparing to launch the biggest tax assault ever on middle income families while claiming that he does not know what the effect of his tax hike will be on incentives , confidence or on the economy . |
| 18 | Lacking political support , Collor turned to the courts to question the legality of the impeachment process while claiming that he needed more time to prepare his defence against the corruption charges . |
| 19 | While admitting that he had used private investigators in the course of his business and political activities , Perot on June 24 claimed that the recent spate of stories on the issue would have made " Hitler 's propaganda chief proud " . |
| 20 | In his memoirs , which are monuments to his own consistency , he answered this question in the negative : while admitting that he had no pre-established plan ( naturally since that would have been the kind of dogmatic thinking that he abhorred ) , he insisted that " the broad outlines were fixed in my mind … |
| 21 | CITROEN disputes Daihatsu 's economical motoring laurels ; while admitting that it has not tackled the Round Britain run yet , it says that its AX diesel has achieved 112.01 mph over a 100 mile road route . |
| 22 | She has stoutly defended the acquisition , for C$1.8 billion ( $1.6 billion ) , of 50 naval helicopters , while arguing that she wants to reduce the budget deficit . |
| 23 | The regulatory role of the Department of Trade and Industry in respect of Barlow Clowes had been sharply criticized in reports both of an independent inquiry ( published on Oct. 20 , 1988 ) , and of the Ombudsman ( published on Dec. 19 , 1989 ) ; on the latter date the government had announced that in the exceptional circumstances it would make ex gratia payments ( totalling some #150,000,000 ) to all investors who had suffered loss , while stressing that it had no legal liability to pay compensation . |
| 24 | His aim was thus to keep the Herbert hegemony intact , while ensuring that it continued to be used in the royal interest . |
| 25 | His aim was thus to keep the Herbert hegemony intact , while ensuring that it continued to be used in the royal interest . |
| 26 | So do n't miss our feature on dieting which will help you to lose weight steadily while ensuring that you eat well throughout the year . |
| 27 | Whilst suggesting that he had been keen to run , he explained his decision on the grounds that his obligation to the people of his state came before his personal ambition for the presidency . |
| 28 | Whilst admitting that there had been procedural " irregularities " , Hoeveler rejected a defence motion that the charges against Noriega be dismissed . |
| 29 | The association of thrust faulting on the margins of the Tibetan Plateau with normal faulting in its highest regions has been interpreted as suggesting that it has attained its maximum elevation , and that consequently it is tending to grow outwards rather than increase in altitude . |
| 30 | John Major did not publicly denounce Mr Churchill , but went as far as hinting that he disapproved . |