Example sentences of "[vb -s] that the [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Michael , now 88 , adds that the performance is very appropriate and he wishes it great success . |
| 2 | ‘ There was too much emphasis on how fast we could grow , ’ he says , but adds that the company is still turning down about 70 per cent of those who apply for an Amex card . |
| 3 | He adds that the case is likely to take three years to sort out . |
| 4 | Foolish indeed is he who supposes that the music is only an excuse for the parties ; not only does everyone go , but everyone has opinions . |
| 5 | You could too , choose rather different wall treatments for the dining part : flame-proofed fabric ; wallpaper , a warm , dark paint , and add pictures , prints , objects , favourite collections , bookshelves , anything that emphasises that the space is as much for living as for working in . |
| 6 | The expression emphasises that the offence is not a ‘ victimless ’ one , but requires the actual presence of persons who are or are likely to be threatened , abused or insulted . |
| 7 | Bargh acknowledges the presence of a certain spiritual quality in ‘ Dust ’ , but emphasises that the work is also about impermanence . |
| 8 | If the input data specifies that the structure is NOT to be modified then the user 's log file is closed and processing terminates . |
| 9 | But while it seems at first quite normal that this should happen at an inquest involving the opera 's central character one soon notices that the process is in fact highly artificial , like the narrations which open several of Britten 's later operas , designed in this instance to have the dramatis personae stand up and be recognised but in a context which fits the story . |
| 10 | Apart from the infiltration of the local anaesthetic , when the patient will feel a prick in the back , less painful than the anaesthetic for dental work , all that is felt is a pressure on the lower spine with occasionally a faint ‘ tingle ’ in one leg which simply signifies that the needle is in the right place . |
| 11 | In the flyer produced by Oxford University Press , Peter Fusco , Curator of European Sculpture and Works of Art at the J. Paul Getty Museum , writes that the catalogue is ‘ a work which every art library and student of sculpture will need to own ’ . |
| 12 | This illustrates that the regime is profoundly divided against itself . ’ |
| 13 | A more recent commentator on Marx 's concept of ideology , Jorge Larrain , accepts that the concept is vague and that it has to be worked out from what little Marx wrote ( Larrain 1979 : 36 ) . |
| 14 | Walmsley looks at several possible explanations and concludes that the change is largely due to the Act itself , firstly in the simple sense that the passing of the 1967 Act brought to an end a trial period of uncertainty for the police by making quite clear that , although in the future homosexual acts in private between consenting adults were to be legal , such acts in ‘ public ’ as defined by the Act were not . |
| 15 | Subsequently , I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech to be delivered by my noble and learned friend , Lord Slynn of Hadley , in which he concludes that the decision is indeed reviewable and does so on grounds which I venture to find convincing . |
| 16 | Because , in numerical terms , fewer showed a relationship with depression than those which failed to do so , he concludes that the relationship is probably absent . |
| 17 | The priest finally concludes that the sheepskin is properly his , as he paid for it in goods not services . |
| 18 | With such a commitment , McDonnell-Douglas may then decide to pull out if it concludes that the industry is not big enough for three profitable producers . |
| 19 | The Report of HM Inspectorate concludes that the need is now paramount for careful planning to match the provision of courses more effectively to the needs of students and employers . |
| 20 | The other , the interventionist wing , holds that the paradigm is a dangerous one that policymakers should ignore . |
| 21 | As we have mentioned , the efficient market hypothesis holds that the market is efficient , in the sense that share prices are determined in the light of all relevant publicly available information . |
| 22 | Organizations using open-ended contracts always make clear in the course of recruiting staff and making formal job offers that the employment is seasonal . |
| 23 | But if the Government thinks that the public is gullible enough to be happy with a table or two every now and again , it is quite wrong . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman thinks that the timing is a bit slow ; others may feel that it is a bit fast . |
| 25 | The present scheme 's inadequacies are best highlighted by a constituent , Mr. Russell , who wrote to me on the advice of his local DSS office , which also thinks that the system is unfair . |
| 26 | Alexander Gurov , a senior official at the security ministry ( a successor to the KGB , which knew a thing or two about smuggling money out of Russia ) thinks that the figure is probably much nearer $16 billion . |
| 27 | The baby passes urine into the potty and the mother thinks that the baby is trained . |
| 28 | Reading experiences expressed by this node are characterised , in ordinary language , by the total dependence of the reader 's satisfaction on whether he or she thinks that the author has enjoyed writing the text , on the basis additionally that the reader thinks that the author is satisfied by the enjoyment gained by readers ' interpretative efforts . |
| 29 | The menacing threat of critical doubt is empty , though of course if the victim thinks that the pistol is loaded , the threat is real enough for him . |
| 30 | She thinks that the college is alright but it 's a bit of hole ! |