Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] that " in BNC.

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1 Whilst what is meant by ‘ organised backlash ’ is never made clear , it is probably not unreasonable to infer that it implies that it occurred after 1968 and within a limited historical period .
2 However , it will say that everything is being done to see that whatever attempts that are made on the whereabouts of its disclosures will be judged by their predicament and a positive answer will be prepared .
3 This can often be dealt with by notifying the individual of the meeting and its purpose and saying that he will be welcome to attend if he feels that he has a specific interest in the proceedings .
4 The S.N.M. declined to attend and it seems that General Aidid did not do so either .
5 To assert that the knave of hearts was the person who stole the tarts is not to assert that one believes that it was he who stole them .
6 The hon. Member for Lancaster will be interested to hear that it says that the national curriculum will not be delivered because of the difficulty —
7 Defensive routines exist ; they are undiscussable ; they proliferate and grow in an underground manner ; the social pollution is hard to identify until something occurs that blows things open .
8 Social workers have a key role to play when someone suspects that a child is being abused .
9 I want to submit that it means that we do not go to the world with a watertight message which demands ‘ take it or leave it ’ .
10 He had never been taught to draw although he admits that to him it is ‘ as natural as breathing .
11 In the voting case , he may choose not to vote because he calculates that he is unlikely to be decisive ( i.e. , there will be a majority for one outcome independently of his vote ) .
12 It is just because whatever one has planned is bound to change as one proceeds that it is fatal to start too soon or too late , though it may be no less fatal , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , to start at the right time , for then there is no excuse , no excuse whatsoever .
13 What sense does it make to say that somebody knows that there is , for example , a beer in the fridge , wants a beer , is able to open the fridge door but does n't open it ?
14 There remains the very real problem of what is to happen if it appears that Professor B. or some other suitably qualified practitioner was willing , should the need arise , to subject J. to mechanical ventilation and had the facilities for doing so .
15 Is the right hon. Gentleman prepared to say whether he thinks that before the next election these figures will improve , or will they get even worse ?
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