Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you willing to take responsibility for your life , to accept that we create our own reality ? |
| 2 | The councillors all agree that your floral displays and hanging baskets are magnificent and want you to know that they appreciate your efforts . |
| 3 | I THOUGHT Joe Hyam would like to know that we changed our menu four months ago to the fixed-price system . |
| 4 | They need to know that you appreciate their efforts , your task is to spread irresistible enthusiasm . |
| 5 | ‘ How considerate of you , ’ she responded with a choked laugh , ‘ it 's so reassuring to know that you have my welfare at heart . |
| 6 | With the billions of pounds worth of equipment — above and below the ground — not to mention gas and oil reserves which we own , it may surprise you to find that we consider our most valuable asset to be people … rather than plant . |
| 7 | ‘ Fired — dismissed , ’ she offered a couple of alternatives — only to find that he found her first offering of more interest . |
| 8 | Who checks up on employers to see that they keep their side of the bargain ? |
| 9 | He is to superintend the falcatones , messores , cariatores , operarios , and all the labourers of the manor , to see that they do their duty to the lord , and to punish the transgressors . |
| 10 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 11 | All in all , you will find that your chances of happiness together under the same roof will depend very largely upon your ability to respect and accept her individuality , to see that she gets her share of family affection , to make it possible for her to keep usefully occupied ( within her limitations ) in the home , and to engage as far as she can in all the outside interests she has always enjoyed . |
| 12 | But he 's a bit petulant with Lonnie , who aims to see that he keeps his date at Hilton Head Island . |
| 13 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 14 | I was therefore surprised to see that he excluded his own name from the list . |
| 15 | Whenever possible he had been forcing the lords of Aquitaine to acknowledge that they held their " honours " , their counties , viscounties and other seigneuries , not as independent lordships but as fiefs , for which they owed the Duke homage . |
| 16 | He was born Femão de Magalhães , and the Portuguese — ‘ he is ours ’ , they insist — rarely care to acknowledge that he renounced his citizenship after a row , pledged his allegiance to King Charles I — later to become the Emperor Charles V — and was given a new name : Hernando de Magallanes . |
| 17 | Even the Scottish National party has been forced to acknowledge that it hitched its colours to a vote loser . |
| 18 | In 110 we find straightforward confession : Yet in the same sentence we find specious self-excuses : ‘ but , by all above ’ , — this unusual oath , calling the heavens to witness , is an anticipatory give-away — Well , the disbelieving reader will say , to claim that you betrayed your partner merely to test your love for him , which has supposedly been increased by the experiment — this is to add insult to injury . |
| 19 | I am simply trying to suggest that we do our best to ensure they report it accurately . |
| 20 | And the shopkeeper who supplies goods to a married woman without inquiry is not entitled to assume that she has her husband 's authority . |
| 21 | They 're too embarrassed to actually part with them and so you have this very difficult decision as to whether to insist that you have their laundry or whether you allow them to go on doing that , causing them to live in a smelly environment . |
| 22 | You just have to hope that they put our wing in early otherwise there 'll be no hot water left . |
| 23 | We audit our production processes to ensure that we fulfil our environmental responsibilities . |
| 24 | ‘ PopCon has been doing research all over the world to establish that the majority of prospective parents would prefer a son to a daughter , and many would be prepared to undergo minor medical procedures to ensure that they got their wish , including the abortion of a female fetus , ’ Dorothy told a hushed audience in a room at a secret address in North London . |
| 25 | £350 million needs to be spent by the Council by the year 2000 to ensure that it meets its statutory responsibilities — this is £165 million , or 90% more than the level of investment allocation likely to be approved by the Scottish Office in this period . |
| 26 | Your filter mat has been heat bonded to ensure that it retains its shape and that loose fibres do n't slip through to jam powerheads . |
| 27 | Unfortunately for the Patent Office , the advertising agency failed to ensure that it had its facts right — and the Patent Office did not check the agency 's new advertisement . |
| 28 | Remember , to ensure that you receive your free Great Escapes vouchers , use the special Application Form attached . |
| 29 | The support of the press was seen as being vital and every manager was expected to ensure that he had his local newspapers on his side , but even this was not enough . |
| 30 | So at home Milton is just one of the others , although he seems to have enough tricks up his sleeve to ensure that he gets his own way most of the time . |