Example sentences of "[to-vb] that the [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alas , I was to reach the age of sixty and retire before even the first sod was turned , but I am happy to relate that the building is now complete and occupied by AIB . |
| 2 | Zuwaya were not prepared to accept that the law is embodied in a person or office , for then it acquires authority , a hierarchy of instances of control and review . |
| 3 | But after two or three hours and nil results , you have to accept that the trail is cold and you ca n't justify that level of manpower . |
| 4 | The rejoinder to this is to accept that the counter is pointing to a real feature of academic thought , which is that the consensus of the relevant disciplinary community does indeed offer some measure of reliability and raises knowledge claims above mere whim ; but that does not in itself amount to a demonstration of the ‘ progress ’ of knowledge . |
| 5 | We have to accept that the reality is that we are always already on the slope , holding a position . |
| 6 | This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education . |
| 7 | He told him of his experience and was interested to know that the phenomenon is by no means unknown and the other went on to relate another incident involving footsteps that he heard outside the office , but when he opened the door to investigate no one was there . |
| 8 | I E do we need to know that the trend is changing or do we need to know the particular slots where we get non performance . |
| 9 | Some of the features of alcoholism in its terminal phase are so well known that a cartoonist has only to draw a couple of lines for everyone to know that the subject is a " drunk " . |
| 10 | It only has to come out wrong once for you to know that the hypothesis is wrong . |
| 11 | Oyster fans may also like to know that the oyster is transsexual and self generating , changing sex at will several times within one season . |
| 12 | IT WILL NOT SURPRISE those who have driven one to know that the Metro is a stunningly good car . |
| 13 | This actually allows the lift maintenance monitoring organisations to know that the lift is out of action before you do . |
| 14 | In the end it had been simply : ‘ a high fever unfortunately kept Sir Robert 's daughter from attending the wedding ceremony , which was blessed with unwontedly blue skies , as if Someone above were more than glad to know that The Towers is to have a mistress again . |
| 15 | With new technology making our lives easier by the day , it 's good to know that the environment is being looked after at the same time . |
| 16 | They have to know that the environment is a safe one , that you will step in if the children are nasty to each other or put one another down … |
| 17 | ( c ) Sexual penetration occurs under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony. ( d ) The actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and either of the following circumstances exists : ( i ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated or physically helpless . |
| 18 | ( g ) The actor causes personal injury to the victim , and the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated , or physically helpless . |
| 19 | ( c ) Sexual contact occurs under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony. ( d ) The actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and either of the following circumstances exists : ( i ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated or physically helpless . |
| 20 | ( g ) The actor causes personal injury to the victim and the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated or physically helpless . |
| 21 | ( c ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated , or physically helpless . |
| 22 | ( b ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated , or physically helpless . |
| 23 | You will be pleased to know that the discomfort is only short term and should not occur in the future . |
| 24 | Then you search to establish that the borrower is not bankrupt , so make your search on the special form limited to bankruptcy ; thereby you will help the Registry and speed the reply . |
| 25 | Since much of the computation time is used to establish that the solution is optimal , premature termination of the procedure can often save time and yet still give the optimal solution , although its optimality can not be guaranteed . |
| 26 | When , however , a statute provides that compliance with its provisions shall be enforceable by civil proceedings by the Crown for an injunction , and particularly if this is the only method of enforcement for which it provides , the Crown does owe a duty to the public at large to initiate proceedings to secure that the law is not flouted , and not simply to leave it to the chance that some relator may be willing to incur the expense and trouble of doing so . |
| 27 | Having taken the plunge and opened the package I was delighted to find that the software is n't copy protected — no problems running it on my hard disk systems here , or so I thought . |
| 28 | ‘ … we are delighted to find that the Voyage is productive of a high state of enjoyment to yourself and likely to be the means of re-establishing Mrs. Gould 's health . |
| 29 | It would be nice to find that the campanile is original Romanesque , but alas it is as modern as 1820 , replacing the first that had long since collapsed . |
| 30 | How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ? |