Example sentences of "[that] [noun] [vb base] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rev Awdry is proud that railwaymen have written to him , praising the accuracy of the Thomas the Tank engine books . |
| 2 | In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed . |
| 3 | In a few instances the height difference between the route and the surrounding ground has meant that steps have had to be installed . |
| 4 | Darwin 's theory of evolution incorporates the principle of natural selection , which suggests that animals change according to their surroundings , developing adaptations — over several generations — which enhance their ability to survive in particular habitats . |
| 5 | It is possible that parents do convey to their children that they themselves do not judge and relate to people on the basis of their skin colour , but they should also tell the child that many people in the society do . |
| 6 | The consumer goods that engineers make tend to be the kind of things that people buy when they move house , like cookers and fridges . |
| 7 | Taking Foresterhill first , a recurring comment in the responses to the trust proposal alluded to the contribution that individuals have made to the development of hospital care in Aberdeen over very many decades . |
| 8 | The National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) believes that it is unacceptable that we have no legal right to privacy in this country and that individuals have to look to Europe — waiting many years for a result — for protection against arbitrary interference with this right . |
| 9 | It would seem that composers have preferred to be formally more complex in first movements . |
| 10 | Jan. 21 Further reports on Radio Mogadishu that rebels have agreed to a truce , again denied by USC . |
| 11 | For there is no good reason to subscribe to the widely-held intuition that explanations have to conform to individualist tenets . |
| 12 | This has meant that questions have had to be asked . |
| 13 | I always reckon it 's tremendously flattering that viewers want to talk to you when they meet you in the street . |
| 14 | THE BBC 's Halloween programme Ghostwatch is proof that viewers do react to what they see on TV . |
| 15 | Under the old paradigm , companies are organized into a series of hierarchical tiers so that supervisors at each level can make sure that subordinates act according to plan . |
| 16 | Seniors are often unwilling to admit that subordinates have developed to the extent that they could perform some of the manager 's duties . |
| 17 | This means , says Jose , that people become tied to the drug culture , not only through fear but also through gratitude . |
| 18 | And we feel that people do need to be trained in these erm cars which have these erm special erm adaptations . |
| 19 | Yeah and er look I think the process is that you do work and you feel passionate about it , you wan na do it the best you think you 've done it as well as you can do it , and then you put it out in whatever form , in a T V series like Love Hurts or on stage like Alfie , or in an album like Midnight Postcards and you then just pray and hope that people want to listen to you , want to watch you , want to hear you . |
| 20 | Tenpin bowling has cheap membership and I believe at the end of the day , that people want to belong to clubs . |
| 21 | What is meant by this is that people begin to come to terms with what has happened . |
| 22 | Erm what are the kind of comments that people have made to you about the flats ? |
| 23 | An unusual aspect of these dreams is the cautious attitude that dreamers tend to adopt to flying — a rare example of commentary within a dream , of insight or lucidity . |
| 24 | The shares plunged 18p to 266p on news that profits have fallen to £91m from £93.7m . |
| 25 | Pension schemes are already notoriously complicated , so it is not surprising that lawyers have turned to the actuarial profession to establish valuations of the pension benefits in divorce cases . |
| 26 | AFTER seeing your article ( Echo February 20 ) about the proposed Darlington cross-town route , I was surprised to see that councillors have agreed to a bridleway between Haughton Road and McMullen Road . |
| 27 | The implication of the latest moves are that humans have moved to the debit side and become liabilities . |
| 28 | A good deal of evidence was produced to show that children tend to conform to their teachers ' expectations of them . |
| 29 | I think erm that sometimes the fact that children have moved to a school where they have a timetable which has got subjects written down on a piece of paper , and the fact that they bring homework back with them and parents can see work in exercise books , sometimes that acts as a kind of reassurance to parents that something is going on which they recognise as education . |
| 30 | Do you believe in discipline , that children do need to be obedient ? |