Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb -s] that [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone accepts that pits will close but there seems little chance of the government being deflected by another rebellion among Tory M Ps . |
| 2 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 3 | One supposes that Kane would find the performances of Henry Rono of Kenya , Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia , and Suleiman Nyambui of Tanzania difficult to explain . |
| 4 | One suspects that Manzoni would have rather enjoyed all the fuss and obfuscation . |
| 5 | One suspects that geomorphology will emerge as a reputable discipline only when its students have become well versed in the established principles of natural science . |
| 6 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |
| 7 | One hopes that Berlin can draw interesting foreigners back to Germany , and that a kind of intellectual renaissance will happen there . |
| 8 | If one believes that industries should be owned by the government then one will argue that the level of taxation should be such that , taken with the government 's other financial resources , it should provide capital for investment wherever the government considers it necessary . |
| 9 | Everybody agrees that accounts ought to be useful . |
| 10 | Everybody agrees that jobs will go . |
| 11 | Your first battle will be changing the routine , gently but firmly so that everyone knows that things will be different from now on . |