Example sentences of "to [det] that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not clear whether the transition from one quite understandable activity to another that would have made the old commercial librarians blush even to contemplate ( one thinks of Day 's library ticket with its ‘ Scarce books and books out of print carefully searched for ’ ) was simply a question of the slippery slope in a semi-literate world . |
| 2 | On this issue , Hwang and Mai ( 1988 ) have shown that if the home firm 's conjectures were more ( less ) competitive than Cournot , the effect of the quota is to raise ( lower ) domestic prices relative to those that would have prevailed in the presence of tariffs . |
| 3 | Organized groups , on the other hand , restrict their aims to those that will promote the interests of their members or further particular causes ; they do not have a comprehensive political programme , nor do they seek to acquire control of the main offices of government . |
| 4 | They need to have genetic material , pollen , transported from one individual plant to another and they are prepared to sacrifice a substantial proportion of it as food to those that will do the job . |
| 5 | But sir we do have some doubts as to whether we would be able to respond to any that should arrive at , let us say , five o'clock tomorrow afternoon , by , let us say , close of play on Wednesday . |