Example sentences of "to [noun pl] that we " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We created a virtuous circle , ’ said Lockett , ‘ since the act of instituting the questionnaire in itself demonstrated to clients that we cared about them and their requirements . ’
2 Locke attempted to explain epistemic appearances in terms of sensations leading so quickly on to judgements that we mistake the judgements for sensations .
3 Now we 've actually found seventy thousand pounds worth of savings we have n't made anybody redundant and we 've actually quite clearly taken in that seventy thousand pounds within our overall budget past decisions has had to be taken and they 've been taken as I said earlier hopefully when the financial climate gets better we perhaps we 'll be able to other things all or were revert back to things that we we do wish to do because the the financial restraints on us .
4 It is typical of Sir Edmund 's somewhat elliptical approach to things that we went through this rather futile conversation before he told me anything else .
5 ‘ Being fully appreciative of the importance of moving cargo urgently , we provide a ‘ round-the-clock ’ service to prove to customers that we are conscientious and keen to look after their business needs . ’
6 There are many inevitable but accidental resemblances to names that we now have or know … ’
7 This has led to suggestions that we should consider ‘ full ’ income , which includes the imputed value of leisure income ( Becker , 1965 , and Musgrave , 1976 ) .
8 Could I point out to members that we did have er written replies to try and speed up the question process , could I ask members both in asking the question and especially in answering , not to make it another speech occasion because otherwise it destroys the whole purpose of having the written replies .
9 Here , here , I second that on H on page thirty one very important one , the county council welcomes the recognition by the joint working party of the importance of meaningful support services to the elected members and the recomme recommendation that the Secretary of State should review and clarify the powers of local authorities to meet costs of services provided to members to enable them to carry out their duties as councillors Now the erm members appointments , appointments of member services sub have been discussing this issue and I would like to point out to members that we are not claiming the amount allowable for the paying members allowances we erm we 're way below the limit that 's allowable by the government Now before anyone say well what have you done about it ?
10 But as a reminder to others that we 're still watching , here 's the last verse : ‘ So , chairman 's allowance unaltered , ‘ And fifty redundant , I think ; ‘ That rounds off the business quite nicely , ‘ Now anyone care for a drink . ’
11 This would certainly have been within the power of an omnipotent being , but if he had started it off in such an incomprehensible way , why did he choose to let it evolve according to laws that we could understand ?
12 That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ .
13 erm Hugh said that er it does n't apply to jobs that we 've already got .
14 What I would like to try and get personnel 's agreement to , if a if at all possible , is that we do n't do this nonsense of having to close list our staff to jobs that we know we 're gon na put them into .
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