Example sentences of "thing that [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its message was iconoclastic , even radical and certainly not at all the type of thing that one would expect to see emanating from a government department , with the seal of approval provided by a preface over the minister 's signature . |
| 2 | ‘ No , ’ she said , ‘ your self-respect is about the only thing that nobody can take away . |
| 3 | yes , no the erm , the two o'clock thing that they used to watch , well erm story time it was once and er |
| 4 | And they 'd all got er status symbols you see and it was quite a ceremonial thing that they used to have . |
| 5 | It is all very well for us to sit here and tell teachers to go on extra courses , but they 're finding that there are n't any left , so the next thing that they can turn to the next person they can turn to is the educational psychologist . |
| 6 | But it is a good thing that we shall have an interval away from each other . |
| 7 | It gave us a bit of a giggle in the office , but I have to say it 's not the sort of thing that we would show to the public . |
| 8 | If we had this up and running , the sort of thing that we would do is put together a package |
| 9 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 10 | Alexander realized that the right thing to do would be the last thing that we would think of doing , if left to ourselves . |
| 11 | The important thing that we must do is look ahead 20 years to the time when those of us who are , I hope , still active in politics will be asked difficult questions . |
| 12 | That is one thing that we should avoid . |
| 13 | I agree with the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington ( Mr. Forman ) that by far the most useful thing that we could do in the short run would be to fund a payments union among the commonwealth of independent states so that they could at least have a currency in which to trade with one another . |
| 14 | No they 're all tucked well in , now she needs it still to be up here , right , so what 's the best thing that we can do to make sure it stays up in the high position ? |
| 15 | Of course , it 's not the kind of thing that everyone would want to get involved in … ’ |
| 16 | The last thing that anybody would want . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 're out here playing music , I think that 's the most important thing that anybody can ask . |
| 18 | And a chance to win a prize , it 's the kind of thing that anyone would love to be nominated for . |
| 19 | The only thing that she would change , she does n't like all the work ! |
| 20 | Oh , yes , well I mean I o obviously I When she worked She used to get up I 'll tell you another thing that she used to do . |
| 21 | It seems a good thing that she should occupy herself with these children next door . |
| 22 | As a result , the only thing that it can print is the 72dpi screen image and hence the resulting mess of your document . |
| 23 | So the only thing that I would suggest is |
| 24 | Any other thing that I would do now , I think , would be a violation of God 's will for my life . |
| 25 | The one thing that I would want to draw your attention to is paragraph three , er , point seven , where you 'll see that the costs of running The Beeches , during the period of , of transition as it were , was five thousand eight hundred and thirty , of which a maximum of three thousand and seventy six may be recovered from the residents . |
| 26 | I did not , to be honest , think I would have much success — it 's not the sort of thing that I would have known all those years ago — but the idea of ringing up a few of my former colleagues was just irresistible . |
| 27 | I think I think the only thing that I would disagree with there is that I strongly suspect that a lot of tutors in the university , not just women tutors but across the board , really have little idea of the level of sexual harassment that students that female students have identified as being problem in the questionnaire . |
| 28 | The only thing that I would ask everybody in Oxfordshire is to write to our M P's here because er yes it 's true that I do n't know what the returns are from last night 's voting , but I do know that er the only local MP that I can see on the voting on the last occasion was John Patten , here in Abingdon , and he voted no . |
| 29 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 30 | The , the only thing that I would say Chairman is that erm planning and er er the role of planning is related amongst other things to development and every single solitary er element in development has an effect , maybe only small and it may be distant , but does have an effect on er water falling as rain and thereby on run-off . |