'V that' - Construction 19

Name: the arrange that construction
Description: A person causes something to happen.
Verbs: arrange, dictate, ensure, fix, ordain, see
Example: [He] managed to arrange that he should go straight to London by train… (BNC)
Membership: action; causation
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Causation. Roles: NP1: Cause; that-clause: Result
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