Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] that some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year long investigation by a US Congress subcommittee , prompted by last year 's Perrier scare , has claimed that some bottled waters may be less safe than tap water . |
| 2 | Checking the type of materials used revealed that some lower strength aluminium ‘ cherry lock ’ fasteners different from the originally fitted ‘ hi-shear ’ fasteners had been fitted during service . |
| 3 | Although Martin has said that some bass players like to be able to significantly alter their sound while they are actually playing on stage , I 've never seen the need to have all the gubbins on the bass to do that , then have lots more gubbins on the amp to do more of the same . |
| 4 | However , previous research by this group has shown that some diabetic patients suffer a decrease in visual sensitivity that precedes loss of acuity and retinal changes , and the present study is designed to assess the prevalence of this preclinical dysfunction . |
| 5 | Less work has been done with animal models , but recent work from India has shown that some homoeopathic remedies in various potencies displayed anti-viral activity in developing chick embryos , whereas other remedies had no anti-viral effect in mice . |
| 6 | Research has shown that some old people can not survive the emotional shock of moving to the Home and die within a few weeks . |
| 7 | This has meant that some detailed provisions in standard forms of contract have required amendment . |
| 8 | The practice of editors varies substantially , and these points are intended to suggest that some simple changes could improve the ways in which they communicate about the process and their decisions . |
| 9 | What is needed to ensure that some popular control can be exerted over political leadership , some governmental accountability can be enforced ? |
| 10 | The word " design " , when used in common English , tends to imply that some creative activity is taking place . |
| 11 | Here he began to spot that some discarded lumps of coal , or sandstone disguised as coal , held the impressions of ancient plants . |
| 12 | Mr Baker was not entirely wrong in wanting a simple , forceful document for parents , though he failed to understand that some difficult issues — the teaching of grammar or Standard English , for example — need careful and detailed explanation . |
| 13 | In your position , I would rethink my substrate , as perpetual gill irritation can hardly be good for the fish — though you will have to accept that some permanent damage may already have occurred . |
| 14 | Some researchers , Sarah Smilanski in particular ( 1968 ) , have attempted to show that some underprivileged children can not engage in play , but lack of concentration is a symptom not a cause . |
| 15 | Zen preferred to think that some alert recruiting officer somewhere , realizing the appalling threat a disgruntled Gilberto would pose outside the law , had bent the rules to let him in . |
| 16 | The provision as drafted is not entirely clear , and the use of the words " is not of itself to be taken " might be construed to imply that some other type of truly voluntary acceptance could override s 2(1) or 2(2) by the operation of the rule . |
| 17 | He , however , did find that some potentized remedies showed effects on the macrophages ( white cells ) of some batches of guinea-pigs but not in others , and in the macrophages of one human subject but not in others . |
| 18 | Although the invitation was surprisingly withdrawn the following day , Sweden had ensured that some free trade momentum would be maintained . |
| 19 | Although primarily concerned with routine white-collar work , Braverman does believe that some professional jobs have also become deskilled . |
| 20 | They are not only worth preserving in themselves ; a watchful eye needs to be kept to ensure that some other piece of street furniture — say one of the new all-glass telephone boxes — is not crudely juxtaposed beside them . |
| 21 | United States trade associations such as CBEMA ( hardware ) and ADAPSO ( software ) and others had worried that some foreign nations might impose usage-related charges on data transmission ; West Germany was suspect in this regard . |
| 22 | It does allow that some religious beliefs could be defended by more rational arguments and by experience , as some people have tried to do , yet the appeal of religions for most people is emotional rather than rational and intellectual . |
| 23 | I am tempted to think that some such process is involved in the development of repeated structures , such as the segments of a worm , or a flower 's petals , or the stripes on a zebra . |
| 24 | But there were also cases which held that the applicant for mandamus had to show that some legal right of his or hers had been infringed by the challenged decision . |
| 25 | On the other hand , a number of studies ( Houghton , 1973 ; Evason , 1980 ; Pahl , 1985 ; Bradshaw and Millar , 1991 ) have found that some lone mothers , typically between a quarter and a third , say that they feel better-off as lone mothers than they did as married women because being alone means that they themselves have control over their ( albeit limited ) resources . |
| 26 | We have seen how the findings of Barry Hall and John Cairns have suggested that some genetic codes occur more often when they are useful than when they are not . |