Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] [that] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , so many variables are involved that precise sources may never be identified . |
| 2 | The terms of reference of Sir Geoffrey 's committee indicate that the Exchange is determined that all aspects of the creation of a clearing house are fully explored . |
| 3 | A simpler interpretation is that the experimenters have rediscovered what Lashley ( 1950 ) showed many years ago , that partial removal of the cortical area to which the dorsal lateral geniculate body projects , has remarkably little effect on simple form discrimination tasks and that it is only when the entire cortical projection zone is removed that severe deficits , detectable in the simple behavioural paradigms we use , emerge . |
| 4 | In 1986 a law was passed that required donations to be valued at cost rather than an invented ‘ appreciated ’ value for tax purposes — though only in cases where the deductions would reduce the donor 's tax bill to zero . |
| 5 | Muccio recommended on 1 April 1950 that Rhee be warned that autocratic actions could adversely affect relations with Washington . |
| 6 | Last week the inquiry was assured that sufficient supplies of uranium were available to meet the likely world demand in the coming 50 years . |
| 7 | But irrespective of how they construe the common sense which is the policeman or woman 's working knowledge , seniors are agreed that new recruits need experience of life to enable them to deal with the range of situations and people they encounter in their work . |
| 8 | Mr Lamont is determined that any payments will be spread equally across the UK and there will be no sliding scale for colder regions . |
| 9 | The court was told that nine years after murdering his wife , Taylor plotted with his daughter to murder her husband in November 1991 . |
| 10 | Clients will of course be assured that all details are given in confidence . |
| 11 | In a case which is causing the Bar much embarrassment , Lord Justice Watkins and Mr Justice Garland were told that six barristers followed Sir Ian , while 11 decided to stay with Mr John Samuels , QC , who was in charge of chambers administration . |
| 12 | Continued allegations were made that surplus revenues were being applied for civic and municipal purposes and not for the improvement of the Harbour in accordance with the Acts of 1799 and 1826 . |
| 13 | The judges , with the concurrence of the Inns of Court , resolved when these arrangements were created that disciplinary powers over barristers should be exercised in accordance with the regulations governing the new Senate , and by those regulations a committee of the Senate , known as the disciplinary tribunal , exercised those powers . |
| 14 | Here , the argument is presented that conceptual levels of understanding are necessary precursors to the emergence of spoken language , since language is , in effect , the linguistic realisation of those conceptual distinctions already established at a non-verbal level . |
| 15 | Councillors were told that many businesses looked upon the refuse collection service as one of the few tangible benefits they got for payment of business rates . |
| 16 | So Lord 's decided that all men should henceforth be ‘ cricketers ’ and the Gentlemen and Players fixture was duly abandoned . |
| 17 | Arithmetical skills are often considered to be ‘ basic skills ’ , and the implication is drawn that such skills are relevant to everyday life . |
| 18 | Concern is expressed that agricultural methods and the widespread introductions of honey bees are reducing the populations of bumble bees . |
| 19 | Concern was expressed that Western donors might link aid to political reform . |
| 20 | Concern was expressed that large numbers of would-be boat people would start paying cash to ‘ unscrupulous people ’ when the sailing season started in February . |
| 21 | Some eight weeks before the assault on 7 June , Plumer was informed that German engineers were within 46cm/18in of a British mine under Hill 60 in the north of the sector , but it was never detected . |
| 22 | The assumption is made that dissatisfied workers are more likely to leave the one job for another , take time off , or go on strike , but there has been considerable debate about all three measures , and there are cogent reasons for doubting that any of them serve as adequate indicators of job satisfaction . |
| 23 | The issue of the legitimacy of corporate enterprise can , however , be saved from being swallowed up in this wider debate if the assumption is made that alternative patterns of distribution can be secured through state action should the prevailing one be considered morally unappealing . |
| 24 | No suggestion was made that non-litigation costs were not amenable to being quantified by taxation . |
| 25 | The fiction is maintained that these lists of the worthy , the deserving and the hitherto unrecognized are supervised , if not by the Queen herself , then at least by her staff . |
| 26 | Only eight weeks before the sale , Christie 's announced that sixty-six drawings were to be auctioned without first being offered to any national institution by their owner , Viscount Coke . |
| 27 | Environmentalists are agreed that more roads encourage more cars . |
| 28 | If proof were needed that intelligent children 's television is a friend of children 's books , the recent BBC serialisation of The Borrowers provides it amply . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the principle is established that all students can participate in the decision-making process , and it is not a principle which has proved to be unworkable or which has produced manifestly absurd results . |
| 30 | Whatever the truth of this , the proposition is repeated that homosexual unions should be recognized as marriages with all the rights and duties this may imply . |