Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] that [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old Tominahs say that this crescent-moon shape means the bottom arc of a great vertical circle of our lives — the section at which we are all most deeply plunged into matter . |
| 2 | Some researchers suggest that this environmental scanning process might best be achieved by developing especially organised environmental scanning units that are positioned towards the top of an organisation 's hierarchy . |
| 3 | Although modern dictionary meanings suggest that both these words are almost synonymous with ‘ gently ’ 'lightly , ‘ softly , even ‘ carefully ’ , to a French Baroque musician , while evocative of style , they were principally indications of tempo at opposite ends of the time scale : doucement for a slow tempo corresponding to gravement or lentement , and légèrement for a swift , nimble tempo , only one stage below that of vivement or vite . |
| 4 | Prisons not only carry the weight of a bleak , punitive tradition dating from the days of the British , but the long years of neglect and lack of investment mean that any significant reforms demand a massive injection of resources . |
| 5 | In the air the effect of accelerations and visual illusions mean that all these sensors can mislead you , and disorientation may result . |
| 6 | Cuttings books show that many foreign newspapers have carried far more reports and feature articles on the event than American newspapers and magazines — particularly in Californian , where the event is talking place . |
| 7 | Reports from Bangladesh , Nepal and Pakistan show that some rural families may be spending a quarter of their incomes on fuel . |
| 8 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that any temporary difficulties of manpower in the Crown prosecution service will not in any way affect prosecutions that may be necessary as a result of the discovery of potential fraud in the Maxwell case ? |
| 9 | Nevertheless , inner-city speakers know that some /u/ items can alternate and that others can not . |
| 10 | Traditionalists from many branches of the martial arts feel that many modern practitioners , drawn to the arts as sport , are missing their true meaning and aiming only for self-gratification and glory . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that those dramatic figures are eloquent testimony to the fact that under Labour the number of days lost was so dramatic that it resulted in near anarchy and that , as a result of our legislation , there are now proper secret ballots and democracy in the workplace ? |
| 12 | Such sightings prove that those ancient wanderers actually lived . |
| 13 | Parents hope that this huge investment of emotion , time and energy in training children — what we call discipline — will have its dividend , eventually , in the emergence of a young adult with good judgement and a mature , responsible outlook . |
| 14 | Thus , the planners maintain that this new demand must be disciplined in some way . |
| 15 | Current practices between remote sites demand that all new work is transmitted periodically between sites , or to a central data base . |
| 16 | The results of applying the market model to these data are shown in Fig. 6.7 , where the ex-post returns have been plotted against betas which have been adjusted for the changes in the cash holdings of the unit trusts : Ward and Saunders argue that these managerial decisions are particularly important in determining unit trust performance . |
| 17 | Some biologists suspect that these pulse-modulated radiations may be more harmful than unperturbed waves . |
| 18 | To breath life into this quality message , West Midlands insist that all British Gas AND contractors ' employees involved in Period Contracts attend a two day workshop — which covers : History and background of Total Quality ; Competition ; Internal/External customers ; Management style ; Personal Quality ; Measuring progress ; Penalties for poor quality ; Problem solving ; Issues and an action plan . |
| 19 | There is no doubt that difficulties of this sort mean that many true statements are not published , or else are the subject of apologies rather than defences . |
| 20 | Some water boards insist that all cold water taps in the house are taken from the rising main ; others insist that only the kitchen tap is taken from the main and that all others are fed from the roof tank . |
| 21 | Thus , banks suggest that each private key password also be used as an integral part of the encryption algorithm . |
| 22 | These , er , workers ’ — his voice took on a faint sneer as he said the word — ‘ these workers suggest that most human behavior is learned , that we are controlled in our actions not by our inheritance but by what happens to us after birth . |
| 23 | The results for the partially reinforced group show that this latent inhibition effect will be attenuated when the reinforcement presented during pre-exposure to the tone is inconsistent . |
| 24 | And the records at St Albans and Stamford show that these permanent buildings had made their appearance by the early fourteenth century . |
| 25 | If the term subjection be used in its extreme sense I do not for a moment believe that any such solution exists . |
| 26 | Chomsky and Sampson claim that this tree-like decomposition of a sentence into its parts is a feature common to all human language , and is indeed the basis upon which we determine the meaning of a sentence from the way it is built up out of its parts ( an insight going back at least to Frege ) . |
| 27 | For this reason , most investigators agree that several longitudinal compartments should be defined along each crypt column ot provide more precise descriptions of the distribution of labelled or replicating cells . |
| 28 | The proponents agree that all large-screen receivers — 34″ and up — will incorporate a 60 frame per second 787.5 line or higher progressive scan display mode , while progressive display would initially be optional for smaller screen sets . |
| 29 | Nonetheless , the sharp differences in survival curves between the three comorbidity groups indicate that this simple categorisation was valid . |
| 30 | With fines of up to £5,000 and a maximum 6-month jail sentence , the new regulations mean that some second-hand store owners , could go out of business . |