Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The numbers of acute beds that a service needs has long been a contentious issue . |
| 2 | Despite official denials that a blackball system exists , it has all the characteristics of a club , or as one member boasted , ‘ the Mafia ’ . |
| 3 | But the queues continue — symbolising a gathering flight from money amid constant rumours that a currency reform is in the offing . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Viennese police have found so many rare animals in the possession of eastern Europeans that a magistrate has asked for help from CITES in identifying where they come from . |
| 5 | In short , the contradiction between GCSE and records of achievement hinges on the question of whether the priority for 16+ assessment should be the provision of reliable information which has high predictability for the purposes of selection , or whether the primary purpose should be to reflect what has been achieved in relation to the whole range of educational goals that a school may set for itself . |
| 6 | So much detail is now accumulating on so wide a range of taxonomic groups that a mini-theory can be erected for virtually every one of them . |
| 7 | The register , like other records that a company is required to maintain , may be kept either in bound books or by recording the matter in any other way and , in particular , may be on a computer or other electronic device so long as the material can be reproduced in legible form and is so reproduced for purposes of inspection or supply of a copy . |
| 8 | Does the Minister accept that it is feared in rural areas that a move towards privatisation would lead to services that require subsidies being axed , which would be a body blow to those rural areas and their opportunities for economic development ? |
| 9 | In two cases , Smith v Bradford MC ( 1982 ) 4 HLR 86 and McCauley v Bristol City Council [ 1991 ] 3 WLR 968 , it has been held in similar circumstances that a landlord was liable in tort under s. 4 Defective Premises Act 1972 . |
| 10 | On 23 March 1106 Paschal II wrote to Anselm to announce in veiled words that a compromise had been reached : |
| 11 | At this point the manuscript containing her biography is cut short , but we know from other sources that a priory for her was built at Markyate in 1145 , and that in 1155 she sent gifts of embroidery to Pope Adrian IV . |
| 12 | It was the third time in recent years that a county match had been completed inside an August day at Old Trafford . |
| 13 | At the end of the discussion Pat Keegan , a lay auditor , was invited to speak , the first occasion in modern times that a layman had addressed an ordinary session of an Ecumenical Council . |
| 14 | Whether or not the purchase price is an appropriate or indeed adequate upper limit is arguable but it is only in rare circumstances that a vendor will agree to a higher limit . |
| 15 | In the view of their Lordships it can only be in rare cases that a taxpayer with a principal place of business in Hong Kong can earn profits which are not chargeable to profits tax under section 14 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance . |
| 16 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 17 | It is important to remember , therefore , when comparing returns on short-term instruments that a rate of discount will always be slightly less than the rate of interest giving the corresponding reward . |
| 18 | The importance of corpora to workers in linguistics is that they provide real instances of the language ( as opposed to interesting phrases that a linguist may conceive ) and may be used to train and test natural language systems . |
| 19 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 20 | To quote Mortgage Finance Monthly , the monthly newsletter of the Council of Mortgage Lenders ( tel : 071–437 0655 ) : ‘ Advertisers that sell other services , typically an endowment policy or general insurance , will have to make clear to prospective borrowers that a mortgage is available whether or not other services are also taken from the lender . ’ |
| 21 | At the same time it gave a signal to aspiring heads that a commitment to the improvement of education had to be accompanied by a capacity to marshal minds and money . |
| 22 | However , although it is the ideal course of action for John — allowing him to take advantage of some of the excellent schemes around at the moment as well as releasing cash that has been building up in his home over the years — he should look out for excessive costs that a remortgage can incur . |
| 23 | He also had another er , what we call a journey waybill and that , he used to record on there at each termini he used to record the time and the ticket numbers that he 'd got in his rack at that particular time , so it could be seen between certain times that a ticket perhaps was sold between Witton and Rushmere Heath . |