Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] that [adj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person is guilty of assault if he intentionally or recklessly — ( a ) applies force to or causes an impact on the body of another ; or ( b ) causes another to believe that any such force or impact is imminent , without the consent of the other or , where the act is likely or intended to cause personal harm , with or without consent . |
| 2 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that just this afternoon I had the idea of getting poor old Eddy to come over to the Gates and tell me something about himself … |
| 3 | It would be smug to imagine that all such violence is across the Atlantic . |
| 4 | A comparison with 1980 shows that 38,000 fewer houses were built in 1990 . |
| 5 | Mr Simon Osborn , of the Electoral Reform Society , said : ‘ It would be unsafe for Labour to assume that all these people are non-voters . |
| 6 | But it is hard to believe that three such bumblers could ever have got the paper off the ground . |
| 7 | ‘ Hard to believe that this much litter could be caused by a few inebriated louts . ’ |
| 8 | Hourcade condemned it as un-French : ‘ our tradition calls for a subject and the originality of Cubism lies precisely in its rejection of the anecdote in order to rediscover the subject ’ ; and he repudiated the idea that all the painters of the Section d'Or had renounced natural appearances : ‘ … it is absolutely false to say that all these painters are turning their backs on nature and want only to produce pure painting . ’ |
| 9 | The Times of April 18 reported that two more student activists , Wang Zhixin and Li Minqi , were soon to stand trial for " counter-revolutionary crimes " . |
| 10 | The Independent of March 5 reported that three more opposition groups had recently been formed in Mongolia : the New Progressive Association ( whose members were believed to include members of the armed forces ) , the Social Democratic Party and the Mongolian Students Association . |
| 11 | It is reasonable to assume that all such figures underestimate the real activities of the elderly . |
| 12 | Before we get carried away by this dazzling technology though , it is as well to recognise that all this automation will not produce good videos if the operator of the equipment is lacking in the knowledge of editing principles and in creative ability ! |
| 13 | Although there is an ever-increasing literature on cement morphologies and diagenesis within this zone , especially within soils , it is important to remember that many such cements are the exception rather than the rule . |
| 14 | However , it is important to stress that this latter ambition is not one that Lazarsfeld , for one , felt could be quickly fulfilled . |
| 15 | Is it too imaginative to suppose that all these consequences would follow an abolition of the power to dissolve ? |
| 16 | And that means that all these questions you are jumping in with will be answered as part of the statement I am here to make . |