Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [that] [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the day-to-day trade came from the man in the street , and it would be wrong to infer that every coffin-maker and funeral furnisher hungered after catering for the top end of the market . |
| 2 | The elaboration and detail of the scheme and the variety of techniques available under it to protect investors suggests that it would be wrong to assume that the statute and its rulemaking powers should be interpreted as being in the shadow of the common law . |
| 3 | The long history of marriage and the family we are given in The Origin if first and foremost to show that the family and marriage do have a history . |
| 4 | In addition , the pace of wage reduction fell and only one-eighth of the amount was taken off the weekly wage bill between 1930–3 as was taken from the net weekly wage bill for 192 1.47 Also , there was little to suggest that the pattern and the style of industrial relations was greatly altered by the General Strike : the number of workers on strike and the number of days of work lost were already declining well before 1926 and there was a rise of industrial militancy in the late 1920s and early 1930s as unions attempted to resist the further wage cuts being advocated by employers . |
| 5 | It would perhaps be too trite to pretend that the Prince and Princess 's marriage was saved by Diana 's involvement with Relate ( formerly called the Marriage Guidance Council ) . |
| 6 | Since we are quite different in our behavioural capacities , notably in our possessing language , this may reflect a lack of subtlety on the part of the anatomists but it is probably reasonable to assume that the input and output ends of the system are pretty much the same in monkeys as in people . |
| 7 | It would be reasonable to expect that the extension and development of community psychiatric services would lead to a reduction in the rate of suicide and attempted suicide , but there is little evidence that this is so . |
| 8 | It is therefore encouraging to note that the Tourism and Recreation Unit at Edinburgh University will investigate the effects which the aims and objectives of National Parks have on the life and economy of rural communities and the wider benefits of these parks . |
| 9 | It was possible to believe that the sale and all the unpleasantness which had followed it had never taken place . |
| 10 | When the field-glasses were finally passed to her she was able to confirm that every roof and every wall of the monastery church and of the little community they had left only that morning had been thrown down by the violent commotion . |
| 11 | It is important to establish that the client and key employees will be available at the appropriate time . |
| 12 | Consider the following sentence : ( 21 ) Getting married and having a child is better than having a child and getting married Good arguments will be given in Chapter 3 to suggest that the word and of itself does not mean ( have the semantic content ) " and then " , but is neutral with respect to a temporal dimension . |
| 13 | The production of a house journal is common in most large organisations , but it is important to ensure that the style and tone of the journal is apt . |
| 14 | Wherever communication or interconnection of the warehouse with the adjacent accommodation is necessary functionally it is extremely important to ensure that the separation and containment of the risk can be achieved rapidly in the event of a fire . |
| 15 | It is essentially a matter for the Government and I believe that they will be able to demonstrate that the Town and Country Planning ( Assessment of Environmental Effects ) |
| 16 | It might be possible to argue that the direction and control vested in the member States were sufficient to create an agency relationship between the Council and the member States . |
| 17 | It was the smart thing to do down Hollywood , but it is not difficult to see that the venom and enjoyment that went into those attacks of the 1920s tell us more about the social values of elites and in particular of intellectuals than they do about movies as such . |
| 18 | It was illogical to accept that an accord and satisfaction fell within s 286(5) but fell outside s 287(1) , which referred to where a company releases or writes off the whole or part of the debt . |
| 19 | If one treats the sensation-mongers who stand outside a prison during an execution with the contempt they deserve , it is , I think , fair to say that the conviction and execution of Joyce have caused more disquiet than satisfaction in the minds of the public . |
| 20 | Brian was always keen to stress that the comfort and wellbeing of the birds was of the utmost importance . |