Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that at a meeting on July 4 between Lord Young and BAe , discussions included various tax benefits for Rover , to be achieved through the removal of the ring fence on tax losses and sympathetic revenue treatment . |
| 2 | Where these problems are absent there appears to be little that a reasonably fit older person can not do with an efficiency equivalent to a high proportion of younger workers ( see Stones and Kozma , 1985 for a good survey of research findings in this field ) : ‘ It is clear that as a piece of anatomical and physiological machinery , the human organism becomes progressively impaired from the late twenties onwards . |
| 3 | It is clear that as a matter of prudent management in a firm of any size one of the partners or a senior member of staff should be given overall responsibility for ensuring that all partners and employed solicitors ( whether or not held out as partners ) comply with these basic requirements of professional practice ( by keeping a check on replacement and renewal dates , collating relevant statistical information , ensuring timeous completion and posting of applications , etc ) and that the firm is spared the embarrassment of financial penalties or , even worse , an unwanted dissolution . |
| 4 | As far as the County Highways Authority 's concerned , I think they 've made it quite clear that as a matter of principle , when they considered the new settlement , the new settlement proposal was then around nineteen hundred dwellings , larger than what is being proposed at the moment . |
| 5 | It is therefore clear that as a result of the statutory machinery an individual can have a substantial measure of control over his own working life compulsorily delegated to an agent , a trade union , which he has not selected and may even have his own contract of service varied without his consent . |
| 6 | Now , in addition to that , and I do n't know if this is the source of the confusion , we 've also made provision in the ninety four five budget for another er camera site operation , except that it 's a lower figure because that does n't actually include the camera because we made it clear that as a result of the decision last time here we did n't want to create a , a permanent precedent that this committee always picked up the bill for the camera . |
| 7 | It is clear that under a system of well-conceived planning the resolution of competing claims and the allocation of land for the various requirements must proceed on the basis of selecting the most suitable land for the particular purpose , irrespective of the existing values which may attach to the individual parcels of land . |
| 8 | It seems clear that in a number of places the word for professional soldier has been misunderstood as meaning " thousand " . |
| 9 | It is clear that in a number of sectors concentration is significantly higher than in the economy generally . |
| 10 | It is conceivable that on a charge of rape a man might argue that he had in fact meant to perpetrate an act of buggery and that the sexual intercourse that took place was unintended . |
| 11 | It seems to me manifest that in a world in which sexual activity is more and more openly presented in all media , in which sex is exploited for purposes of advertisement and entertainment at every level , and in which people 's sexual proclivities are discussed in the plainest terms , children at school need to be given clear information from an early age , and a chance to have their questions answered at various stages of their school career . |
| 12 | It may seem odd that during a period of so much innovation and advancement in photographic technology that a film developer formulated in 1891 should still be so popular today over 100 years on . |
| 13 | Well I think that it is possible that as a result of the reporting of the Shadow Cabinet elections , that the sense was out in the public that somehow this was a setback for women , and that Labour |
| 14 | Of course , psychiatric diagnosis is not an error free process , and it is possible that in a proportion of the cases where there was diagnostic disagreement it was the research assessment that was in error ; it should be noted that in some cases the research psychiatrists could not agree among themselves on the diagnosis . |
| 15 | The government announced on Nov. 26 that over a period of three years it intended to cut 122,000 government jobs — approximately one fifth of state employees — at an estimated saving to the state of the equivalent of US$1,500 million . |
| 16 | Instead of answering Would you like a glass of beer ? with Yes I would like a glass of beer we can just say Yes I would knowing that like a glass of beer will be understood . |
| 17 | It has been established by the judgment of this court given on 3 February 1992 that by a letter to the mother , dated 23 September 1991 , the father expressed his acquiescence in the removal . |
| 18 | It occurred to her far too late that in a contest between fire and ice there could be only one victor . |
| 19 | Charles Wesley congratulated himself in 1744 that as a consequence of his having preached against wrestling on his visit to Cornwall in the preceding year , the village of Gwennap had been unable to find enough men for their next contest , " all the Gwennap men being struck off the Devil 's list , and found wrestling against him not for him " . |
| 20 | that it is crucial to draw attention to fundamental assumptions in our society , and to keep open for pupils the options of accepting , modifying or rejecting these views ( Chapters 2 – 3 ) ; 2. that the purpose of RE is pupils ' self-education , engaging in depth upon the meaning and truth-claims of religions in a way which is relevant to their total experience of life ( Chapter 4 ) ; 3. that space needs to be given in which pupil involvement has a chance to develop , together with creativity , a sense of wonder and the cultivation of inner quietness ( Chapters 5 and 6 ) ; 4. that teachers need to model a positive , fair and balanced approach to the diversity of religious traditions and outlooks , and the controversy which these can generate ( Chapter 8 ) ; 5. that in a spirit of critical affirmation it is important to develop skills of evaluation and criteria for discernment ( Chapters 7 and 9 ) ; 6. that the crucial need is to put persons first , to establish genuine relationships which are affirming of pupils , believing that they have something to give , and so listening to them and responding to them — and in the light of this to encourage their capacity for self-assessment ( Chapter 10 ) ; 7. that the distinction between education and dogmatic teaching is all-important and that , provided this is borne in mind , opportunities for stillness and possible worship can be an invaluable aid to education ( Chapters 6 and 11 ) ; 8. that RE can relate in a dynamic and creative way to all other areas of the curriculum ( Chapters 12 and 13 ) . |
| 21 | It was probable that with a type of aggravated libel , and a defence that was blatantly bogus and came apart during the trial , they decided to add a nought to the amount of damages . ’ |
| 22 | It seems indisputable that in a minority of cases , the causes of the disturbing behaviour are located wholly outside the responsibilities of the school and that the school is impotent in what it can offer . |
| 23 | It is only necessary that as a result of the transfer of assets income becomes payable to a person who is domiciled or resident outside the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend will be aware that as a result of the debt crisis , over the past few years the ECGD has accumulated a deficit of more than £4 billion which is , of course , a deficit that falls to the taxpayer . |
| 25 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 26 | These questions are designed to encourage debate and make students aware that in a world of uncertainty accounting is not able to provide the definitive answer . |
| 27 | It is true that at a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in April — May 1946 Byrnes seemed unusually eager to exchange views and to talk in broad terms of how Soviet influence in the Middle East and elsewhere might be resisted . |