Example sentences of "[adj] that a [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 It logically follows from this that a fit person should need less sleep than an unfit one , or a man than a woman , or a grown-up than a child .
2 It will be clear from this that a proper approach will locate not only the appropriate level at which to resolve issues , but also the appropriate problem-solver .
3 For my part , it seems clear that a viable distinction can be made between economic growth ( measured on such criteria as GNP per capita , proportion of the labour force engaged in industry , and the proportion of manufactured goods in total exports ) and development , which has somewhat wider social and political implications .
4 Following this , it is clear that a strong distinction can be made between rule on the one hand and normative regularity on the other .
5 Whatever else , it is clear that a modernist representation would not accurately capture the organizational patterns of contemporary Japanese organization , which have served in the 1980s as if they were a very beacon of postmodernity , given the role that various representations of them have played in recent debates .
6 But the requirement of leave need not be too burdensome for applicants if an expeditious procedure for cases of emergency is provided ; and the question of time-limits could be dealt with by making it clear that a short time-limit should be imposed only if public works would otherwise be held in undue suspense .
7 It later becomes clear that a dummy head can produce dramatic results only when recording sounds from close quarters , such as whispers or sound effects .
8 Gaviria announced on Feb. 12 that a special tax would be levied on oil , coal , gas and nickel exports and on international telephone calls , in addition to a 5 per cent surcharge on income and other taxes ( from which low earners were to be exempt ) , in order to raise 50,000,000 pesos to establish special mobile brigades to combat the guerrillas and protect the country 's infrastructure .
9 I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’
10 It seemed odd that a military organisation could have the power to change your entire identity .
11 From the unlikely beginning of an extreme and unremitting egocentricity , Hobbes has thus explained how it is possible that a civil society can come into being .
12 A number of considerations need to be made , and it is possible that a combined method may be preferable .
13 A reference was also necessary since it was possible that a similar case might arise in the public sector of employment where the Directive would have direct effect .
14 It is possible that a dilated colon would generate only very low amplitude contractions that are not distinguished during manometric studies .
15 It 's possible that a sexually-transmitted infection might cause cancer of the cervix — especially if you 're under 20 .
16 It is possible that a high-status tomb may yet be found entirely intact and that many gold and silver objects remain to be discovered by excavation .
17 So , if you are going to typeset a fine art book or produce high quality galleys for an advertisement then it 's possible that a WYSIWYG package will not suffice .
18 It is always possible that a degenerating programme might make a come-back .
19 It was also possible that a national referendum would be held on the package , an option which the leader of the opposition Liberal Party at federal level , Jean Chretien , strongly supported , but on which the Mulroney government remained uncommitted .
20 Already losses in fibre are so low that a light signal can travel well over 16 km before it halves in intensity ( a 3 dB loss ) .
21 A future director of the National Theatre who admired Leavis 's lectures at Cambridge has since remarked that ‘ all we students pretended we sped to his lectures to imbibe his humanism , ’ whereas in fact they were enjoying his character-assassinations : ‘ Strange that a great moralist should be so destructive about creative artists . ’
22 In these experiments chilling is necessary , given that the maximum reported speeds of phloem transport ( 35–250mmmin -1 ) are such that a chemical signal might exit the wounded cotyledon in a time comparable to that for an electrical signal .
23 We would also be interested in purchasing some of the more sought after antiquarian guides and books where their value is such that a pure donation might be considered over-generous .
24 All these restrictions , whether carrying a right to compensation or not , are imposed in the public interest , and the essence of the compensation problem as regards the imposition of restrictions appears to be this — at what point does the public interest become such that a private individual ought to be compelled on to comply , at his own cost , with a restriction or requirement designed to secure that public interest ?
25 At all times the angle of climb and the combination of speed and height must be such that a safe recovery can be made if the launch fails .
26 The sensitivity of the test is such that a diluted specimen may still give a positive result , but the contaminants will be so dilute as not to cause a problem .
27 Negotiations between employers and the trade union IG Medien for the introduction of a 35-hour week in the printing industry , coupled with salary increases of 10.5 per cent , ended without success in early May and wildcat strikes were staged , but an arbitration commission recommended on May 7 that a 35-hour week should be introduced in one stage as from April 1 , 1995 , coupled with a salary increase of 6.8 per cent for 1990 .
28 One possible explanation for governments ' concern about inflation is that they are fearful that a rising rate may get out of control and develop into a ‘ runaway ’ inflation or hyperinflation .
29 Such conditions could occur in a very big hydrogen bomb : the physicist John Wheeler once calculated that if one took all the heavy water in all the oceans of the world , one could build a hydrogen bomb that would compress matter at the center so much that a black hole would be created .
30 Although , for the most part , we are not considering all alternatives , there is such a striking difference in this development for Pr greater than or less than about 10 that a single illustration would be inadequate .
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