Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] [vb pp] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |
| 2 | So it is hoped that ALL PARISHES in the Middlesbrough area will try to send a representative to the meeting on 9th December . |
| 3 | Many of these plateaus have anomalous crustal thicknesses of between 20 and 40 km and an upper layer 10 to 15 km thick with P-wave velocities in the range 6.0–6.3 km s-h These values are in the range of granitic rocks in the continental crust and so it is inferred that many oceanic plateaus ( such as the Seychelles Bank ) are drowned continental fragments originating from the edges of ancient land masses and destined to be swept towards a subduction zone in the future . |
| 4 | The blood of childbirth and menstruation , which follows a passive and unstoppable cycle , can be construed ( by the powers that be ) to fall within this category , and so it is required that cultural regulation step in with restrictive legislation . |
| 5 | The committee felt that basic communication and numeracy skills were most important for this purpose , and so it was suggested that all CEE certificates should record proficiency scores in English and mathematics . |
| 6 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |
| 7 | When males and females were analysed separately it was found that different characteristics were associated with non-completion and that these differences were quite striking . |
| 8 | Nevertheless it is hoped that this analysis will provide a framework within which the detailed practice of other unit staff can be examined . |
| 9 | Nevertheless it was acknowledged that these did principally involve the creation of acute and continuing care NHS beds , with transfer of resources to local authorities for other schemes still being subject to further consideration . |
| 10 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 11 | Nevertheless it was held that any false indication given by the retailer could not be said to be due to the act or default of Cadbury since the retailer could quite easily have compared the weights and prices of his existing stock and the new bars to see if the label ‘ Extra value ’ was justified . |
| 12 | Soon it was realized that these electrons must be coming from within the atoms themselves , and in 1911 the British physicist Ernest Rutherford finally showed that the atoms of matter do have internal structure : they are made up of an extremely tiny , positively charged nucleus , around which a number of electrons orbit . |
| 13 | Finally it was agreed that both should get down at the same moment . |
| 14 | The more I drink , the more I am persuaded that young wines offer most pleasure ; a constantly renewable resource , popping up fresh every year . |
| 15 | Gradually it was established that each of the many kinds of virus consisted of a core of a nucleic acid , either ribonucleic acid ( RNA ) or deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ) ( see Chapter II ) , with a protein coat . |
| 16 | The Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday it was hoped that next week would see the first dairy farms released from the restriction orders . |
| 17 | As St Johnstone won by two goals their fans chanted ‘ Who 's the tea-leaf in the goals ’ , proof if ever it was needed that some football fans are sadists in scarves . |
| 18 | Several years later it was observed that 39 per cent of 500 diabetic patients had systolic blood pressure greater than 150 mm Hg ( Kramer , 1928 ) , and in the same year another study showed that hypertension was almost three times more common in diabetics than non-diabetics ( Bell & Clawson , 1928 ) . |
| 19 | Rumours were soon in circulation about the surrender , and a few days later it was announced that 47,000 wounded had been saved . |
| 20 | Later it was realised that this problem was particularly associated with phenformin and , provided metformin is avoided in the presence of renal or hepatic impairment , tissue hypoxia or significant ketone body production , it is safe ( Bergman et al , 1978 ; Luft et al , 1978 ; Nattrass & Alberti , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | The transmission at sites outside the brain by acetylcholine or by noradrenaline was established unequivocally ( see Chapters 6 and 12 ) and later it was established that both these substances were present at many sites inside the brain and spinal cord . |
| 22 | By 8 March there were 27 dead and 227 wounded in the rioting ; later it was disclosed that 2000 persons had been detained ‘ behind barbed wire ’ . |
| 23 | Now we are told that universal capping is necessary because the Secretary of State and his colleagues are frightened of trusting local people to make local decisions under the new banded system . |
| 24 | But now it is understood that annual sales have slipped to only about $30m — and accumulated losses at the subsidiary are put at as much as $10m . |
| 25 | Now it is known that ripening tomatoes ripen faster when placed together on a window ledge , because they produce ethylene gas which stimulates their neighbours to faster and synchronous ripening . |
| 26 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 27 | Now it 's hoped that these hungry youngsters will soon have a mother of their own too . |
| 28 | Too often it is forgotten that these should be ways of love and concord . |
| 29 | Originally it was believed that this was a simple ‘ smokescreen ’ , a kind of instant fog in which the cuttlefish became hidden and could escape . |
| 30 | Originally it was thought that this question might provide some useful insights into possible cover to allow people to attend courses . |