Example sentences of "[noun pl] suggest [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 These authorities suggest that a promise to pay money , or to do any other act , in a certain event but without any express or implied request to the promisee to bring about , or to promise to bring about , that event , is made without consideration .
2 Latest figures from conservation groups suggest that a total of 24,000 pairs of arctic terns bred during the 1991 season , producing at least 30,000 young .
3 For Hutchison 's managing director , and other investors in Hong Kong , such shifts suggest that a prolonged power struggle may be underway .
4 There is some authority for saying that the ‘ sufficient interest ’ test applies to such actions ; but there are also dicta suggesting that a stricter rule should apply to such actions on the ground that leave is not required to bring actions begun by writ or originating summons .
5 These characteristics suggest that a number of preconditions are necessary before the addition of Rhizobium to either plant or soil will be effective in promoting nitrogen enhancement .
6 Whereas the test designers suggest that a teacher without specialist knowledge might give the test as a screening device to identify the existence of articulation problems , the analysis of the nature of the errors and the appropriate forms of intervention ought to be left for an expert in phonological analysis .
7 This has led authors to suggest that a rate somewhere between these two rates should be utilized — a synthetic rate .
8 In children older than 11 months both the univariate and multivariate analyses suggest that a respiratory rate of 60/min is preferable to the suggested 70/min as a cut off value for the prediction of hypoxaemia .
9 The very form demonstrates that they can not be due to wind blast and the lack of polishing of the rocks as well as the equal development of undercutting of rocks in all directions suggests that a directional agency such as wind is not responsible .
10 There is no evidence from any of the screening programmes to suggest that a transient elevation of creatine kinase activity in a neonate may lead to developing a muscular dystrophy in later life .
11 Recent calculations suggest that a Roman cavalry horse required a space approximately 2.74 by I.82 m ( 9 by 6 ft ) if it was to have room to lie down and rise again and if other horses could pass to its rear .
12 Calculations suggests that a planar lithiomethane molecule would only be 34 kcal mol-1 less stable than its tetrahedral form .
13 Observers suggested that a programme of negotiated , " rolling reforms " would now ensue , probably over a considerable period of time , and that de Klerk would face strong opposition from some elements of the white electorate who sought to maintain protected political rights for the white minority .
14 The " vulgar tongue " abounded with colloquialisms suggesting that a particular term conferred a legitimacy which would have been made questionable by a more generalised synonym for stealing .
15 Cargo forecasts suggest that a growth rate of 11.4 percent for Europe-Far East trade over the next 20 years will be more than double the expected increase across the North Atlantic .
16 Computer modelling studies suggest that a reduction of 60-90 per cent in acid rain will be necessary before the area 's fish and associated wildlife , including fishing birds , can recover .
17 However , studies suggest that a major source of enterprise autonomy is the ability of management to manipulate the conflicting political pressures on it and to negotiate successfully with the fragmented political authorities in the central state administration ( see , e.g. , Hannah 1982 : ch. 5 ; Feigenbaum 1985 ) .
18 Although a number of writers suggest that a full-track bucket is always too large , they are talking of a bucket that has to be transferred as a whole into and out of main storage .
19 Historically this research has focused on the role of technological innovations as a source of competitive advantage , but more recent efforts suggest that a marketing orientation is strongly associated with corporate success .
20 As Lane points out , surveys suggest that a majority of temporary workers actually opt for temporary status by choice , but nevertheless a large proportion are in fact disadvantaged since they lack the benefits which attach to permanent positions .
21 Animal experiments suggest that a high dose is required , and the fact that there is no person-to-person spread supports this view .
22 Prefabricated units are not necessarily of the shape or length desired and , when something special is needed , the waterfall can be made with concrete , although some suppliers suggest that a presentable feature can be constructed using a pool liner .
23 Initial LZ competition experiments suggested that a weakly detected higher molecular weight doublet of ∼100 kDa ( P100 ) is not competed by the CREB leucine zipper ( figure 4A ) .
24 However , the speed with which many of its leaders shifted to more traditional nationalist and republican positions suggests that a large part of the movement was always ultimately interested in dismantling Northern Ireland .
25 They denounced the regime as a system based on personal power , and in Kennedyesque terms suggested that a man born in the nineteenth century was out of touch with contemporary concerns .
26 At Culverhay , the first CMHC to be opened , at Paignton in 1984 , an analysis of users suggested that a caseload representative of both long-term and short-term clients was emerging .
27 Experience with Atlantean buses suggested that a driver could operate a double-deck vehicle , and this principle was applied to 761 .
28 The discovery of these HeI emission-line stars suggests that a black hole is not needed to explain the luminosity of the Galactic Centre .
29 Moldovan presidential advisers suggested that a special economic zone be introduced in the Dnestr region and that the introduction of Moldovan as the official language be delayed there until 2000 .
30 The alteration in the level of pax[b] transcripts in antibody-injected embryos suggests that a functional pax[b] protein is required ( directly or indirectly ) for the expression of its own gene in the posterior midbrain .
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