Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Where the former used the full vocabulary of informality , and seemed unprepared or unable to accommodate the possibility that alternative viewpoints might exist , the latter were more aware of the limitations of progressivism , both as an idea and as a basis for practice . |
2 | He envisages that a change in outlook may derive from appreciation of the complex event sequences that new techniques have now exposed in the Quaternary ; from appraisal of the classical models of change to accommodate the realization that extreme rapidity of change now has to be considered when evaluating chronological biotal and geomorphological processes ; from adjustment of geomorphology to new knowledge of Quaternary change such as rate of ice sheet growth and decay ; and similar adjustment of biogeography and of palaeoclimatology . |
3 | Clearly , theories of this sort must be extended in some way if they are to accommodate the fact that latent inhibition depends in part on what the target stimulus predicts . |
4 | The point of this exercise is to limit the terms experience , life , and reality in such a manner as to enable the claim that popular access to all three can only be gained by means of art which , for the purposes of national education effectively means English and especially English literature . |
5 | Pierre Reverdy , a young friend and supporter of Picasso and Braque , was quick to realize the fact that true Cubism had not been the product of pictorial doctrines and theories , and also that the search for the means of expressing a new concept of form and space had made Cubism a style of almost unequalled pictorial discipline . |
6 | If the content of a putatively infallible belief is merely that things are looking that way to me now , there is clearly less room for error than if I were to risk the belief that that way is pink . |
7 | ‘ It would be wrong to anticipate the conclusions of the inquiry but I do want to assure the public that this matter is a cause of great concern to the Prison Service and that all aspects of the escape , including the role played by prison staff , will be very carefully examined . ’ |
8 | It will show that , while older people organized themselves into pressure groups and old age itself became an increasingly attractive political issue , ultimately the organizations representing pensioners found themselves powerless to combat the notion that enforced retirement should become the normal experience for older people . |
9 | WITHOUT wishing to cash in on the latest Royal marital rift it seems right to impart the information that some cartoons depicting the unfortunate pair have gone on sale in their adoptive city . |
10 | It is difficult to sustain the argument that feudal lords ultimately owed their position to biological superiority when a son , no matter what his biological make-up , inherited the status of his father ! |
11 | And , as if to emphasise the difficulties that any prevention programme has to face , you had only to walk through any exit to find little groups enjoying a quiet cigarette . |
12 | Publishers will be wise to emphasise the contribution that good levels of book provision can make to limiting the need for special help for school children at a later stage . |
13 | Alternatively , however , you may want to emphasise the point that actual readers are unlikely to respond all in the same way , especially readers differing in gender , class , age , ethnicity or some other aspect of social identity . |
14 | Little evidence , sceptics argue , has been adduced to support the claim that such teaching has a significant impact in reducing prejudice . |
15 | There is little evidence to support the claim that federal states are decentralised . |
16 | Numerous figures can be cited to support the view that specific types and ages of households tend to be thus affected , but perhaps the most telling is that 90 per cent of single-person households over the age of 60 years do not have a car ( table 6.1 ) . |
17 | There seems to be little evidence to support the view that twelve persons chosen at random can decide what is dishonest better than could Parliament or the judges . |
18 | But a report to Cleveland county councillors warns : ‘ There is a lack of substantive evidence to support the view that such projects significantly affect auto-crime . ’ |
19 | At the moment , the economic evidence is sufficiently ambiguous to support the view that higher rates were needed domestically , not just to steady the pound . |
20 | ( 1989 ) study , there is little evidence to support the view that emotional stress is bad for memory . |
21 | Many ministers were said to support the view that exceptional aid to Poland and Egypt , effectively writing off half their debt , should be extended to other countries . |
22 | This seems to support the view that fewer women reach the top because of the difficulties they face if they try to combine family life and work commitments . |
23 | Noam Chomsky argues in his chapter that there is no evidence to support the view that human language is designed for communication ( in the sense that it is the product of Darwinian evolution ) . |
24 | However , a case can be made to support the view that both perspectives are ideologically based . |
25 | Time wasted can not be recovered , so it is crucial that we have a system designed and ready to implement the moment that any colliery closes . |
26 | Nor should the issues and problems examined here be allowed to overshadow the fact that 15,000 people in the UK are experiencing great satisfaction , involvement and a sense of achievement within their communities through their work in a Citizens Advice Bureau . |
27 | An orientation towards the pressures in the CAB today makes the reiteration of the opening words important : that problems must not be allowed to overshadow the fact that 15,000 people in the UK are experiencing satisfaction , involvement and a sense of achievement within their communities through their work in a Citizens Advice Bureau . |
28 | Cosslett is far from convincing in her attempt to modify the view that Victorian science was a major element in Hardy 's gloomy outlook on the Universe . |
29 | It really , we need to encourage the trade that Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and if it , one of the former speakers said , we need to give them aid and ascent for people who can , erm , show them what to do . |
30 | And , as we have seen , there is plentiful evidence from a variety of experimental procedures to encourage the conclusion that this prediction is well founded , The theories of latent inhibition that I considered earlier in this chapter ( e.g. that proposed by Wagner ) were concerned with phenomena that suggested that latent inhibition depends upon how well the target stimulus is predicted by its antecedents . |