Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest United Nations report on the state of the environment in Africa says that virtually the whole continent is now being deforested at a rapid and accelerating pace . |
| 2 | The commission says evidence shows that even a modest toll of 1.5 pence a mile for cars and 4.5 pence for lorries could cause one tenth of motorway traffic to divert to other roads . |
| 3 | This shows that even a single symptom ( regularisation errors in reading aloud ) can arise in different ways in different patients . |
| 4 | The potager shows that even the humble cabbage has a beauty all its own when seen amongst flowers . |
| 5 | Official statistics in modern Nigeria show a large majority of the population engaged in agriculture ; observation , I understand , shows that virtually the whole population is engaged in trade . |
| 6 | With Gide and many others in mind , Said observes that virtually no European writer who wrote on or travelled to the Orient in the period after 1800 exempted himself or herself from a quest for sexual experience unobtainable in Europe : |
| 7 | Theodore 's career reveals that even a good bishop could be powerless in a city where there were too many other interests . |
| 8 | Evidence from satellite photos , refugees and dissident groups reveals that almost the entire flow of the Euphrates has been diverted into a 560-kilometre drainage canal , known as the Third River , recently connected to the sea . |
| 9 | But Mr Gonzales reckons that even the delayed improvement should allow the economy to grow by 4% in 1994 . |
| 10 | This ensures that even a detailed discussion of the evidence is selective . |
| 11 | It seems that even the toxic cloud that rose over Seveso in 1976 has had a silver lining … |
| 12 | Thus , because the components of all four-vectors transform in precisely the same way , it follows that Therefore the invariant length of any local four-vector is unaffected by general transformations . |
| 13 | So and I would extend the same argument to abortion and I would say erm wh what happens in abortion admittedly erm an artificial abortion mean means that presumably a spontaneous abortion has has n't happened , but a modern woman is using extra means that she has er at her disposal , probably to deal with extra problems which evolution originally could not foresee and ultimately her self-interest might be just as well served by having er induced the abortion ultimately as it would by erm by not having but I mean this is just my personal view , and I do n't |
| 14 | But the new approach , with Ciaran Fitzgerald keeping in close touch with his London Irish contacts , with the brothers John and Barry O'Driscoll in Manchester and with Feidhlim McLoughlin in Newcastle , means that now the Irish net is being widely cast . |
| 15 | The view of the Pleiades is much more breathtaking with my 7 × 50 binoculars than with the lowest power I can use on my large reflector , because the small field of view with the telescope means that only a small part of the cluster can be seen at any one time . |
| 16 | All of this means that only a small fraction of all T cells will respond to any given antigen ( see figure , top ) . |
| 17 | Using radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry , which requires much less material , means that only a tiny amount of the charcoal underdrawing is required for an accurate dating to be obtained . |
| 18 | The fact remains that only the American delegation of five members and one of the eight English representatives voted against them . |
| 19 | It also recognizes that occasionally the ruling class is forced into a tactical retreat by organized subordinate groups , and the resulting shifts in criminal law enshrine a broader spectrum of interests . |
| 20 | ( 6 ) Note 3 to Rule 10 provides that once a firm intention to make an offer is announced , the target company must on request provide the offeror as soon as possible with all relevant details of its issued shares and , to the extent not issued , its allotted shares , and details of any conversion or subscription rights or any other rights pursuant to which shares might be allotted or issued unconditionally during the offer period . |
| 21 | This contrast is a familiar one in the sociology of policing and the subject of much comment , all of which argues that only a small minority of policemen and women define their work in terms of social service . |
| 22 | That it is inconceivable that after this number of centuries man still believes that ultimately the only way in which problems are solved is by blowing the other chap 's head off , which is so lunatic now . |
| 23 | The group welcomes amateurs and professionals of all ages and at all levels , and stresses that even the absolute beginner can come along unabashed . |
| 24 | The group welcomes amateurs and professionals of all ages and at all levels , and stresses that even the absolute beginner can come along unabashed . |
| 25 | The RSPB claims that even a small oil spill in these areas could have a disastrous effect on wildlife . |
| 26 | Holye suggests that traditionally the individual teacher has enjoyed a high degree of autonomy in the essential professional activity of teaching , but that teachers have had relatively little influence over the broader aspects of school life because of a very limited involvement in decision making ( management ) . |
| 27 | The rather flat negative slope with which the aggregate demand curve is normally drawn insidiously suggests that quite a modest reduction in the absolute price level — 10% perhaps — will give a significant positive boost to aggregate demand . |
| 28 | This ‘ molecular bridging ’ approach was successful ( but inefficient ) when viral particles were coupled to human MHC class I and class II antigens 27 , but not to the human transferrin receptor 28 , and suggests that only a limited number of cell surface antigens can function as surrogate receptors for MoMLV particles . |
| 29 | Pressnell suggests that only a brilliant speech by Keynes prevented its rejection in the Lords.The loan was damaging to British pride , while among its terms the insistence on sterling convertibility within a year of payment of the first instalment was particularly ominous . |