Example sentences of "[that] [noun pl] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is claimed that the ‘ principle of subsidiarity ’ will ensure that states retain a large measure of independence because federalism means decentralisation . |
2 | First , writers such as Badie and Birnbaum ( 1983 ) or Moore ( 1967 ) operating from a broad historical perspective suggest that states have a distinct character resulting from long-term processes of political development . |
3 | It is worth noting once again that calls have an unlimited profit potential similar to that of the long share while that of the puts is limited to E — P ; i.e. the maximum is reached when the share price S has reached zero . |
4 | Additionally the right qualification ensures that employers have a good idea of an individual 's capabilities . |
5 | But , as novelists are well aware , it is true , as I hope to show in the final chapter , that houses have an autonomous being of their own : ‘ I 've no control over the saucy things , ’ Margaret Schlegel complains in Howards End , ‘ Houses are alive . ’ |
6 | And , in view of her theory that anorexics have a poor sense of their own size , weight and proportions in general , it may be interesting to examine more closely the status of the eldest child and more specifically the eldest daughter . |
7 | Certainly everyone involved in the building process finds that contracts play an increasing part in their daily lives and that they therefore have to take more interest in them . |
8 | It is perhaps for this reason that a Code of Practice was issued by the Secretary of State for the Environment in 1981 which requires that authorities produce a minimum number of specified unit cost statistics . |
9 | An important point to emerge from one of the studies reviewed is that policies vary a good deal in the effect they will have on trade patterns and terms of trade — and thus on both the overall loss of global welfare and the regional distribution of that loss . |
10 | Dixie 's free-taking and Jim 's pace have been features of Maghery 's progress to date but the Lough shore men know that Clans represent a massive hurdle . |
11 | He would mysteriously shake so badly sometimes that old-timers recommended a large brandy . |
12 | It is important to note in this context that courts have an inherent power to permit anyone to act as advocate , though this is seldom exercised except for the massive exception which at one time allowed police officers to act as prosecutors in the magistrates ' courts . |
13 | It is essential that tutors provide a good service commensurate with the fees being charged to students and/or their employers . |
14 | In particular the HMI discuss the role of schools in a changing society , arguing , for example , that schools have a limited role in social change , and rejecting the ‘ curriculum for violent change ’ . |
15 | Furthermore , three other significant reports ( Hargreaves 1984 , Thomas 1985 and Mortimore 1988 ) continue to present evidence that schools have a significant influence on pupil behaviour . |
16 | The result is that shops use a work-in-process inventory to buffer themselves against problems and uncertainties , a situation where each station has a long queue of semifinished elements . |
17 | Campaigners seek to convince the unconverted that animals deserve a better deal ! |
18 | This is a descriptive vote because this hundred er women are not a representative cross section of the whole of Scotland they 're invited to come from various places and ninety six of them think that animals deserve a better deal . |
19 | If we claim , as Regan does , that animals enjoy a whole range of cognitive abilities in the same sense in which we ascribe these to human beings , then what follows is that ‘ human and animal welfare do not differ in kind ’ ( 1983 : 116 ) . |
20 | That approach consists of a code of good practice ( The Highway Code ) , a requirement that drivers pass a qualifying test , and a network of offences to penalize those who deviate from proper standards . |
21 | The child has learned that tantrums gain a predictable response ( even if it is aggressive ) from the parents . |
22 | Logistically it presents plenty of challenges : for instance trying to arrange cataloguing in many different fields so that entries present a certain conformity ; giving a certain ‘ look ’ and ‘ feel ’ to the sales , is also difficult . |
23 | He will argue that Scots put a higher proportion of their wealth into forming small businesses but are restricted from getting their fledgling operations off the ground through a lack of capital . |
24 | This , however , proved to be wholly inappropriate for Wellcome 's needs , largely due to the fact that GIS had a big effect on the system response times and that the amount of report formatting which was required proved to be unmanageable for on-line GIS . |
25 | Furthermore , he argues that proper-nouns have a grammatical structure , and that the compositional rules for such compounds will have to be written into NLP systems . |
26 | Observations like these suggest that there is , in fact , a felt connection between grammatical gender and sex , and that speakers perceive a covert hierarchy between masculine and feminine , mirroring ( also , of course , reproducing ) the social hierarchy between them . |
27 | Granted that words have a certain elasticity of meaning , the general rule remains that the judges regard themselves as bound by the words of a statute when these words clearly govern the situation before the court . |
28 | In general we assume that words have a standardised spelling in British English . |
29 | Promoters have their reasons for pricing this way ; having done so , they should see that touts provide a useful service . |
30 | ‘ The Tories say that ‘ competition ’ ensures that shoppers get a fair deal . |