Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.

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1 The story goes that this castle was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , ‘ Redbeard ’ no less .
2 It is the Chief Constable 's responsibility to see that these complaints are properly investigated and result in disciplinary action where appropriate .
3 Lack of internal capital and entrepreneurial experience mean that rural people are often not able to take advantage of such opportunities .
4 By the end of the three days of what one eyewitness described as a " vigilante rampage " , the Health Ministry announced that six people were dead and 502 hospitalized , seven in a serious condition .
5 On the issue of business confidence , the study revealed that economic confidence was returning , with 77 per cent of companies surveyed believing that they were well placed to lead the country out of recession .
6 Some studies , however , have shown no correlation between faecal fat excretion and faecal bile acid loss suggesting that additional factors are responsible for bile acid malabsorption in cystic fibrosis .
7 To many a caddie 's relief , in the 1930s the Royal & Ancient Golf Club ruled that fourteen clubs were the maximum , and at the 1939 British Open at St Andrews many a caddie was seen burrowing into his player 's bag before tee-off to check the requisite number of clubs .
8 Similar experiments on rabbit oesophagus , which is devoid of submucosal glands , failed to show alkali secretion suggesting that these glands are the source of oesophageal alkalinisation .
9 Cooper , at the inaugural meeting of the Stratford Ratepayers ' Association argued that high rates were forcing manufacturers to leave the district , necessarily increasing levels of unemployment ( SE 25 March 22 ) .
10 A fifth , mid-century , scribe wrote the calendar , the verses and the Chronicle entries down to 490 , and a sixth the annals probably to the end of 1048 ; those to 1044 seem to have been written at one time , while changes in the appearance of the script suggest that subsequent entries were made year by year .
11 In conclusion , the results of our present study suggest that polymeric diets are a safe and effective treatment for active Crohn 's disease .
12 The Old Testament says that human beings were put into the Garden of Eden ‘ to dress and keep it . ’
13 And a member of the Selborne Association commented that those measures were the only practical step forward .
14 The form card shows that both sides are struggling Port Vale are having a bad run .
15 The chapter showed that these theories are based on microeconomic foundations .
16 Dublin 's support for such a poisonous export shows that this concern is not even skin deep .
17 This figure shows that daily rhythms are less marked but show a similar pattern ( that is , general shape and timing ) when measured in the absence of external rhythms .
18 While the consultant 's review shows that all countries are planning to increase their investment in these competitive edge systems over the next five years , the UK 's present level of spending ( as a percentage of the total ) is behind that in the US and Japan , as it was five years ago .
19 The research shows that pre-school children are capable of thinking in abstract terms .
20 Indeed , despite the fall in numbers of children living in residential care at any one time , some 25 per cent since 1971 in the United Kingdom but far higher for some types of care than others , recent research shows that residential care is still experienced by many troubled adolescents .
21 The Forensic Science Service laboratories are already open to the defence but lack credibility because they will always principally serve the prosecution and the Commission 's own research shows that these scientists are used to writing reports which are designed to assist the prosecution case .
22 However , other research shows that these methods are not the best for actually securing a job , especially for women ( Callender , 1988 ) .
23 Normally , the ‘ vocational ’ jobs , which carried slightly higher wages , were given only to men serving over two years , and the Superintendent stated that little attempt was made to ‘ rehabilitate ’ those sentenced to less .
24 Roger Clays , NatWest regional senior sales manager , said research by the bank and the Department of Trade and Industry showed that most businesses were well aware of the single market but were not so sure about its impact .
25 The data from this study confirm that non-pharmacological factors are important determinants of duodenal ulcer healing during treatment with a histamine H 2 receptor antagonist and that healing processes are affected by multiple factors whose effects are cumulative .
26 Research showed that Swedish customers were concerned about safety , and so the car was launched in Sweden with a campaign that emphasised safety mechanisms .
27 In the case of family planning , the inter-uterine contraceptive device ( IUCD ) was launched in India in the mid-1960s before adequate research showed that many women were physically unsuited to it , and it needed a high level of professional judgement on the part of the paramedical staff inserting it .
28 The maintenance of the right of silence in police station interviews — the Commission 's own research showed that this right is little used and has little effect on the decision of the police whether or not to prosecute or on the outcome of the proceedings .
29 In addition , the study showed that further income is generated by Irish people who stay at home to attend a festival instead of travelling abroad .
30 The ULS Study showed that smaller farms were more labour intensive per unit of land area and the NCC 's concern is mainly that larger units ( especially if bought up by large investors ) are run as ranches with little if any regard to conservation interests or features .
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