Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that [adj] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scientists , publishers , students and government officials meeting last week at a colloquium organised by the research ministry agreed that poor quality produces a downward spiral of falling circulation and a further loss of contributions from respected scientists . |
| 2 | ‘ Scientific research shows that yogic flying produces increased brain coherence and harmony is generated throughout society . |
| 3 | This study shows that prostatic disease explains only part of the increased male incidence . |
| 4 | This study shows that supplemental oxygen improves oxygen saturation values during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy , which is in keeping with previous studies of both gastroscopy and ERCP . |
| 5 | It is clear from the travaux préparatoires that this declaration operates to ‘ extend ’ the assumed meaning of ‘ civil and commercial ’ which therefore must be taken to exclude all such cases . |
| 6 | To counteract this problem , subjects are given sufficient practice tests before the experiment to ensure that this effect has worn off . |
| 7 | R. A. Rasmussen and M. A. K. Khalil , of Oregon Graduate Center in Beaverton , Oregon , recently reported a study showing that one termite produces 0.9 micrograms of methane per day . |
| 8 | For instance the strength of the priming effect suggests that covert recognition reflects the otherwise intact operation of the normal face recognition system when it is cut off from some centre of consciousness ( Young and De Haan , 1988 ) rather than the operation of a separate , subsidiary face recognition system . |
| 9 | The Chancellor announced that public borrowing has shot up by £9 billion from £28 billion to £37 billion . |
| 10 | If , however , your parent thinks that some mistake has been made and can not sort it out , you can easily contact the pension fund headquarters on his or her behalf and ask for details of how the amount has been arrived at . |
| 11 | Long-term employment and extremely low rate of labour mobility ensure that shared knowledge remains internal to the enterprise and that leakage is minimal . |
| 12 | Further gravitational segregation of the iron core means that denser material moves inwards displacing less dense material outwards . |
| 13 | Management considers that adequate provision has been made for any liability which may arise in respect of the years 1981 to 1983 . |
| 14 | Green boasts that British Coal has reduced prices by 30 per cent in real terms over the past six years and predicts the trend will continue ‘ not just by closing marginal capacity , but by ensuring existing capacity will be more efficient ’ . |
| 15 | Close inspection reveals that mean smoothing creates relatively large residuals in months adjacent to the strikingly atypical months , where perhaps common sense would suggest otherwise ; if the percentage in February 1985 represents some kind of error , for example , then the less resistant mean has spread this error over into the adjacent months . |
| 16 | ‘ Experience shows that electoral mould-breaking has been a vain exercise . |
| 17 | The quality of the build shows that some care has been taken in its assembly — for instance , where at all possible , input and output ports have been mounted on the case rather than taking up usable expansion slot space . |
| 18 | Profile reveals that new Polo owes much to old car ; driving position good , as is rear entry with low lip ; GT engine gives 75bhp |
| 19 | The policy goals which governments seek to secure include : investor confidence , consumer protection , safety , and soundness among financial institutions , efficiency , competition , and the need to ensure that economic power does not become concentrated in the hands of any one sector of the financial services industry . |
| 20 | The use of different flowers for each picture means that each design stands on its own but when the pictures are placed together it is obvious that they form a pair . |
| 21 | The announcement recently that Wimpey Laboratories and G-C Engineers and Consultants are to establish a joint venture company to deal with nuclear waste indicates that private industry sees a role for itself . |
| 22 | But Engels , in later editions , added a footnote to this sentence stating that this remark does not apply to all human history but only to written history . |
| 23 | There is no evidence to suggest that such orientation has the same religious significance as they did for Teotihuacan . |
| 24 | As far as our own history is concerned , feminist criticism shows that Western philosophy has been consistently masculine in orientation even while it has changed its preoccupations and methods . |
| 25 | Evidence shows that untreated milk has a higher nutritional value and contains anti-infective agents which can both restrict the growth of contaminating bacteria in milk and give the consumer protection against infection . |
| 26 | We use a large body of new evidence to argue that previous work has underestimated or neglected |
| 27 | Menu.tif Test menu showing that this software thinks the RapidCad is a 486 ! |
| 28 | Does my hon. Friend agree that that approach contrasts greatly with the latest approach from Brussels , which is that international bodies should be involved in deciding even where we erect a front porch ? |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that proportional representation reduces democracy and effective government ? |
| 30 | However , does the right hon. Gentleman recognise that profound disquiet has been expressed about some of the proposals in the Bill , particularly the fast-track ones ? |