Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , despite the extent of his knowledge , the further we recede from the date at which he wrote , and the geographical area on which he is most forthcoming , the less it is possible to be confident that important events were not omitted from his work . |
| 2 | He needed to be sure that current arrangements were working as well as possible before the Government 's review next year of whether competition in basic telecoms should be extended beyond the two companies . |
| 3 | Remains of older persons present more of a problem , and when dealing with earlier populations , it is difficult to be sure that significant age-changes took place at the same time , and that they showed the same group variability , as in modem populations . |
| 4 | This is that within a structure X Y based on assignment , the surface realization of instances of qualification within X ( however many there may be ) will tend to be such that subordinate items will precede , and within Y such that they follow the item qualified , provided in each case that no further instance of assignment supervenes . |
| 5 | It might additionally be thought to be undesirable that trivial assaults have to be prosecuted with an offence carrying the heavy maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | We hold this truth to be self-evident that human beings are created unequal . |
| 7 | However , and it also has a down- side because now the contractors will be able to see the information which used to be confidential that local authorities will be putting on the table , but the point is it 's a chink , it 's a way forward we need to build on this . |
| 8 | Not only that , it also seems to be true that certain herbs are good company for other plants , discouraging pests and diseases ; for instance , chives and garlic have some ability to prevent roses being infected with black spot , and chamomile is said to improve the health of young plants if they are weak and slow to grow . |
| 9 | Mr Waddington , who hopes to eliminate prison overcrowding within three years , now appears to be satisfied that other sections of his white paper will reduce the number of less-serious offenders sent to prison . |
| 10 | If B's claim , which , in substance , would be a claim that his right to a fair criminal trial under Article 6 had been violated , were to be ventilated before the Commission , it would have to be satisfied that domestic remedies had been exhausted . |
| 11 | But we have to be aware that other contexts of interpretation , other ways of reading , are also constructed by the institution of literature . |
| 12 | It is necessary to be aware that future conditions and demands may be very different from those of the present . |
| 13 | You either crumble , or minimise the impact by having a sense of humour , by being conscious that certain responsibilities have come your way early , and by having the intelligence to cope . ’ |