Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English think that sixth-form education is only for swots . |
| 2 | Formerly , the difference between the Germans and the French was that the Germans wanted to await greater economic convergence before implementing a monetary union , while the French thought that this goal should be achieved by economic dirigisme , including monetary union . |
| 3 | In the face of such evidence it was a little difficult for at least some of the non-poor to accept that such conditions should continue and that free enterprise could bring them to an end largely unassisted . |
| 4 | The Japanese say that these fish are five-coloured , the hues being red , white , black , dark and light blue . |
| 5 | The second meant that local authorities became heavily involved in researching into the numbers of disabled and attempting to assess their needs , and the public became much more aware of the whole problem of disability . |
| 6 | The parade of Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA managers should finally be concluded , says a report in La Repubblica , after the Milan judges interrogated Antonio Garrani , Daniele Mosca and Carlo Lombardoni last week : the three confirmed that other bribes for the supply of computers were paid to the Ministry of Justice through the administrator of a quasi-governmental agency . |
| 7 | The younger said that religious experience was too valid to be dismissed by mere reason , that reason was not all of humanity . |
| 8 | And a study in the 1940s reported that one person in every five over sixty was receiving some form of financial support from a son or a daughter . |
| 9 | The success of these development corporations prompted organizations such as the Town and Country Planning Association in the 1970s to suggest that some kind of development agency for the inner cities should be created ( Town and Country Planning Association , 1979 ) . |
| 10 | In Norway , a re-survey of 1,000 lakes studied in the 1970s showed that many lakes have actually lost more of their neutralising capacity in recent years , although sulphate levels are falling . |
| 11 | It consists of Newton 's laws of motion plus his law of gravitation , the latter asserting that all pairs of bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that varies inversely as the square of their separation . |
| 12 | 2.4.2 as may be [ reasonably ] required by the Architect provided that no modification shall be made pursuant to this clause 2.4.2 which would substantially alter the design layout nature capacity or standard of construction of the Premises as provided for in the Building Documents or substantially prejudice the use of the Premises for the purpose specified in the Lease It may be preferable to substitute the word " materially " for the word " substantially " in clause 2.4.2 as the latter suggests that some alteration less than substantial may be permitted but which could result in not inconsequential prejudice occurring to the design or use of the premises . |
| 13 | In a way this too is made true by The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings combined ; for the latter predicts that some elves will refuse to leave Middle-earth , however much they may ‘ dwindle ’ , while the former shows that others remain in Valinor , once part of the Earth , though now in some mysterious way sundered from it . |
| 14 | It had been decided in a case following the 1976 act that that right still existed . |
| 15 | The Chinese say that regular practice can increase the elasticity of the lung and heart tissues , thus improving the lung 's capacity and increasing the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide . |
| 16 | But developments in the eighties suggest that these fears are not as worrying as the very real fear about other libraries in Britain . |
| 17 | In both cases the MMC held that these companies were efficiently run and had contributed to substantial cost savings , the Schumpeterian view of monopoly to which we referred in Chapter 9 and illustrated in Figure 17–2 . |
| 18 | The simplest reported that two Octopuses at Portsmouth Sea Life Centre required the use of two giant beer coolers from the Carlsberg brewery to chill the Solent sea water used in the tanks when it reached 22°C . |
| 19 | Bryant and Bradley were not the first to notice that poor readers were also insensitive to the sounds of words , but their study is the first to establish the causal connection between the two . |
| 20 | Evans was among the first to recognize that single pillars were treated as idols . |
| 21 | Barry is the first to admit that most movie stars are a bit of a letdown in the flesh . |
| 22 | It has been a tactic of both supporters and opponents of economic and monetary union to play down the significance of these proposals , the first saying that monetary union will not significantly compromise sovereignty , the others sometimes dismissing talk of European union as nothing more than Euro-waffle . |
| 23 | The first believes that perfect competition is a useful paradigm that policymakers should take as a guide ; this is the liberalising , deregulating , competition-promoting wing of the profession . |
| 24 | All the above suggests that serious consideration should be given to abandoning judicial practices which protect the accused from arbitrary or unjust conviction , or which ensure they receive the benefit of the doubt , and exploring alternative judicial principles more relevant to prosecuting ( and convicting ) corporations and their officials ( Friedman 1979 ) . |
| 25 | Perhaps the biggest worry that most people have about embarking on an electronic coursework scheme is the problem of potential viruses . |
| 26 | The stock market crash of the 1930s meant that British watercolours were to be had at bargain prices , with major compositions costing less than £20 . |
| 27 | The Prayer Book debates of 1928 and the arguments over tithes in the 1930s showed that many Unionists still counted the interests of the Church high in their priorities , but the battles were no longer party ones . |
| 28 | A chance mention in a letter written in the 820s shows that one card in a Carolingian king 's hand was the existence of a " solemn custom " whereby any recipient of a benefice had to come to the palace in person and ritually " commend " himself to the king . |
| 29 | Although I would be the last to claim that small businesses are without their problems , it is a great tribute to the entrepreneurs and to the small business men of this country that they can deal with difficult circumstances in such a way . |
| 30 | The last means that good manners are important . |