Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Romantic love gives us a glimmer of something that we remember during the sticky times , and it 's only when the sticky times begin that real love starts to take over . |
| 2 | This can also become a vicious circle ; the drain on their emotional reserves means that some people feel less able to cope physically , which , in turn , contributes to a further drain on both emotional and physical resources . |
| 3 | His 1911 book Political Parties argued that these organizations supposedly committed to ushering in democratic organization in fact showed all the essential characteristics of bureaucratic organizations , and a separation between leaders and led every bit as pronounced as that prevailing in industry or state agencies . |
| 4 | But ideologically , nationalisation became something of an irrelevance since both major political parties accepted that some form of state control and assistance was essential for coal , rail transport , electricity , gas , civil aviation , cable and wireless , and the Bank of England . |
| 5 | All political parties accept that long-term increases in petrol prices are not only environmentally necessary but unavoidable . |
| 6 | It pulls together , with impressive clarity , the tangled story that started at Chilhac , in the Auvergne , where a group of five hand-worked pebbles demonstrates that human habitation in Europe dates back at least 1,800,000 years . |
| 7 | The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors estimated that 600,000 acres had been blighted , including large areas of Sheffield and Birmingham . |
| 8 | Estate agents right across the country are swinging back into action and The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors says that rising activity has continued this month . |
| 9 | In the study by Chacin et al quoted earlier the stimulatory action of ethanol persisted even in calcium free solutions implying that extracellular calcium is not essential for its action . |
| 10 | The maker 's marks on some English watchcases suggest that some manufacturers continued to make their cases from sterling silver and this has been confirmed by analysis . |
| 11 | Slightly different considerations show that some reasons for recognizing the authority of another are secondary . |
| 12 | We are already halfway through a Bill which is a major step forward in that respect , and it is breath-taking nonsense for the hon. Gentlemen to suggest that Labour authorities were pioneers in the provision of better services to their constituents . |
| 13 | We have taken all reasonable and proper steps to ensure that proper arrangements have been made for all the holidays which are advertised in this brochure and for excursions as described above and that the suppliers of the various services which will be provided to you as part of the inclusive holiday are efficient , safe and reputable businesses , and that they comply with the local and national laws and regulations of the country in which they provide those services . |
| 14 | FAITHFUL readers know that four years ago we wagered a magnum of bubbly against the proposed restaurant in the former TSB premises in Stanhope having a Michelin star by 1990 . |
| 15 | The specialist managerial expertise involved in running complex public utilities ensures that public enterprises are able to control the data upon which assessments are made . |
| 16 | In so doing , she encapsulates the polarity that pulls female artists today : from one magnetic field , the radical difference of the female body tugs at artists ' imaginations , while from the opposite pole , the crucial determining role of material and cultural circumstances cancels that radical difference in its foundations and essence and introduces fluctuating criteria . |
| 17 | As it became apparent that considerable variations in training were to be found , the ( now ) British Library Research and Development Group for Research into Public Libraries felt that more information was needed about current practice , and in September 1982 , British Library Research and Development and The Library Association agreed to liaise on the development of an exploratory survey . |
| 18 | The distortion in factor usage compared with factor prices and social costs implies that marginal costs are higher than they should be . |
| 19 | But embarrassed officials admitted that similar deals in the past had come to nothing . |
| 20 | The Chinese have insisted that it is only a matter between sovereign powers but British officials insist that local legislators have the final word on any Sino-British deal . |
| 21 | Tibetan sources claim that two nuns who were seized after the March demonstrations were held in cells with male prisoners and raped . |
| 22 | It is vital when comparing two sets of published figures to ensure that basic definitions and methods of collection and analysis are consistent . |
| 23 | Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that richer households have benefited more than poorer ones from the government 's tax and benefit changes . |
| 24 | The speed , spread and penetration of electronic communications mean that these ploys play an increasing public role not just in the ‘ theatre ’ of military operations but also in the diplomatic wrangling which custom decrees takes place ‘ behind the scenes ’ . |
| 25 | The attempt was inspired by the work of the Logical Positivists in the 1930s , notably Rudolph Carnap , Carl Hempel , and Ernest Nagel , and prompted very many social scientists to believe that scientific method could be boldly distilled in diagrams like Figure 3.1 . |
| 26 | Adaptive innovations could thus be separated , as the ones that are hereditarily transmitted , from the maladaptive , as the ones that are not ; although Darwin notes that hereditary diseases show that this separation is often fallible . |
| 27 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
| 28 | Ethnomethodological theorists suggest that social rules can not be fully determined , but that their meaning is often discovered post hoc through their application . |
| 29 | Two of the sons of one of the " suspects " died in a bomb explosion shortly after the abduction , and Lebanese police claimed that Israeli forces had planted the bomb during the raid . |
| 30 | Subjective examination of advertisements for alcoholic drinks suggests that certain images such as attractiveness , sociability and toughness predominate . |