Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technical literature suggests that structural factors may have been more important than price factors in explaining the persistent deficit . |
| 2 | ‘ There is ample literature to demonstrate that qualified women have not attained full equality with men , but nonetheless they do have considerable economic and occupational advantages compared with less qualified women ’ ( Bonney , 1986 , p. 17 ) . |
| 3 | Additionally , it is clearly wishful thinking to insist that tooth-forming cells are the only ones in the body sensitive to fluoride . |
| 4 | The results of a collaborative European study indicate that affected women do indeed have fewer children than normal control subjects . |
| 5 | All political parties accept that long-term increases in petrol prices are not only environmentally necessary but unavoidable . |
| 6 | On Dec. 6 the Foreign Ministry announced that Soviet citizens would be allowed to subscribe ( in hard currency ) to foreign papers and magazines , more of which would also be available in public libraries . |
| 7 | The Iranian authorities said on June 22 that help would be welcome from any source except South Africa and Israel , and on June 24 the Foreign Ministry confirmed that acceptable sources included the United States . |
| 8 | The new act clearly falls far short of the demand for freedom of information legislation with a presumption that all official information is in the public domain except where there are clearly defined reasons for restricting disclosure and where there is adequate monitoring to ensure that civil servants and politicians are committed to implementing the principles behind the legislation . |
| 9 | Sometimes a theoretical framework prescribes that particular factors are considered causally prior to others ; Marxists , for example , assume that in the last instance economic variables take precedence over cultural , political variables . |
| 10 | The sheer frequency in our population of sexual difficulty means that sexual problems are likely to figure among those which confront clients . |
| 11 | The Old Testament says that human beings were put into the Garden of Eden ‘ to dress and keep it . ’ |
| 12 | Popular suffrage meant that rival factions would shout for their own candidate . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 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 | Critics of foreign ownership argue that British plants may become satellite plants or screwdriver plants , involved in the low value-added parts of the production process , providing jobs that are the first to disappear in times of difficulty . |
| 17 | In the wake of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , a damning report from English Nature shows that ancient woodlands have declined by nearly 50% in the past 50 years — that is faster than the felling of the rainforests in Brazil . |
| 18 | The application of natural justice to preliminary hearings or investigations has tended to produce polarised arguments : the public body arguing that procedural rules have no place in the context of such hearings or investigations , and the individual asserting that they should apply in their full vigour . |
| 19 | The distortion in factor usage compared with factor prices and social costs implies that marginal costs are higher than they should be . |
| 20 | If correct , this still purely theoretical conclusion implies that epigenetic rules and mental traits might have continued to evolve into historical times . |
| 21 | But embarrassed officials admitted that similar deals in the past had come to nothing . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Does my right hon. Friend mean that British industrialists do not want to go back to national plans , solemn and binding undertakings , high inflation , nationalisation , high taxation and trade union unrest ? |
| 24 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that general practitioners , whether fund-holders or not , as a result of the new contract — which initially was often bitterly opposed — are now giving patients a much better service than they had in the past ? |
| 25 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that recent developments have underlined the fact that the Shops Act 1950 is illogical , out of date , rarely enforced and out of touch with the reality of the 1990s ? |
| 26 | Does my hon. Friend agree that voluntary groups and private providers can efficiently deliver services for the disabled ? |
| 27 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that free markets need only a system of laws and not all that bureaucracy ? |
| 28 | Does my hon. Friend agree that domestic rates were especially unfair to single people , and will he reassure the House that he , at least , has no intention of returning to a system that discriminated against many pensioners ? |
| 29 | On reflection , does my right hon. Friend agree that precious police resources — the figure of £2 million has been mentioned — should not be used on vindictive , Soviet or Israeli-type show trials which are bound to be a travesty of British justice as practised by this country for a long time ? |
| 30 | It is vital when comparing two sets of published figures to ensure that basic definitions and methods of collection and analysis are consistent . |