Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the DME framework was not interoperable with other OSF founders ' Corba technologies has meant that some layers of DME have had to be re-designed and/or re-written using donated parts of Hewlett-Packard Co 's Distributed Object Management Facility and IBM 's System Object Model ( SOM ) . |
| 2 | The fact that the DME framework was not interoperable with other Software Foundation founders ' object broker technologies has meant that some layers of DME have had to be re-designed and/or re-written using donated parts of Hewlett-Packard 's Distributed Object Management Facility and IBM 's System Object Model . |
| 3 | The success of the small claims system in these courts has shown that simplified procedures can enable people to conduct their own cases or rely on a lay adviser . |
| 4 | Oil company-funded research on Jurassic and Palaeocene hydrocarbon reservoir sequences has shown that stratigraphic variation in heavy-mineral provenance is a firm mineralogical basis for correlating sandstones and sets important constraints on possible locations of source areas , sediment-transport pathways and evolution of depositional systems . |
| 5 | ‘ Continuing contact with interior designers and clients helps to ensure that each item is exactly produced to requirements . ’ |
| 6 | For instance , the high rate of scientific and technological development in the field of semiconductors during the past two or three decades has meant that technological forecasting has become a crucial part of sales and market forecasting for companies manufacturing electronic and telecommunication products , computers etc . |
| 7 | The ‘ racialization , of British politics throughout the last 20 years has ensured that most areas of public debate — law and order , the welfare state , unemployment , youth , education , the inner cities , the family — now have a racial dimension and often one in which black communities , but especially black youth , appear as threats in a wider demonology of scroungers , shirkers , muggers , drug pushers , school failures and inadequate parents ( Hall et al . , |
| 8 | The introduction and subsequent evolution of restorative proctocolectomy over the past 14 years has meant that most patients who require surgical treatment for chronic ulcerative colitis are no longer condemned to life with a permanent ileostomy . |
| 9 | The report calls for intensified research and monitoring of threatened species , whilst the RSPB 's head of international affairs has urged that this take place immediately in order that species be saved . |
| 10 | ‘ And on the psychological side , ’ says Mr Hadley , ‘ a review of the results of 66 different studies has shown that moderate alcohol intake is associated with increased powers of expression , happiness and conviviality , and reduced stress , tension , depression and self-consciousness . ’ |
| 11 | The existence of radiation from black holes seems to imply that gravitational collapse is not as final and irreversible as we once thought . |
| 12 | An experiment with guinea pigs has shown that immune reactions can be conditioned in exactly the same way . |
| 13 | A sudden increase in emergency patients has meant that some routine operations have had to be cancelled at the Princess Margaret hospital in Swindon . |
| 14 | Milan Mares , vice-director of research at the Information Theory and Automation division of the Czech Academy of Sciences has warned that advanced computing research in the country may be at risk following a 60% reduction in the funds allocated to the Academy in the 1992-93 state budget . |
| 15 | As far as Italy is concerned , the relatively low level of institutionalisation of collective bargaining relations has meant that any matter can now be bargained at any level and any time — for instance , at shopfloor level matters already dealt with in the industry agreement can be negotiated ( Treu , 1981 ) . |
| 16 | The housekeeping departments has to ensure that all rooms are prepared for the new arrivals and when a room is vacated the chambermaids have to change the linen and clean the room ready for the next letting . |
| 17 | The Royal College of Physicians has estimated that 100,000 people in the UK are killed by smoking each year [ 7 ] . |
| 18 | The Royal College of Physicians has estimated that smoking-induced illness results in the loss of 50 million working days every year [ 1 ] . |
| 19 | A survey by German scientists has found that many fish in the North Sea suffer from tumours , bacterial ulcers and liver damage caused by pollution . |
| 20 | A great deal of the argument against central controls has stressed that local government has shown a greater ability to reduce spending than the departments of central government and even the Audit Commission — in the early 1980s — has acknowledged that the operation of central rules may actually have encouraged increased levels of spending and a reduction in the accuracy of information feeding into the centre ( Audit Commission , 1984 ) . |
| 21 | A £1m five-year research project into the effects of atmospheric pollutants on forest and crops has suggested that pollutant gases in the atmosphere are causing damage to trees by triggering aphid attacks . |
| 22 | The Steering Committee acting for many claimants has advised that all claims concerning cargo should be made to : Charles Taylor & Co , International House , 1 St Catherine 's Way , London El 9UN Tel : 01 — 488 3494 ( contact Mr Charles Mawdsley ) . |
| 23 | Tags has argued that conventional melody/accompaniment textures signify the relationship of individuals ( foreground ) to their environment ( background ) ( Tags 1979 : 123–4 ; 142–3 ) . |
| 24 | The cost and long maturation period of forests has meant that most reafforestation programmes are financed and controlled by governments with compulsory land purchase , or long leasing arrangements with land owners . |
| 25 | Body position and movement also play an important part — although the fact that turns latch on to each other successfully in telephone conversations seems to suggest that these factors , like gaze , are perhaps not as important as might at first appear . |