Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] that [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , while there is extensive evidence of assortative mating ( O'Donald , 1980 ) , of the importance of plumage characteristics in courtship ( Williams , 1982 ) and of female preference for males who can defend superior breeding territories ( Pleszczynska , 1978 ) only very recently has it been demonstrated that consistent female choice for any continuous morphological character in males is an important source of variation in male reproductive success . |
| 2 | But , as one eminent Scottish judge pointed out in MacCormick v Lord Advocate ( above ) , why should it be assumed that successive reconstituted Parliaments at Westminster have inherited the attribute of ‘ sovereignty ’ peculiar ( and , as is above suggested , perhaps with a limited meaning even then ) to the English Parliament . |
| 3 | It is recognised that primary sclerosing cholangitis may exist ( on histological criteria ) in the absence of cholangiographic abnormalities , and it is possible that early AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis may likewise be present with a normal cholangiogram . |
| 4 | ( It is said that distinguished foreign guests of the Swiss Confederation visiting Bern are invariably taken out to dine somewhere in the Emmental . ) |
| 5 | In 1885 it is recorded that transparent thin sections of rocks were sent to London for microscopic investigation and 3 years later sections of English and Irish rocks were being made in Edinburgh . |
| 6 | It is hoped that new international standards will also be set for code marks that identify which polymer has been used in plastic packaging manufacture , making recycling that much easier . |
| 7 | In addition to the volunteers and paid members of the Civil engineering Group who will be attending , it is hoped that contemporary senior members of staff most closely associated with Project Blaenau will also be present : |
| 8 | The differing styles of these articles mean they are not all suited to publication in similar outlets , but it is hoped that unlike past years ' winners we shall see all of them published in some form or other in the coming year . |
| 9 | The importance of the distinction between hire-purchase and sale becomes apparent when it is realised that different legal results followed . |
| 10 | If it is accepted that successful formative attempts can contribute to the summative assessment , the actual number of formal assessments could be substantially reduced . |
| 11 | Even if it is assumed that actual bodily harm has been inflicted in these circumstances , the defendant has inflicted it during intercourse but has not inflicted it in order to have or continue having sexual intercourse . |
| 12 | It is assumed that different pattern-controlling genes are switched on in forelimb and hindlimb , but this remains speculation . |
| 13 | Once it is accepted that the reasonableness of a belief is merely evidence of its actually being held and if it is allowed that other cogent evidence may be admitted to prove the existence of the belief , there seems to be no difference at all between the honest subjectivist and the reasonable objectivist . |
| 14 | Therefore it is proposed that national supervisory rules should be harmonized , not in every detail , but only in the key factors — other less crucial aspects of the rules can be allowed to vary from country to country and be subject to mutual recognition . |
| 15 | Beyond the age of about 55 , to an increasing degree in older people , it is found that previous premarital experience of sex decreases , especially among women . |
| 16 | In addition to the probable decreased prostacyclin production in the region of the atheromatous plaque possibly due to inhibition of prostacyclin synthetase by lipid peroxides it is known that certain fatty acid hydroperoxides also induce platelet aggregation ( Mickel & Horbar , 1974 ) . |
| 17 | It is known that volatile organic compounds dissolved in groundwater will release molecules into the vapour phase at the water-table , and these can then migrate upwards through the unsaturated zone . |
| 18 | In the longer term , spectrum has been identified in the band 4.4GHz to 5.03GHz and it is thought that military tactical requirements and outside broadcast and news gathering applications ‘ could be compatible in such situations ’ . |
| 19 | These moves will also mean that the probation service has to stop seeing itself as the exclusive provider of services and facilities : it is suggested that other voluntary or private sectors may make better provision . |
| 20 | Thirdly , it is suggested that other organisational devices , which we discuss in more detail in Chapter 6 , are also used by management in order to extend their control over labour . |
| 21 | It was believed that Western military preponderance throughout most of Asia and Africa had been undercut by the balancing effect of the Soviet Union , which made formal American military alignment with Third World states both more hazardous and anachronistic . |
| 22 | Khrushchev asserted in March 1960 that ’ the Soviet Union is now the world 's strongest military power' ( Izvestiia , 2 March 1960 ) and , although it was recognised that Soviet economic capacity was then inferior to that of the United States , it was confidently predicted that the socialist nations would have outstripped the West within a decade . |
| 23 | It was announced that remaining unresolved issues would be taken up by the START negotiating teams in Geneva , and both sides stressed their determination to complete the drafting by the end of 1990 . |
| 24 | An imperial tradition lasting for more than two centuries was ended on Oct. 5 when it was announced that federal Prime Minister Paul Keating and Queen Elizabeth II had agreed that Australian citizens would no longer be nominated for the receipt of UK honours . |
| 25 | On March 9 it was announced that multiparty presidential and legislative elections would be held on Nov. 15 and Dec. 13 , 1992 . |
| 26 | But as the French press produced one embarrassing revelation after another , including leaks from the DGSE itself , it was decided that 65-year-old civil servant Bernard Tricot should carry out a rigorous investigation and that the French government would cooperate fully with the New Zealand police . |
| 27 | The first signs of trouble came when the Ynys Mon Express of Sunday , July 19 had to be diesel piloted from Rhyl after it was ruled that Black Five 5305 was a particular risk . |
| 28 | During Hungarian-Soviet trade talks it was revealed that total Hungarian exports to the Soviet Union were expected to reach $1,500 million by the end of 1991 . |
| 29 | KATRIN KRABBE 'S hopes of avoiding a four-year doping ban received a boost yesterday when it was revealed that influential scientific reports backed up her case that she did not take banned steroids . |
| 30 | It was said that armed mounted troopers were grouped outside the oval to quell a possible riot . |