Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] that [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Very roughly , Fodor argued that this kind of blanket objection to representational theories of mind does not work against the mental-sentence kind of theory for the simple reason that we know just what it would be like for a system to work on the mental-sentence principle . |
| 2 | Gummer admitted that current estimates of traffic growth , and hence traffic-related pollution , were incompatible with sustainability . |
| 3 | HS reported that advance booking of laboratory space and facilities is desirable to optimise use . |
| 4 | Through his work , Freud realised that some taboos of the time were much more commonly breached than was acknowledged by society . |
| 5 | A new survey recently published by the CIOB found that three quarters of the members surveyed believed that the banks have a negative policy towards the construction industry . |
| 6 | Hydro reported that net profits in the third quarter of 1991 were NKr 39m ( £1 = NKr 11 ) , compared with NKr 101.4m in the same period in 1990 . |
| 7 | On Jan. 21 Radio Mogadishu reported that 7,275 tonnes of food aid awaiting distribution in the city 's port had been looted . |
| 8 | Orton refuses that long-established kind of transgression which , in the very sincerity of its non-conformity , revalidates society 's lapsed moral integrity . |
| 9 | Hubble noted that certain types of stars always have the same luminosity when they are near enough for us to measure ; therefore , he argued , if we found such stars in another galaxy , we could assume that they had the same luminosity — and so calculate the distance to that galaxy . |
| 10 | Carleton believed that hard-line Protestants like himself were the queen 's only reliable subjects , her very ‘ bowels ’ . |
| 11 | The researches into medical education going on at places like Southampton and Dundee confirm that smaller adjustments to medical courses can have useful effects on how students learn . |
| 12 | Explaining plans for a market economy , Gorbachev declared that diverse forms of ownership and management ranging from state-owned enterprises to co-operatives or family farms " all serve to strengthen the democratic pillars of society , since the working people become genuine masters of the means of production and the results of their work , and have a personal stake in efficient performance and high ultimate results " . |
| 13 | Mr Lang claimed that Scottish spending per head ‘ was a substantially higher average figure than for equivalent services in England ’ . |
| 14 | A Soviet Government statement in March 1959 on the bilateral pacts the United States had concluded with Iran , Turkey and Pakistan claimed that military cooperation with the United States stimulated certain circles in Pakistan to prepare against India and Afghanistan . |
| 15 | By April 24 Tofilau Eti claimed that 30 members of the Fono had pledged support for his administration , while 16 were aligned with the SNDP and one remained an independent . |
| 16 | The EPA intends that initial results from the project should be ready to table at a discussion of global warming by the UN General Assembly in December . |
| 17 | Analysts like Mulvey and De Lauretis assume that all forms of cinema position the spectator through his/her investment of psychic energy in films . |
| 18 | Specifically relevant to Eardwulf was adultery for , according to Alcuin , the king had dismissed his wife and publicly taken a concubine and Alcuin feared that this affront to God would soon cost him his throne.124 |
| 19 | Spenser advocates that large sections of forest on each side of the road could be cut down to prevent ambush . |
| 20 | Corbett left that terrible shop without a word to Ranulf and Maltote , and walked out into the street off Faltour 's Lane . |
| 21 | The Chairman of Orkney Island Council Social Work Committee , Councillor Mairhi Trickett denied that any members of her department had ever been to any courses or seminars on the subject of ritual or satanic abuse . |
| 22 | Speaking at a conference in Cambridge , Lord Buxton said that three years of dry weather were not primarily responsible for the lowest groundwater levels since the 1940s . |
| 23 | Cheney emphasized that any reductions in US forces in Europe would be within the context of the CFE talks . |
| 24 | Big small disk drive maker Conner Peripherals Inc , San Jose warns that continued weakness in demand and price declines for its disk drives , and a shortfall in orders from its European distributor will hurt its first quarter results and that the expected lower sales will cause earnings per share to fall below analysts ' expectations : it says it is evaluating restructuring alternatives to reduce costs and that any restructuring action could result in additional charges to the quarter ; chief executive Finis Conner said the disk drive market is affected by price competition and excess capacity in the industry , which has caused customers to defer buys and reduce their lead times . |
| 25 | In a written Parliamentary answer to East Belfast MP Peter Robinson , who has demanded the release of the report , Mr Hanley disclosed that one recommendation in it was not implemented . |
| 26 | On occasion arrangements would be made between governments , such as in the period 1632–47 when England and Spain agreed that large amounts of Spanish silver were to be coined at the mint of London , accounting for a high proportion of its output . |
| 27 | Mr Hagger says that some disputes over products are justified but says that the business is very late in paying some genuine creditors . |
| 28 | Similarly , Goscelin says that one Easter at Winchester Cnut refused to wear his crown and put it on a crucifix , with the explanation that the king of kings was more worthy of it than he . |
| 29 | But two weeks after plumbing an Eradicator into a further pond , Ray noticed that profuse growths of blanketweed on the walls appeared to be dying off . |
| 30 | For example , Cortzee shows that contemporary tales of the ‘ tariff reform millions , are not borne out by the relatively impoverished state of the Tariff Reform League , and he demonstrates that the variety of industries and economic activities which were represented in the TRL defy any attempt to produce a simple definition of its interest base . |