Example sentences of "[vb base] that [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , analyses of the 1984–6 Labour Force Survey suggest that over a quarter of married and cohabiting Afro-Caribbean women ( and Afro-Caribbean men ) aged under 30 had white partners ( CSO , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | Optimistic courtiers suggest that only the marriage of the Queen 's youngest son , Prince Edward , to a suitable bride could redeem the popularity of the Monarchy . |
| 3 | Lawyers say that quite a lot of Jason 's £35,000 will go in George 's fees . |
| 4 | Although it is a great advantage to be just inside your weight category , some contestants forget that even a glass of water can tip them over . |
| 5 | In such cases , tests show that only the ear on the side of the blue eye is deaf . |
| 6 | But he added : ‘ I suspect that quite a lot of British MPs … will decide that power is now moving towards an enhanced European Parliament . ’ |
| 7 | Mortality data indicate that only a minority of such deaths occur in ‘ the executive male ’ . |
| 8 | Although the finding of a colorectal stricture in ulcerative colitis very appropriately raised concerns of cancer , all studies including our own indicate that only a minority of these strictures are in fact malignant . |
| 9 | Maccoby and Jacklin , authors of the standard review of psychological sex differences , note that even a study like their own , which finds mostly similarities , turns inexorably into a trait psychology ( 1974 : 3ff ) , centred on masculinity and femininity , and the differences between them . |
| 10 | Note that only the ordering of the numbers is significant , not their actual magnitudes . |
| 11 | I believe that practically every question of statutory construction that comes before the courts will involve an argument that the case falls under one or more of these three heads . |
| 12 | The test of contempt requires a risk of serious prejudice and I believe that usually the protection of criminal proceedings against such risks should prevail even if this is difficult to reconcile with our obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 13 | Most Right-to-Lifers believe that only a threat to the life of the mother is sufficient justification and that most women seek abortions for essentially ‘ trivial ’ reasons . |
| 14 | Where a company 's Articles of Association state that only the Board of Directors can grant special remuneration to a director , a committee of the Board does not have authority to pay a special fee to one of its members . |
| 15 | The Tories argue that only a vote for the SNP is a vote for change . |
| 16 | However , they also argue that only a vote for them is a vote for the Union . |
| 17 | I think that perhaps the snake in alcohol was left too . |
| 18 | A married 32-year-old store manager says : ‘ If I chanced upon an encounter , I think that maybe a couple of years ago , I would n't have worn one . |
| 19 | I 'm very glad to see that there 's quite a lot of nurses here , and I presume that quite a lot of those are women nurses , and I think that this is terribly important , and I think a useful thing with this new service could do is to go out and talk for instance to the meetings of women 's organisations , to old peoples ' clubs in the afternoon , and actually ask people what they would like , and get them talking in a nice informal way , rather than waiting for somebody to let them know what they think , because I do n't think they 're going to get it . |
| 20 | But now we see that even the absence of law is no guarantee against the possibility of retrospective regulation . |
| 21 | Notice that effectively the spectrum of the unit step function has been derived by multiplying it by a factor which makes the Fourier integral converge . |
| 22 | It was observed in the study on day care that often the placing of someone into day care appeared to be the end of the story for that individual . |