Example sentences of "the [noun sg] suggests a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The narrative suggests a movement into time which is also a fall into knowledge and loss of innocence ( p. 143 ) . |
| 2 | Though there appears to be no evidence to support Husameddin " s assertion that Molla Fenari actually went in company with Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey , the fact that the former dedicated his commentary on the to the latter and praises him fulsomely in the preface suggests a close connection between the two and is a further indication that it was during Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey 's rule ( 1402–19 , 1421–3 ) that Molla Fenari 's sojourn in Karaman occurred . |
| 3 | But one very rough guess by Paul Portney of Resources for the Future suggests a cumulative cost , in 1990 dollars , of perhaps $136 billion , roughly half of which will fall on the private sector and disproportionately on manufacturing . |
| 4 | The drawing suggests a temporary problem or glitch which has threatened the mission . |
| 5 | As the drawing suggests a specific transition channel is designed to lead the traffic into the new route . |
| 6 | The drawing suggests a plan that has been abruptly dislocated . |
| 7 | The drawing suggests a physical barrier to communication so that as the two parties approach they slide past each other . |
| 8 | The drawing suggests a first investment that is very risky for the speculator . |
| 9 | The drawing suggests a depression or hole that has to be filled . |
| 10 | The drawing suggests a network type of support system . |
| 11 | The scatterplot of the chronic sickness rate by the death rate is shown in figure 10.3 ; the pattern is not terribly tight , but inspection of the plot suggests a monotonic , positive relationship . |
| 12 | The bivariate relationship between terminal education age and preparedness to break the law suggests a different conclusion about the relationship between education and respect for the law in Britain in 1984 : more of those who left school at 16 or above say they are prepared to break the law ( 0.364 ) than do those who left at 15 or younger ( 0.274 ) , a difference of +0.090 . |
| 13 | The scene suggests a lifestyle familiar to the Franks from their first penetration of Gaul . |
| 14 | An interim report of the team suggests a reasonable degree of satisfaction with the new services with the majority of clients and carers viewing them as helpful . |
| 15 | Hence the pangolin suggests a link between animal and human kind . |
| 16 | Its length is approximately 100 metres and whilst if the axis had run through any part of its length I would have shrugged it off as coincidence again , the fact that it intersects the relatively tiny west end of the barrow suggests a high degree of precision alignment . |
| 17 | Although the title suggests a wider scope , the museum is in fact wholly Italian and consists of photographs and posters , a marvellous collection of early cameras and sound-recording equipment . |
| 18 | Rather , the evidence suggests a classification of teams which distinguishes the core team " from the " extended team " , which in turn is distinguished from the " service network " team — if , indeed , a 20-person grouping can be called a team . |
| 19 | Until Wulfhere was able to establish a dominant position for himself among the southern kings ( see below , pp. 114 ff. ) , the evidence suggests a multiplicity of regional overlordships . |
| 20 | The nature of the wound suggests a bullet of medium calibre fired at close range , under 60 centimetres . |
| 21 | In its proposal for short-term action , the Commission suggests a five-point programme focussing on giving both countries huge amounts of food aid and concessionary loans to assist with reform , especially in the farm sector . |
| 22 | Complaints about a shortage of coins occur in Cicero 's letters of the early 40s BC , just when the graph suggests a reduction of liquidity . |
| 23 | The paper suggests a variety of measures that will ensure that food is kept , distributed and sold in hygienic conditions . |
| 24 | The environment suggests a particular character . |
| 25 | To overcome this , the Government suggests a system , similar to that now operating in Scotland , under which children accompanied by an adult can be in licensed premises which have a Children 's Certificate where food and non-alcoholic beverages are also available . |
| 26 | In each case the reformulation suggests a line of processing different from the one suggested by the original . |
| 27 | If the anatomy of the performer is already distinct from the gender of the performer , and both of those are distinct from the gender of the performance , then the performance suggests a dissonance not only between sex and performance , but sex and gender , and gender and performance … |
| 28 | The profile of the hole suggests a typical front-end investment where a considerable amount of cash is required at the beginning and then the drain on resources gets progressively less . |
| 29 | The statement suggests a number of reforms to US tort law , several of which were first put forward by Arthur Andersen managing partner Lawrence Weinbach in a heartfelt speech to the New York Financial Writers Association in May ( see ACCOUNTANCY , June , p 12 ) . |
| 30 | The report suggests a major problem is that young people are bored , with nowhere to go . |