Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board desires that all lessons in physical exercise … should be thoroughly enjoyed by the children . |
| 2 | The brewery says that compulsory redundancies ca n't be ruled out . |
| 3 | Others say that the outcome of the case confirms that federal prisoner No 41586 was bluffing . |
| 4 | Instructions should be unambiguous , but in selling an ambiguous trigger may be used ( not in the sense of deceit ) because the salesman knows that different listeners will react in different ways . |
| 5 | Whereas conventional radar systems emit a beam and analyse its reflections from other ships in the area to avoid collision , Watchman simply pinpoints the radar beams that other ships transmit . |
| 6 | The quality of the build shows that some care has been taken in its assembly — for instance , where at all possible , input and output ports have been mounted on the case rather than taking up usable expansion slot space . |
| 7 | The decision means that annual government support for the railways will have dropped from well over £1 billion to around £300 million in 10 years . |
| 8 | The decision means that national legislation in this matter prevails and that Sunday trading continues to be illegal , save for certain goods , in England and Wales . |
| 9 | Elsewhere , the index reports that western Australia , western Europe and the southern USA are getting wetter , while it is becoming drier in western South America and large areas of south-XXXX east Asia . |
| 10 | The Guardian reports that 25 baby sharks ( in this case Tope ) were being cared for at the Sea Life Centre at Hastings after their mother was netted by a fisherman . |
| 11 | The story goes that one photographer on board the Queen Mary on her maiden voyage sent film back to Fleet Street by carrier pigeon . |
| 12 | The story goes that this castle was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , ‘ Redbeard ’ no less . |
| 13 | The story runs that Gay News were having trouble getting any work done because of the number of people who used their phone line as a combination information service and helpline . |
| 14 | For example , the retention of selective schools characterised by traditional pedagogy and an elitist view of the curriculum means that some schools are less likely than others to be able to meet the expectations of a project founded on essentially comprehensive principles . |
| 15 | In a report published today the Association claims that most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet . |
| 16 | It is clear from the travaux préparatoires that this declaration operates to ‘ extend ’ the assumed meaning of ‘ civil and commercial ’ which therefore must be taken to exclude all such cases . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the Guidance suggests that local authorities review service provision plans for children in need in the same way as they are required by regulation to review their plans for children they are looking after ( see Chapter 16 , 8 ) . |
| 18 | While the accuser asserts that deliberate malice is involved , the accused protests his innocence , politely but firmly disclaiming any malevolent intentions . |
| 19 | The second half of the chapter proposes that whole group work is a working method which develops out of small group work and gives greater coherence to it . |
| 20 | However , the falsificationist maintains that some theories , while they may superficially appear to have the characteristics of good scientific theories , are in fact only posing as scientific theories because they are not falsifiable and should be rejected . |
| 21 | The falsificationist demands that scientific hypotheses be falsifiable , in the sense I have discussed . |
| 22 | The MEC assumes that all students will continue for honours , if eligible , unless informed otherwise by the student . |
| 23 | The borough estimates that recyclable waste amounts to 20,000 of the total 80,000 tonnes generated annually . |
| 24 | 1.7 The Department acknowledges that certain duties may carry additional risks to employees and all possible steps will be taken to minimise these . |
| 25 | The research shows that pre-school children are capable of thinking in abstract terms . |
| 26 | The study claims that red squirrels have survived alongside grey squirrels for decades in forests in Norfolk and Staffordshire . |
| 27 | The study shows that normal enterocytes are able to take up PT-gliadin . |
| 28 | The deal means that 1,000 fax and 800 copier contracts for former Hill customers on Tyneside and Teesside will be transferred to the new owner . |
| 29 | Imagine , then , a cell surrounded by a membrane , and suppose that survival of the cell requires that some substance , X , be concentrated inside . |
| 30 | The equation shows that one mole of Age ions produces one mole of AgCl(s) . |