Example sentences of "to [noun pl] that [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is notable that in recent years , the ‘ Tebbit doctrine ’ has sought to narrow the scope of monopoly and merger references to cases that raise clear issues of competition . |
| 2 | We think it would also be useful if the Director General of Fair Trading made it clear to traders that advocating follow-on credit is unfair , and expect ( from what they told us ) that the National Consumer Credit Federation and Consumer Credit Association would support him in persuading traders to abandon the practice . |
| 3 | He was essentially a European filmmaker , and he was drawn to pictures that featured lavish costumes and spectacular sets . |
| 4 | A region is mediated in our everyday life in the form of various symbols , which are the same for all individuals in the one region , though the meanings associated with them will always be construed personally on the basis of the individual 's life situation and biography … though the regions of a society obtain their ultimate personal meanings in the practices of everyday life , these meanings can not be totally reduced to experiences that constitute everyday life , since a region bears with it institutionally mediated practices and relations , the most significant being the history of the region as a part of the spatial structure of the society in question . |
| 5 | Information on UK exports of military , security , and police equipment , training and personnel to countries that violate human rights , and Amnesty 's campaign against the commerce in torture . |
| 6 | IBM Credit Corp , Stamford , Connecticut is to offer financing to remarketers that buy eligible manufacturers ' products from Intelligent Electronics Inc — they will get 30 days free finance for their purchases ; the new pact extends an earlier one covering only IBM Corp and Lexmark International Inc kit . |
| 7 | This would result in a shorter report and give useful encouragement to companies that develop innovative forms of reporting . |
| 8 | The new rules limit protection to wetlands that provide environmental benefit — a contentious definition which has been denounced as a politically-motivated attempt to free large areas from protection . |
| 9 | This approach could also be linked to reforms that require private sector companies to make over regular , but small parts of the total value of their capital to such a scheme . |
| 10 | Pine resin , collected by tapping , dried to lumps that made brilliant firelighters . |
| 11 | Then again , addictions to substances that affect different types of synapse can be quite similar — and some people seem to be prone to addiction per se , rather than just to have a weakness for a particular substance . |
| 12 | The museum extends to about twenty rooms on two floors , and the visit starts with a room of ancient weaponry and then moves on to rooms that contain sacred parchments and vestments — some with designs from the school of Leonardo — and lace . |
| 13 | FREQUENCY COUNTS APPLY TO BEHAVIOURS THAT HAVE CLEAR START AND END POINTS . |
| 14 | It could just be that some of us get married to creatures that fit that description , so perhaps there 's a mysterious kind of genetic memory involved here . |
| 15 | Even if your reaction is mild , it 's worth remembering that repeated exposure to foods that cause allergic reactions may result in the symptoms getting gradually worse . |
| 16 | Naturally , remarks made in section 3.8 with respect to direct measuring systems , about the relevance of their resistance and the possibility of analogue or digital representation of the output , apply equally well to systems that measure alternating currents or potential differences . |
| 17 | The local residents organisation says it 's opposed to laws that segregate residential areas on the grounds of race , but at the same time it accuses the state of appearing reluctant to apply laws governing squatting . |