Example sentences of "that it [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | New evidence suggests , however , that it has an important part to play in the lowering of harmful cholesterol . |
| 32 | Not wanting to say that it has an immaterial soul , they allow that a horse has a continued identity despite changes of matter . |
| 33 | When Einstein 's equation was applied to calculate the behaviour of the Universe on the large scale it was apparent that it favoured an expanding Universe ; however , this conflicted with the prejudice , then current , that the Universe was static . |
| 34 | The decision to dismiss Yakovlev caused strong criticism in the liberal press , which warned that it showed an increasing reluctance to brook opposition on the part of the Russian leadership and could be interpreted as a sacrifice to conservative forces prior to the forthcoming Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 35 | ‘ Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden . |
| 36 | Interpretations of the source of this imbalance have varied , but most persuasive is the theory that it reflects an unusual form of communication between the two halves of the brain , involving the anatomical structure ( the corpus callosum ) that joins them together . |
| 37 | I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare . |
| 38 | For the constable , the advantage of this section is that it confers an immediate power of arrest . |
| 39 | In 1600 , the renegade monk Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for numerous heresies , including the proposition that the universe is infinite and that it contains an infinite number of worlds . |
| 40 | Others have criticised such a view on the grounds that it introduces an undesirable ambiguity into the concept of existence , and have argued that propositions of this kind should not be taken at their face value but should be paraphrased in such a way as to prevent spurious names from usurping the role of subjects . |
| 41 | The advantage of this arrangement is that it provides an efficient means of defence against predators . |
| 42 | If we are tempted to choose conventionalism on the ground that it provides an acceptable strategy for reaching the most efficient balance between certainty and flexibility , then we should choose pragmatism , which seems a far better strategy , instead . |
| 43 | Motorola Inc said yesterday that it paid an undisclosed sum for a stake in Cary , North Carolina-based Virtus Corp , a privately-held developer of the Virtus WalkThrough drawing and visualisation package for conceptual design . |
| 44 | Forty suggests that the attraction of the neo-classical , which emerged from a somewhat wider range as the most successful of Wedgewood 's styles , was that it provided an acceptable facade for the introduction of the advances being made by ceramic science , the most modern techniques thereby being employed in the improvement of reproductions , a tension in commercial styling which has been strongly asserted ever since . |
| 45 | Experience in 1989 showed that it makes an excellent garden stake . |
| 46 | When applicants respond to an advertisement they should be sent an application form to fill in unless the initial letter was so poor that it warrants an immediate rejection . |
| 47 | The beauty of Indirect Rule was that it created an administrative situation in which personal influence was , in theory at any rate , the administrator 's only resource . |