Example sentences of "that [adj] [vb -s] the [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 For the convenience of the House , we are discussing the motions together , and I understand that that has the agreement of the Opposition .
2 It contends that attempts to generate institutions capable of dealing with Britain 's long-term economic problems are thwarted by a political system that encourages an adversary relationship between the two main political parties , one that enables them to alternate in office so that each undoes the work of the other .
3 He will normally find that this assumes the shape of a pyramid , with a broad base of people who had only 1 or 2 hearths tapering to a few persons or a single individual who owned a disproportionate share of the wealth .
4 It might be said that this constitutes the bulk of market lore and wisdom .
5 It is suggested that this captures the core of what it is for conduct to be insulting .
6 To sum up what I have outlined so far , the view of Wimsatt and Brooks is that the essential property of poetry consists in the reconciliation of harmonization of opposites ; that this takes the form of an objective organization of the objective meanings of words ; and that although the same organization generally can not be found in other kinds of discourse , it nonetheless contributes to our knowledge and experience of ourselves and of the world .
7 Genette goes on to suggest that this authorizes the use of linguistic categories in the analysis of narrative discourse .
8 This is not enough , for it is also necessary to ‘ think these differences in rhythm and punctuation in their foundation , in their type of articulation , displacement and torsion which harmonizes these different times with one another ’ — though it must be added that this begs the question of how such harmonization is achieved .
9 ( Lewis , 1973 , p. 33 ; Stalnaker , 1975 , p. 173 ) It is said that this proves the failure of transitivity — the three statements are Unexceptionable and the third does not follow from the first two .
10 The Timber Trade Federation , however , rejects claims by Friends of the Earth that this proves the effect of environmental campaigns .
11 We were surprised at the continuing estimates of fixed costs , as we would have expected a minimal time investment after the first year of familiarisation , but given that training was identified as the major cost , it may be that this forms the bulk of the continuing cost .
12 this has got costs back on to a sensible basis , and he is convinced that this assures the Company of its place at the forefront of the european industry .
13 A subsidy assessment of £40 suggests that this completes the account of his lands ; any there might have been in other counties can not be deduced from the available evidence .
14 Young points out that this means the victimisation of over 20 per cent of respondents is still unknown and that such a large proportion could easily skew findings from the surveys .
15 These developments aside , the legal model has traditionally regarded the shareholders ' interests as exclusive , in the sense that other groups may be benefited only to the extent that this furthers the interests of the members .
16 Astronomers tend to always think the probability is high because they think there are so many sites on which life could develop , but the biologists take completely the opposite view , that there are so many evolutionary pathways that lead to biological dead ends , that this outweighs the number of sites on which life could develop .
17 It may be that this reflects the lack of distinction between reasonable foresight as a criterion on the one hand , and , to use the more favoured phrase in Scotland , natural and direct consequences on the other .
18 They claim that this eliminates the risk of digging on to the ferret but , in my experience , it may more than occasionally require that you dig another hole .
19 The present authors have recently shown that endothelin-1 induces the constriction of submucosal arterioles followed by the macromolecular permeable change in the mucosal microvasculature , and causes mucosal haemorrhagic changes in the rat stomach .
20 Ardawi and Newsholme have shown that starving reduces the rate of metabolism of glutamine , but not that of ketone bodies by colonocytes .
21 Given Nizan 's view that 1914 represents the moment of closure of this particular historical period , it is not surprising that in the concluding chapters of the novel the historical environment is virtually ignored and an anguished , existential discourse comes to the forefront .
22 In accordance with the formula the surplus of 1,118.07 is divided by 3,813 , so that 0.29 becomes the value of each of the papers transferred from Craig to other candidates .
23 I I suppose in the in the light of what 's been said I I am slightly uneasy erm particularly going back to the erm I five discussion that that we had yesterday and you you 'll be aware that part of our objection to the erm the policy put forward by the county council re related to the specific wording of the of the policy and the the flexibility available to local authorities in in terms of allocating land erm that best serves the needs of potential developers and investors .
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