Example sentences of "that [indef pn] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So , if we are concerned with what constitutes a just allocation of resources , my prescription , at the very least , would call for policies aimed at ensuring , as far as possible , that everyone had an equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total net welfare of society .
2 The problem is , however , that it is of little help in producing a list of user needs : the temptation would be to say either that everyone requires the same information or that everyone requires different information ; the former would make the exercise redundant and the latter would make it impossible to handle .
3 The economist 's definition of public goods relies solely on the fact that everyone consumes the same quantity .
4 ‘ The important thing is that everyone has a blinding time , ’ says Dermot with the quiet confidence of a promoter who never promises attractions he ca n't deliver .
5 I believe in my heart and soul that everyone has an equal responsibility to work together the peace and harmony of this world .
6 From the cleaners to the executive she sees that everyone has an important part to play , no one is more committed than she is both to the University and her pharmacological research .
7 Is it to be given to ensure that everyone has the correct drawing or to save time ?
8 It had begun to look as though the Western powers had embraced the premise that no-one kicks a cringing dog .
9 It is still a thoughtful , finely acted and daringly all-encompassing film , suggesting that no-one has a fixed nature .
10 The first point to note is that no-one has a convincing explanation for the existence of W-cells .
11 If we feel that someone has a high opinion of us we tend to want to live up to it , but few of us bother to make much effort with anyone we know who gives us a low rating , and this is very much the case between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law .
12 The discovery that someone knows a great deal about the effects of drugs and has strong opinions or whether or not a particular drug or process is or is not addictive is a strong positive indicator of addictive disease .
13 If you can sort of say well that has been proven , this is the research , this is the system , this is the model , theorists actually enjoy that because they think well this is n't just somebody 's gut reaction , this is something that somebody spends a long time actually thinking about it considering .
14 You 're always afraid that somebody buys the same presents .
15 He knew that he was n't the most eminent actor in the world , but he still knew that nobody played a starring part in the West End for peanuts .
16 For me , at least — and I think for most people who travel around this country for pleasure , that is , to see things — it is simply that one gets a greater depth of pleasure out of knowing the anatomy of a town and why it takes that particular form and not just its superficial features , however attractive they may be individually .
17 It is far better to recognize that external circumstances have changed , or simply that one made a mistaken series of assumptions about one 's own relative strengths , rather than to plough on in a situation where plainly the goal you have set yourself is unattainable .
18 The approach is to choose two discount rates to apply to a project , so that one produces a positive NVP and the other a negative NPV .
19 19 Two " Road Works " marker lights have been set so that one flashes every 6 seconds , the other every 15 seconds .
20 When setting a straight line of netting on level ground it is possible that one stake every 8 yards may be sufficient , but when a net is set in a circular shape the stakes will need to be closer together .
21 It 's very rare if ever that one finds a continuing document of a place and people of a particular space maintained over that length of time .
22 One ground for such a belief is that one has a legal right to some act or omission by another legal or natural person , although to define claims in terms of rights becomes circular :
23 By supposing that one has a typical member to investigate one can maximize one 's knowledge of the properties and structure common to each member of the class by examining that one member in great detail .
24 Well I felt that although , obviously , computers do do arithmetic and they do it very quickly , to me probably the more important aspects are the fact that one has a visual display on the computer screen which can convey information without numbers in a more rapid way to most people .
25 The more usual version of this theme is simply that one has a visual image of the part of the body touched .
26 The essential point is that one has a painful feeling of shame , and is anxious to hide one 's nakedness , usually by means of locomotion , but is absolutely unable to do so .
27 They identify aspects of grief and restitution , the need to feel secure and confident that all that can be done has been done to recompense for earlier losses , and that one has a safe confidante somewhere in the situation .
28 The fact that one has a clear conscience is not always a sign of right responses to the trials and temptations of life so much as an appropriate response to sin and guilt .
29 In starting a negotiation it is suggested that one has a clear plan from the start identifying :
30 ( To say that something has a certain position is to say how it is related spatially to other things .
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