Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [that] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Smith made clear that Labour 's first response would be to seek entry to the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System and that its spending priorities would be pensions and child poverty . |
| 2 | After initially welcoming this movement , Plekhanov , Lenin and other ‘ orthodox ’ Social Democrats became afraid that concentration on immediate economic goals might lead the emergent labour movement to become preoccupied with merely economic rather than political goals . |
| 3 | We must : ( i ) demonstrate to our citizens the benefits of the Community and the Maastricht Treaty ; ( ii ) make the Community more open , to ensure a better informed public debate on its activities ; ( iii ) respect the history , culture and traditions of individual nations , with a clearer understanding of what member states should do and what needs to be done by the Community ; ( iv ) make clear that citizenship of the Union brings our citizens additional rights and protection without in any way taking the place of their national citizenship … |
| 4 | In the early 1970s the cynical and exploitative role of multinational companies appeared to be confirmed as it became clear that Shell and BP , the latter half-owned by the British government , were the principal source of oil supplies to the outlawed Smith regime of Rhodesia . |
| 5 | He remained with Champneys until 1880 , but it soon became clear that architecture would never be his chief preoccupation . |
| 6 | The Guildford Four were freed in 1990 after it became clear that evidence used against them had been fabricated by the police . |
| 7 | The radiocarbon discrepancy was confirmed and it became clear that radiocarbon results would need to be calibrated to convert them to calendar ages . |
| 8 | In January 1990 it became clear that donor countries were by threatening to cut the size of their aid programmes , placing pressure on the Sri Lankan government for an improvement in the country 's human rights record . |
| 9 | It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone . |
| 10 | It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone . |
| 11 | It soon became clear that breach of confidence was actionable per se , and did not require a contractual relationship between the parties . |
| 12 | During the 1970s it became clear that adult education was mainly serving the needs of well educated and socially advantaged members of our society . |
| 13 | In the following year it became clear that fascism was not confined to Germany and Italy but was a development common to all European countries . |
| 14 | From these sorts of consideration it became clear that light is made up of lots of particles . |
| 15 | It is becoming clear that taxation in the 1990s could be used as a major tool to promote a more efficient allocation of resources in society , forcing consumers to take account of the long-term implications of their actions . |
| 16 | It is also becoming clear that case management is often effected by the service context , so that , like other service components , it may work less well in poorly resourced areas , and better when it is an integral part of a well resourced network of services . |
| 17 | Mr Coulter said : ‘ It is becoming clear that building societies are pursuing their own interests by rescheduling loans or entering into shared ownership agreements , rather than biting the bullet of low interest loans to housing associations . ’ |
| 18 | Although the concept of tumour cells producing degradative enzymes is appealing , particularly in the light of Liotta 's three step theory of invasion , it is now becoming clear that production and regulation of metalloproteinases in health is a delicate host derived balance . |
| 19 | Pupils , especially , appear unaware that man includes woman , for when asked to draw a book cover for ‘ Man and His World ’ they draw men , whereas when asked to do the same for ‘ People and their World ’ they draw both sexes ( Harrison 1975 ) . |
| 20 | If the Chancellor is to balance his budget this autumn it looks likely that VAT will be added in several areas which have been zero rated until now , and public transport may be one of them . |
| 21 | It now looks likely that pension schemes will only have to backdate any equalisation of benefits between men and women to those in service on or after 17 May 1990 . |
| 22 | On the other hand , it is becoming apparent that air attacks alone are not likely to win the war . |
| 23 | In 1923 he began to study economic theory and became convinced that government objectives , far from ensuring a return to prosperity , were actively discouraging it through deflationary policies and obsession with the return to the gold standard at pre-war parity . |
| 24 | Sadly she deceived herself : as the sanitary authorities became convinced that cholera was water-borne and could be checked by means more immediately effective than prayer , public attention became focussed more on the sanitary inspector than on the parson . |
| 25 | While your issue on Population ( NI 176 ) led me to adjust my thinking , I remain convinced that overpopulation is the Third World 's worst problem . |
| 26 | It seemed possible that outpatient referrals might provide scope for savings if fundholding general practitioners were to refrain from referring patients in cases where they were ambivalent about the necessity for specialist intervention . |
| 27 | It seemed possible that childhood cancer was therefore something that happened naturally , was something that was part of the child 's genetic make-up , its chromosomes . |
| 28 | It therefore seemed possible that referral rates would be higher among fundholders than among control practices in the year before the introduction of budgets , but that fundholders ' NHS referral rates would then fall . |
| 29 | They say that ‘ nothing happens to the bad ‘ uns ’ , but it seemed unbelievable that misfortune should strike Arthur yet again directly after his triumphs at the Horse of The Year Show . |
| 30 | It was made clear that trade would be at international prices , with no subsidies or preferential treatment . |