Example sentences of "[verb] [that] the [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I suggest that the most important question to ask about any parasite is this .
2 Taken together , these changes suggest that the most important effect of the reforms to date has been to challenge the traditional balance of power within the NHS .
3 Westergaard and Resler ( who produced the figures for the period up to 1960 in Table 5 ) suggest that the most significant redistribution was within the wealthiest groups , rather than between them and the less well-off .
4 If Frankie , like David Bowie before them , suggest that the most ‘ natural ’ of rock 's meanings , its ‘ raunchiness ’ , is just another ( and rather dreary ) pose — a pose in which the other boys in the band are , ironically , trapped — women are still excluded from the fun .
5 Maynard 's and Ludbrook 's analysis of hospital revenues during the three years 1977–80 suggest that the most deprived regions ‘ have made substantial gains ’ at the expense of other regions .
6 The three examples discussed in this section suggest that the most fertile and productive uses of the linguistic model are the most analogical and metaphorical ones .
7 In consequence some authors suggest that the conventionally applied log-normal probability law is not suitable for universal applications in grain size analysis .
8 We suggest that the more a person is in love and the less they are able to define what it is in the other that they love , the less free is the conscious choice and the more it relates to the ‘ me in you ’ and the search for psychological wholeness through another .
9 They suggest that the potentially delinquent individual may respond to his situation by joining one of three types of subculture : a criminal subculture , where delinquency is linked with adult criminality ; a conflict subculture , which occurs in areas where links between juvenile and adult criminality are not established ; and , thirdly , a retreatist or ‘ escapist ’ subculture .
10 Our data suggest that the biologically active amidated peptides that are potential mediators of these actions can not be more than a small proportion of the total progastrin produced .
11 Although nothing became of this beyond an agreement that there were widely different views on the matter , that same year the Government of Australia proposed that the so called cull grenade should be banned .
12 But we do know that the most obvious surviving monuments , the stone circles , take that form , and we can at least speculate that they may have performed a similar function .
13 If the hon. Member for Wansbeck ( Mr. Thompson ) wants to know about urban regeneration , he should know that the most exciting urban regeneration project probably anywhere in western Europe is that on the river bank in my constituency .
14 The hon. Gentleman will know that the generally accepted purpose of Select Committees is the monitoring of individual Departments .
15 Successive NFER analysis demonstrated that the most effective selection process could select only 90% of children adequately — 10% would be misplaced .
16 If the higher rate of detection of M paratuberculosis found in the Crohn 's disease cultures were simply a consequence of the disease process itself , then it might reasonably be expected that the closely related M avium subsp silvaticum would be similarly distributed .
17 Barker and Spence ( 1988 ) propose that the most effective way of combating these problems is to encourage the development of so-called food forests which involve the intercropping of food-producing trees and shrubs .
18 Of course it is often possible to distinguish ‘ strong ’ and ‘ weak ’ ministers ; but it must not be forgotten that the comparatively temporary incumbent of the top position of a large organization may be just lucky or unlucky — in arriving when key advisers are likely to agree that exciting innovations are necessary , or conversely in finding that the consolidation of existing policies , or the confronting of unpleasant realities , is more important than the policy changes he or she cherishes .
19 While not wishing to examine the pros and cons in detail , enough is presented to establish that the much vaunted ‘ facts ’ of any situation are seldom that .
20 In a poststructuralist development of the idea , it is claimed that the most literary texts can offer is the endless ‘ free play of signifiers ’ .
21 The Soviet broadcaster underlined that the most recent session of the NATO committee of military planning had decided on ‘ an expansion of military activities outside Europe ’ .
22 She had fast come to discover that the most difficult part of running the nightclub was the inevitable mountain of bookwork she had to contend with .
23 They say that the more soluble a substance is in the lipid matrix of olfactory cells , the more intense the smell we perceive .
24 Since the downfall of military regimes in South America and elsewhere provide clear evidence that no political structure relying solely on coercion can hope to survive for long , we should not be surprised to find that the most effective form of social control involves attempts not to crush opposition but to stop it arising in the first place : that is , by the control of people 's ideas , rather than of their actions .
25 I was much encouraged to find that the most unlikely audiences appreciated modern poetry , and Eliot 's perhaps most , though that was perhaps due to my own advocacy .
26 We were surprised to find that the supposedly meatier dry cures did n't come out tops .
27 Further , it makes me angry with myself to find that the perfectly natural and utterly unfair result is that I begin to dislike Paxford , no exercise of the will convincing me that it is not the unfortunate P. who is boring me with his views on everything under the sun .
28 Eckstein found that the best educated had access to the most rewarding jobs , ‘ but because such jobs are not expanding as rapidly as schooling , education in itself provides no guaranteed job ’ .
29 We found that the best were often child care experts who could suggest constructive alternatives , not so often the most senior people in the organisation .
30 On investigating , I found that the newly recorded cassette had inexplicably taped this lively , foot-tapping music , although the original tape was indeed Bach throughout .
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