Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Book of Proverbs makes it clear that happiness and discipline go hand in hand from the beginning of our lives : ‘ He who spares the rod hates his son , but he who loves him is careful to discipline him . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is clear that adult and continuing education will grow in importance over the years . |
| 5 | It is clear that adult and continuing education will grow in importance over the years . |
| 6 | The services take a serious view of bullying and it has been made very clear that bullying and ill-treatment will not be tolerated . |
| 7 | Whatever the nature of their relationship , it was clear that husband and wife had shared the same flat . |
| 8 | Will he encourage his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to understand that the company car is not a tax-avoidance weapon but an essential tool of British industry and that , if we are to have a strong home-based industry , we do not need taxes so high that Jaguar and Rolls-Royce lose money ? |
| 9 | Yet Nizan is insistent that ideology and aesthetics are not necessarily mutually exclusive provided that the problem of their unification is viewed dialectically : that is to say , provided that literature is not perceived as a static object but the site of a dialectical process involving writer and reader in a moral and political adventure . |
| 10 | In addition , it is possible that hypertension and obesity are linked by a common but as yet unknown factor . |
| 11 | It is possible that speech and language developed from pre-existing neural structures lateralised to the left cerebral hemisphere . |
| 12 | Nor do you know how cruel that blindness and weakness can be — and all the more so when they are sugared over with sentiment and concern , with the pretence of tenderness . |
| 13 | The counter-argument is that peaceful protest is one thing but violent protest crosses the boundaries of acceptability ; the value of physical integrity is such that violence and threats of violence ought not to be downgraded simply because their origins lie in some political protest . |
| 14 | Viljoen warned on Aug. 26 that violence and intimidation had to end before negotiations on a new constitution could begin . |
| 15 | Its feared that quality and variety will suffer as work in the community is cut back and making money becomes a priority . |
| 16 | Why , as a senior British civil servant told me last week , is black Africa more and more convinced that Communism and not democracy , is the wave of the future ? |
| 17 | It is sad that heparin and aspirin were not invented in the late 1970s ; if they had been , good trials might have been concluded by now ! |
| 18 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 19 | ‘ It seems unfair that IVF and other forms of assisted conception are being singled out among all the other forms of infertility treatment that can be used . ’ |
| 20 | Whereas the majority of these will eventually have to submit to similar assessment and testing procedures as the core , it seems likely that art and music will only need to establish attainment guidelines . |
| 21 | It is likely that Sky and Eurosport will be taking the role of host broadcaster , which will guarantee sponsors some form of exposure of their products during the Games , from July 14-25 , 1991 . |
| 22 | It is likely that locomotor and positional behaviours were related to environmental change , in this case the move from tropical forest habitats in Africa to the subtropical and warm temperate forest habitats of Europe , which would have been both more seasonal and more open , with less complex canopies . |
| 23 | Thus the more time it took to program a job , the more likely that programming and operating were differentiated . |
| 24 | It is also likely that power and water supplies would be disrupted . |
| 25 | It also seems likely that unemployment and other social problems contributed further to the view that Labour offered the only alternative to the failures of capitalism — no matter how illusory that viewpoint may have been . |
| 26 | It is obvious that experience and knowledge of the subject yield dividends in the classroom . |
| 27 | After only two visits , however , the novelty wore off , and it was patently obvious that Jeopardy and his partner were oblivious of his presence ; it became easy to ignore theirs . |
| 28 | From watching raindrops , bubbles and insects walking on ponds it is obvious that water and other liquids have a surface tension . |
| 29 | Although it is obvious that tax and expenditure policies affect individuals differently , measuring the extent of the differences is much less straightforward . |
| 30 | Floy said , ‘ I shall not forget anything and I feel sure that Reflection and Flame will be greatly impressed by your sketches . ’ |