Example sentences of "[conj] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The great virtue of Cagney to the Hollywood set-up was that he could realistically depict anger , violence , and meanness without in any way suggesting that he was personally a worthless villain or that the film in which he was appearing was deliberately condoning these unpleasant qualities .
2 Unlike the Full Plans method , the use of the Building Notice procedure does not entitle you to any documentary proof from your council that your proposal is satisfactory , or that the work will be accepted by the Buildings Control Officer who is required to inspect the work as it proceeds .
3 Do the pages of ticks mean that Fred is a genius or that the work was set at too low a standard ?
4 The small number of first papers published in high-ranking journals by Dundee and Strathclyde universities suggests either that both departments place relatively limited importance on publication in such journals , or that the work itself was not suitable for publication in them .
5 The small number of first papers published in high-ranking journals by Dundee and Strathclyde universities suggests either that both departments place relatively limited importance on publication in such journals , or that the work itself was not suitable for publication in them .
6 It is difficult to believe that pupils gain a great deal more from being in a group of six rather than seven pupils ; or that the curriculum of a 43-pupil school ( the average size derived from these statistics ) , can be much more enriched by seven rather than six teachers .
7 Whether this is the result of the ‘ coarse ’ digging of earlier decades , or that the proportion of coins varies considerably , is a matter which deserves study .
8 It is true that removal of radiocaesium by clinoptilolite seems to be less effective than by bentonite or a hexacyanoferrate II but this may well be because a zeolitised tuff has been used ( 40–60 per cent zeolite content ) , or that the clinoptilolite used is potassium rich .
9 Even with evidence for the level of wealth in each building , this could imply that the village society was led by a single chief , who lived in the biggest house in the centre of the village , or that the village was run by a council of all the members of the village , who built a large central hall in which to hold their meetings .
10 If someone believes that it is raining , or that the knave stole the tarts , there is either a state of affairs such as he believes in or there is not , and his belief , and the statement which expresses it , is true or false ; accordingly .
11 Or that the campaign has two objectives : an information and persuasion job , to be done in TV or press , and a reminder job which may best be done in posters .
12 So , if the holder of a bill of exchange were suing the acceptor , and the acceptor were to complain that the holder had treated him hardly , or that the bill ought never to have been circulated , and the holder were to say , Now , if you will not make any more complaints , I will not sue you .
13 One could either argue that the lack of action required by the subject at the time prevented any memories from being encoded , or that the lack of aspects of the situation which were specific to that particular drive made it extremely difficult to actually retrieve a memory for it .
14 Mr Nicholas tried to obtain an order from the court for the purchase of his shares in Magnetics or that the company be wound up .
15 This is not to assume either that there has never been pressure within the universities for change or that the state is necessarily hostile to the collegiate model .
16 This point was proved by showing in evidence that the vehicle was the wrong way round , i.e. the offside or right of the vehicle was next to the kerb or that the nearside was not as close as may be to the kerb .
17 It would be wrong to assume that Elizabeth 's reign was one of perfect happiness and freedom , or that the contrast between her real physical state and her royal image was not sometimes ridiculous .
18 If that is possible then suggest that the venue is changed or that the phone is neutralized .
19 In many of the cases brought against experts , where full arbitral status did not seem appropriate , the expert 's immunity was said to derive from the fact that the expert 's status was that of a " quasi-arbitrator " , or that the expert was " in the position of an arbitrator " , or that an expert was " in the nature of an arbitrator " .
20 Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) .
21 ( 5 ) Make a note of any major point in the parcels : eg the name of a house , or that the land is coloured pink on a plan .
22 Thus , the court has refused to imply a term that a landlord entitled to recover the cost of insurance from his tenant is obliged to choose the cheapest method of insuring ( Bandar Property Holdings Ltd v Darwen ( JS ) ( Successors ) Ltd [ 1968 ] 2 All ER 305 ) or that the tenant is under an obligation not to use the demised property for an immoral purpose ( Burfort Financial Investments Ltd v Chotard ( 1976 ) 239 EGH 891 ) or that the landlord is entitled to interest on a retrospective increase in rent ( Trust House Forte Albany Hotels Ltd v Daejan Investments Ltd ( 1980 ) 256 EG 915 ) .
23 In order to show that a landlord is precluded from exercising his right to call for a rent review , the tenant must show that the lease or the rent review clause has been abrogated by mutual consent or that the landlord 's conduct has been such that he is estopped from exercising his right to a rent review ( Amherst v Walker ( James ) Goldsmith & Silversmith Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 All ER 1067 ) .
24 There is no point granting leave to a person with sufficient interest if it is clear , for example , that the applicant 's case is a hopeless one on its merits and is bound to fail for that reason ; or that the case raises only non-justiciable issues .
25 Is democracy a means of bringing about that the people shall consent to what the government proposes to do , or that the government shall do what the people want ?
26 This does not mean that the focus should only be on short-term objectives , or that the government should adopt a highly-prescriptive approach in deciding what to fund .
27 However , the fact that the defence may resort to procedural tactics or that the weakness of some investigations may become apparent under re-investigation should not lead us to reject a formal mechanism of quality control .
28 In Robb v Green Lord Esher MR justified the implication of such a term : " It is impossible … that a master would have put a servant into a confidential position of this kind unless he thought that the servant would be bound to use good faith towards him ; or that the servant would not know … that the master would rely on his observance of good faith … " .
29 The nature of the obligation is simply that of an obligation to repay money which has been received and it is neither necessary nor logical , simply because the conditions of repayment relate to the performance of covenants in a lease , that the transfer of the reversion should create in the transferee an additional and co-extensive obligation to pay money which he has never received and in which he never had any interest or that the assignment of the term should vest in the assignee the right to receive a sum which he has never paid …
30 Others are not reported because of embarrassment or fear on the part of the victim ( rape , domestic assaults ) , or because he or she thinks that there is little the police can do about it ( vandalism , shoplifting ) , or that the offence is not very serious anyway , or that there is no unwilling victim ( drug abuse , soliciting , under-age sex ) .
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