Example sentences of "[that] [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.

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1 Last week it was announced that seventy-five people are to take voluntary redundancy at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire .
2 Even in the short term , dependent on local circumstances , the numbers and behaviour of dispersal and pollination agents can change such that short-term observations are sometimes very misleading .
3 Ensure that modified software is formally approved before the modification operation is recognised as complete .
4 Heat and chemicals make the hair lose moisture and — as so many of us heat-dry and style our hair , and have perms and colourants — it 's no wonder that dry hair is becoming commonplace .
5 Finally , although it is not proved beyond reasonable doubt , most experts agree that dry foods are beneficial to the teeth .
6 If the average golf swing takes 1.5 seconds , then a score of 80 means that 120 seconds were spent on the physical act of swinging .
7 In the capital , Amman , demonstrators attacked the US embassy and a number of breweries , an indication that Islamic fundamentalists were heavily involved in the rioting .
8 But every time he turned round to look at the black shape labouring after him he was confirmed in the suspicion that Islamic outfits were far sexier than boring old black-leather bras , split-crotch panties or steel suspenders .
9 These changes do reflect a recognition of the growing importance of part-time work ( which is where most of the new jobs have been created in recent years ) and a recognition that full-time work is difficult for many lone mothers to sustain , given their domestic responsibilities .
10 It is not clear how claim ( c ) is to interact with the claim in the earlier part of his article that prenominal position is reserved for characteristic ( as opposed to occasion ) adjectives .
11 At the same time it has to be admitted that pecuniary considerations are only a guide and there is authority that defective goods can be unmerchantable per se , for example as in the case of underpants impregnated with sulphate ( Grant v Australian Knittings Mills Ltd [ 1936 ] AC 85 ) .
12 On April 21 Iran asked the UN to assume responsibility for relief centres in the north , adding that allied camps were no longer necessary or justified .
13 ( As his dreams of conquest crashed , Hitler consoled himself with the thought that Allied bombing was only destroying what he had intended to demolish anyway , to make place for his own buildings . )
14 Pick it up unknowingly and you will quickly be convinced that 10-child families are a cause for celebration rather than concern .
15 It is my guess that metabolic competition is a very old form of protection from infection — crude , destructive but very effective .
16 Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities .
17 The dirty price is now below the clean price , reflecting the fact that accrued interest is negative .
18 On the one hand , assuming the assessments to have been broadly accurate , the level of exploitation might have varied widely : it was , for instance , regarded as axiomatic that enclosed ground was worth substantially more than common , while manorial custom and estate policy could exercise a profound effect on rents .
19 The Report pointed out that disadvantaged groups were grossly under-represented in adult education and suggested steps that might be taken to remedy that situation .
20 In short , the law is unclear , though perhaps the better view is that subjective knowledge is required .
21 Although this terminology is consistent with the zero-risk theory idea that subjective risk is almost never felt , it has not been widely adopted .
22 A distinction was made in the first chapter between three types of risk , objective , estimated and subjective , and the assumption was made that subjective risk is closely related to the concept of arousal as it has been used in much memory research .
23 The approach used by Watts and Quimby does not have these problems , however , it encourages the subject to focus on the external environment in order to answer the question , moreover it makes the assumption that subjective risk is determined only by the chances of a near miss , it may clearly relate to other factors as well ( e.g. severity of consequences in an actual accident , presence of a police car , unpredictability of pedestrians ) .
24 Although this could be seen as evidence that subjective risk was not present for this subject , it could equally be regarded as a self presentational bias on the part of the subject who may have felt that feeling risk would imply dangerous driving .
25 After a 10-year war of attrition against the law of averages , the resulting films brought realisation that possible surfacings were rare , brief , and exposed little that was useful to photography .
26 However , discussion revealed that possible rewards were presently available to Olwyn ; all her toys , favourite TV programmes , foods and so on were given when she asked for them , irrespective of her behaviour .
27 The Head of Department is responsible for nominating persons with whom module leaders should clear their examination papers and mark sheets and for ensuring that associated deadlines are met .
28 Taking this further Wenger ( 1984 ) was able to show that supportive networks were needed by both sides in the caring relationship ; this could be not only the slightly more distant family who by writing , telephoning , and occasional visits kept contact , but also a circle of friends for the carer 's own support .
29 It would not be reasonable to argue that Georgian London was a pale derivative of Georgian country houses .
30 Wemicke ( 1874 ) confirmed this and showed that auditory comprehension was linked to the left hemisphere .
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