Example sentences of "[vb base] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Recent developments in particle physics suggest that every nucleon may itself have a nucleus .
2 What is relevant to EModE , however , is that Patterson 's word-lists suggest that a raising rule still applied in pre-nasal environments ( which often have a back vowel today ) .
3 The Committee decided to examine the question because some of the arguments against legislation suggest that a law in this area would be impracticable .
4 As Lane points out , surveys suggest that a majority of temporary workers actually opt for temporary status by choice , but nevertheless a large proportion are in fact disadvantaged since they lack the benefits which attach to permanent positions .
5 As far as the script recognition system is concerned , the cases which suggest that a word is an error , are where the lexical look-up gives no allowable candidate strings , or all candidate strings are rejected by further stages of analysis .
6 None the less , the results suggest that a history of previous recurrence does indeed predict a high risk for subsequent recurrence .
7 Although they admit some doubt as to the exact mode of formation , King and Williams suggest that a swash bar is formed at low tide , that this bar is overrun by the tide , which produces a series of similar swash bars as it advances up the beach .
8 These authorities suggest that a promise to pay money , or to do any other act , in a certain event but without any express or implied request to the promisee to bring about , or to promise to bring about , that event , is made without consideration .
9 Latest figures from conservation groups suggest that a total of 24,000 pairs of arctic terns bred during the 1991 season , producing at least 30,000 young .
10 General pictures of what happens during the middle years are inevitably flawed , but they suggest that a change often takes place in marriage at that time and that for many people satisfactions come from sources outside the couple 's relationship .
11 Mandler and Johnson ( 1977 ) suggest that a story grammar , in which elements ( such as setting , event , episode , consequence and resolution ) are combined according to a set of implicit rules , offers a mechanism for answering many of these questions .
12 Opinion polls suggest that a variety of social reforms carried out in Britain in the last few years — the abolition of capital punishment and the liberalization of the law relating to homosexuality , for example — were enacted in the face of popular opposition .
13 They suggest that a couple should be allowed to get divorced after one year without having to attribute blame for the split .
14 Dicta referred to above suggest that a court is entitled , indeed , obliged to be satisfied that there has been enactment by the monarch with the advice and consent of Lords and Commons ( except in the case of the Parliament Act procedure dealt with above , pp.98–9 ) .
15 Computer modelling studies suggest that a reduction of 60-90 per cent in acid rain will be necessary before the area 's fish and associated wildlife , including fishing birds , can recover .
16 Anderson and Bowman , though careful not to speak of causal relationships , tentatively suggest that a literacy rate of 40 per cent was a necessary , but not a sufficient , condition for economic development .
17 Less controversially , it soon becomes apparent to personnel involved in course and presenter evaluation that student respondents rarely assign very poor ratings , or make extremely negative comments , even when other indicators such as colleague judgement suggest that a course has been presented particularly poorly .
18 We seem to be on firmer ground , however , if we suggest that a singer who draws upon a training in the English choral tradition will not readily perform in a way that is bogus , trivial or solipsistic , for the choral tradition is none of those things ; it embodies the results of countless individual strivings for the best results in conformity to a communal discipline .
19 These data suggest that a cohort effect may contribute to the pattern of increasing prevalence of H pylori infection seen with increasing age .
20 These findings suggest that a cohort effect may be at least in part responsible for the pattern described in recent surveys of increasing prevalence of H pylori antibodies with age .
21 This is a result that is much easier to account for if we suggest that a body clock is responsible for the alternation between sleep and activity .
22 I suggest that a lot of so-called ‘ equal opportunity ’ is based on political myth — ignoring our in-built sex differences .
23 Historically this research has focused on the role of technological innovations as a source of competitive advantage , but more recent efforts suggest that a marketing orientation is strongly associated with corporate success .
24 Prest and Turvey ( 1965 ) suggest that a distinction could be made between technological and pecuniary spillovers .
25 ‘ My initial inquiries suggest that a figure of significantly less than 10 per cent is a real possibility , ’ Mr Pulman said .
26 Indeed , the findings of Brown and Harris ( 1978 ) suggest that a job outside the home may in certain circumstances help to maintain a mother 's mental health , in which case it may be beneficial to her relationships with her children .
27 Cargo forecasts suggest that a growth rate of 11.4 percent for Europe-Far East trade over the next 20 years will be more than double the expected increase across the North Atlantic .
28 US estimates suggest that a cut of 20 per cent in C02 would lead to an annual loss of $95 billion .
29 Whereas the test designers suggest that a teacher without specialist knowledge might give the test as a screening device to identify the existence of articulation problems , the analysis of the nature of the errors and the appropriate forms of intervention ought to be left for an expert in phonological analysis .
30 These characteristics suggest that a number of preconditions are necessary before the addition of Rhizobium to either plant or soil will be effective in promoting nitrogen enhancement .
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