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

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1 I suggest that both the strength and the weakness of Moore 's positive ethical views stem mainly from his method of isolation .
2 The survey results tabulated in section 9 of Appendix 1 suggest that even the minority who do try and balance the figures in this way ( that is , the one in five who are at least theoretical ‘ rational choosers ’ ) may sometimes be swayed by an entirely random factor — the order in which they become aware of the various different sets of cost figures .
3 For example , analyses of the 1984–6 Labour Force Survey suggest that over a quarter of married and cohabiting Afro-Caribbean women ( and Afro-Caribbean men ) aged under 30 had white partners ( CSO , 1988 ) .
4 My inquiries suggest that roughly the same figure applies to all major companies in this country .
5 Suggest that perhaps the meeting reconvene in half an hour after studying the material .
6 While P P G twelve provides for a cascade of planning policy , I suggest that only a purist would delay a resolution of the needs of Greater York , through the development plan process , in order to await regional planning guidance .
7 Also , the results of many surveys in both the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that only a few firms explicitly take the rate of interest into account in deciding whether or not to carry out an investment project .
8 Optimistic courtiers suggest that only the marriage of the Queen 's youngest son , Prince Edward , to a suitable bride could redeem the popularity of the Monarchy .
9 Abortion statistics suggest that around a hundred Down 's children are being aborted each year .
10 When I realise that here the attacks tend to take an absurd religious turn , I should almost venture to think that this even necessitates a return to the North .
11 However , I now realise that perhaps the only person who felt intimidated by ‘ FE for all ’ was me .
12 The Model Forms of Rent Review Clause say that both the landlord and the tenant will have the chance to make representations to the valuer .
13 We say that locally the surface is Euclidean and distances are given by the differential Pythagoras equation where dx , and dy are the coordinate separations of nearby points on the surface .
14 Lawyers say that quite a lot of Jason 's £35,000 will go in George 's fees .
15 The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper .
16 Although it is a great advantage to be just inside your weight category , some contestants forget that even a glass of water can tip them over .
17 But Greenpeace insist that only a small percentage of the fish caught by the seals are of interest to the fishermen , and that over-fishing remains the main threat to North Sea fish stocks .
18 Some water boards insist that all cold water taps in the house are taken from the rising main ; others insist that only the kitchen tap is taken from the main and that all others are fed from the roof tank .
19 Was it a household so permeated by dislike and distrust that only the bald fact of dependence constrained them to preserve an uneasy peace ?
20 What is most telling here , however , is the sense of history and lineage that both the Omar and Young Disciples albums exude .
21 By this I mean that both the designer and colleagues may be too expert , too sophisticated , too used to jargon , too well-educated and able to verbalize .
22 I mean that rather a nice Chinese restaurant in the high street does take away .
23 The scale of the mean that virtually every service is affected in one part of the country or another .
24 Polarisation in Israel there certainly is , but if one applies the same broad definition of ‘ moderate ’ and ‘ extremist ’ to the Israelis as one does to the Palestinians , one can not but conclude that precisely the reverse situation prevails among them , that it is their Jibrils and Abu Musas — or religious fundamentalists in the Hamas mould — who hold sway .
25 Studies at King 's College School of Medicine show that even a short period of hard pedalling on an exercise bike diverts blood flow from the uterus to the legs , ‘ stealing ’ oxygen from the foetus .
26 One can bludgeon them with facts , anecdotes and innuendoes about the ways in which land is being misused , show that even the best of intentions are misguided , and that most people who have to do with land and what it provides hold views which are wrong .
27 Clint 's response to this is that audience surveys show that almost the same per-centage of women as men are enjoying the movie .
28 Radiographs of the various individual heads taken for the Museum of Modern Art show that originally the faces of the figures at the right were painted in the same idiom as that of the figure at the left.1 Since the head of the standing figure represents an intermediate stage between that of the figure at the left and the one directly below it , it follows that the squatting figure , the still life and the drapery at the right were the last parts of the picture to be painted .
29 The proportion has now soared to two-thirds — DHSS figures for 1982 show that only a minority , 713,700 , exist on the £25 a week unemployment benefit alone — 2,612,000 " top up " with supplementary benefit , and another 1,428,500 depend on supplementary benefit alone .
30 Their answers , outlined in Table 5 , below , show that only a quarter ( 25% ) of them were also readers .
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