Example sentences of "[noun] that [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the arguments against decentralisation is that the peripheral units can become complacent and lazy and unwilling to take the risks that the financial resources of the centralised company make possible . |
| 2 | ‘ There is a popular perception that the monetary authorities dictate the general level of interest rates , and of course it is true that we are able to exert a very considerable influence on it . |
| 3 | A key factor behind the superficial perception that the new arrivals are ‘ taking jobs ’ from West Germany 's 1.8million unemployed is that West German workers are less mobile and flexible . |
| 4 | Tony Wedd taught me to spot them as possible ley markers , and the sight of a clump or an individual pine standing alone on a ridge still fills me with excitement , perhaps a resonance with the ancient traveller to whom such a sight meant the security and guidance that the straight tracks provided . |
| 5 | For example , five levels of management were cut ; this development sent a message to the work force that the required reductions were not to take place only at the lower levels of the hierarchy . |
| 6 | He brought his talons and beak down on the bars with such force that the very Cages themselves shook with the power of it . |
| 7 | It is only with thought , practice and feedback that the necessary skills can be acquired . |
| 8 | SUICIDE was thought damnable in the Middle Ages , and I expect there are those who have been brought to feel by a book called The Monument that the Middle Ages had a point . |
| 9 | But they seem to conclude from women 's and men 's different areas of ego investment that the gender-divided methodologies used to discover this should be perpetuated . |
| 10 | But Mr Miller 's letter explicitly reminds the president that the United Nations ‘ does not commit , or authorise , the use of United States armed forces . ’ |
| 11 | Editor , — I have no solution to the problem of junior doctors ' hours , but Jeremy Wight 's allegation that the Junior Doctors Committee was duped by ‘ the hierarchy of the BMA ’ requires comment . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) of this section , with the result that no new applicants could be heard until the adjourned meeting or later . |
| 13 | Like the stately swan gliding serenely over the water , few suspect that under the surface the legs and feet are going at a rate of knots , with the result that the following items are in the pipeline , if not already attended to : — |
| 14 | The elemental functions of intersection are thus reflected up as internal functions of space at the next level , with the result that the required characteristics of the system are specified in more and more detail as the assembly is decomposed into its constituent elements ( see Figure 3.5 ) . |
| 15 | The hypothesis holds that the stock market takes account of all relevant information in valuing a company 's shares , with the result that the underlying realities of the company 's business are fully reflected in share price . |
| 16 | Climatic differences cause changes in the nature and balance of the processes working on the earth 's surface with the result that the ensuing landforms may vary considerably . |
| 17 | The use of these components has the result that the subordinate tone-units are less easy to hear . |
| 18 | The court decided that the adoption by the Secretary of State of this general policy , which had the result that the judicial views were not sought at the earliest opportunity after conviction and sentence , was unlawful . |
| 19 | The negative coefficient on inflation in ( 2.4 ) implies the plausible result that the high levels of domestic inflation experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s acted as a disincentive to investment within the UK . |
| 20 | Here the subject culture reacted antagonistically , with the result that the initial approvals were hedged around with conditions . |
| 21 | Worries that the relocated employees faced were finding employment for relocated spouses and ensuring that the relocation did not affect children 's schooling . |
| 22 | From the eleventh century on , the old basis of feudal knighthood became increasingly artificial ; and it is a strange irony that the Norman kings , all of whom relied in large measure on money to recruit their armies , should have introduced the most complete feudal structure of the old kind into England . |
| 23 | It was a curious irony that the insidious dangers of civil nuclear power should achieve such prominence just as the superpowers were moving towards agreement on cutting their armouries and reducing the threat of nuclear war caused by suspicion or accident . |
| 24 | Will the Home Secretary bear in mind that the rural areas of Northumberland have been especially difficult to police while the urban areas have been under great pressure and there has been a shortage of officers ? |
| 25 | While welcoming the briefing that is continually taking place , may I press the Secretary of State to bear in mind that the reserve forces are always an important aspect of our national forces ? |
| 26 | It is also helpful to bear in mind that the following factors tend to be of little or no relevance in determining whether a business is transferred as a going concern . |
| 27 | Under these circumstances , there is little doubt in my mind that the supposed advantages of support teaching are more than outweighed by the disadvantages which it presents . |
| 28 | The words ‘ prevent ’ and ‘ independently ’ convey clearly to my mind that the prosecuting authorities regarded themselves as inhibited for all practical purposes from making use of material disclosed in consequence of the court order and that they felt free to pursue their own inquiries and to use material thereby discovered . |
| 29 | It should also be borne in mind that the closing prices quoted by the FT are mid-prices between the bid and offer prices offered by the market-makers . |
| 30 | It does not provide confirmation that the various conditions of s135 are satisfied . |