Example sentences of "[verb] that [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Can it be supposed that such a Balkanisation , extended on a world scale , would provide a stable or lasting political system ?
2 I have not at any point heard Judge Tumim suggest that such a crime is appropriate .
3 We suggest that such a characterisation can be developed in terms of a topic framework .
4 Calculations , again by the House of Commons Library , suggest that such an increase would lead to a reduction of families drawing means-tested supplementary benefit , and family credit .
5 It is pronunciation that Dobson is interested in , and the EModE phonological standard is referred to very frequently in terms that suggest that such an entity had some real existence at that time .
6 Opinion surveys suggest that both the trade union reforms and the early privatizations were popular with the voters .
7 I can not profess to know how successful , or otherwise , the mystic 's attempts at transcendence may prove , but I do know that all the anorexic is capable of transcending are her own immediate difficulties and that , in most cases , this achievement is comparatively short-lived .
8 Now , the e the early versions were erm a lot less er flexible , they were the dinosaurs , and if anybody 's got an original P E P , they 'll know that all the dealing transactions , all the adjustments have all got to be noted and filed , and if anybody 's had a Lloyds Bank P E P since nineteen eighty seven , they 'll probably have a compete cabinet full of paperwork by now .
9 I do need , er , I do know that that the conflict between government , local government , the voluntary sector and all others who have an interest , can be quite prodigious , and the ways to resource can be also , quite considerable , and the whole thing does need to be debated and sorted out .
10 How did I know that such-and-such a principle was right , especially when no one there shared it ?
11 Can one doubt that such a tale is one of a tightening grasp of an actual reality ?
12 Mr. Davis felt constrained to accept that such a case might be within the purview of the legislation .
13 I find it almost impossible to accept that such an injury … could have occurred without extensive bruising and swelling of the nose and probably fracture or disruption of structures within the nose and associated tissues . ’
14 The whole House will be very relieved to know that such a matter is not entirely in a Minister 's hands .
15 The police do not need to know that such an offence is involved .
16 It is gratifying to know that such an organisation supports us in our endeavours and appreciates the good that we do .
17 It was delicious to be close to Alain , to belong to him , to know that all the time she had been alone he had been thinking about her .
18 It might have been expected that such a paper from Nägeli , who was one of the most distinguished botanists in Europe at that time , would have had immense impact on the early development of plant ecology .
19 CUSTOMS and Excise officers have found illegal drugs aboard an eastern European factory ship anchored off Ullapool , the first time in the 30-year history of klondyking that such an event has happened in Scottish waters .
20 Roderick et al report that both the study of the Joint Matriculation Board ( JMB ) candidates who entered Sheffield University in the three years between 1975 to 1977 , and the study involving 17 English Universities , demonstrate that there is an exceptionally high dropout rate and failure rate in relation to unqualified mature students .
21 Keynes maintained that such a reduction would lead to a more or less equiproportionate reduction in the general level of prices .
22 Eppelmann and a member of the commission overseeing the dissolution of the Stasi had proposed implementing such a procedure on March 21 , but two days later the state prosecutor , supported by both de Maizière and the PDS-led caretaker government [ for formation of which see p. 37260 ] , maintained that such a step would be unconstitutional and that the new Volkskammer had to decide itself what should be done .
23 Shevardnadze , however , maintained that such an option was " impossible " , although the issue required " further discussion and clarification " .
24 It might then be claimed that such a form of the text was incomplete or inadequate , because the point which the author wishes to make is no longer accessible from the written text .
25 For though it might be claimed that such an education would help a child to see more in his immediate environment , and understand it better , yet it would also greatly diminish his chances of going beyond that environment .
26 Consistency with the argument presented earlier would seem to demand that such a couple should enjoy all rights and privileges available to a ‘ married ’ couple .
27 However , they realise that such an approach may jeopardise funding of the programme .
28 If we say that such-and-such a group of words are the " subject " or that some other group of words are the " predicate " in a copular verb phrase , we are , by such observations , recognizing the speaker 's intention to construct expressions which will identify certain properties and entities , and to assign some of the former to one of the latter , so as to let an audience know what entities are under attention and which properties are claimed to hold for which entities ; we take this to be the essence of what goes on in the use and understanding of linguistic expression ( whatever the purpose to which individual acts of communication are directed ) .
29 Or maybe blue … they say it may clear up later , but people say that all the time in Scotland .
30 The complaint that there is never a moment 's peace is countered by some nurses who say that such a system allows for a ‘ snooze hour ’ after lunch when no routine tasks were undertaken and the ward was as quiet as possible .
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