Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [that] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to spend some time quietly in the church , ’ he added in a vain hope that a confidence so dangerously close to intimacy , to his job as priest , might flatter her , might even silence curiosity . |
| 2 | It was decided in that case that a court of summary jurisdiction had no power under sections 91 to 96 of the Public Health Act 1875 ( now replaced by ss.92–99 of the Public Health Act 1936 ) , on proof of a nuisance from a sewage disposal works , constructed under that Act , to make an order for its abatement . |
| 3 | It was an odd coincidence that a man should be found dead in the Thames near Stavanger 's office on the day that Stavanger had apparently disappeared , but that was now over four months ago , and in any case the police knew all about it , because the office cleaner had called the police . |
| 4 | Your articles on women and workers make fascinating reading but provide us with little hope that a movement for change is likely to come from these quarters . |
| 5 | It was at that level that a thread of continuity linked Charles with his Capetian successors , and his realm with later medieval France . |
| 6 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 7 | note that any of the inherent variables that a camera and meter may have can make noticeable differences to the figures in this table . |
| 8 | I felt I was n't appreciate anymore and was suffering from the normal jealousies that a father has when the child monopolizes the mother 's attention . |
| 9 | Now she 'd spoken his name she was committed , intent on preserving her dignity : making the point to her attractive companion that , whatever he might be thinking , she was n't in the market for love — or the poor reproduction of that emotion that a lot of men produced in the pursuit of sexual thrills . |
| 10 | If the duty were held to be unexcludable , this would have the odd effect that a trespasser to premises not in business use could be better off than a visitor . |
| 11 | The judge went on to say that in the Al Saudi Banque case [ 1989 ] 3 All ER 361 , Mr Justice Millett had held that foreseeability that a lender might rely on audited accounts was not enough in itself to establish the duty of care . |
| 12 | Derek seems to remember that it was shortly after this change that a couple of what could have been nasty instances occurred . |
| 13 | CLEAR SIGNS that a doping ring may have been in operation emerged yesterday when the Jockey Club admitted that Surrey police are investigating the ‘ nobbling ’ of a horse at Yarmouth last August . |
| 14 | You must have a sound knowledge of the life cycles , nutrition , and management of the different species of animals on your farm , and develop this skill to a point where you can notice , almost instinctively , the slightest signs that a beast is off-colour . |
| 15 | This rule that a clause can not subsequently be incorporated , was applied in Olley v. Marlborough Court ( 1949 C.A. ) . |
| 16 | It follows from this reasoning that a company law focussed on the public interest should define management duties exclusively in terms of profit maximisation and should more generally provide a legal framework orientated towards that end . |
| 17 | He was a funeral ‘ director ’ rather than a furnisher , and it was to this practice that a number of top-rank funeral furnishers working in London looked — Ballard , Dowbiggin & Holland , J.D. Field , A. France & Son , J. Kenyon , Leverton 's and John Nodes — though they were never quite to match his mastery . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're forthright , strong , ’ Claire said , ‘ capable of great things , like most Aries women , but right now I sense that you 're not particularly happy , and certainly there 's some indication that a lot of your unique drive has been squandered away . |
| 19 | Thus an express term that a transaction is not intended to be a lease but is intended to be a licence will not be given effect ( Street v Mountford [ 1985 ] AC 809 ) . |
| 20 | Messages from LIFESPAN to several users Usually an administrative service , e.g. notifying all interested parties that a software modification has been requested . |
| 21 | Usually an administrative service , e.g. notifying all interested parties that a Design Change is awaiting assessment . |
| 22 | Never the less , it is a basic principle of English law that a person is innocent until proven guilty and should not be required to attempt to prove their innocence by having to explain their actions . |
| 23 | Above all , it is a fundamental principle of English law that a contract can not be varied unilaterally . |
| 24 | He left a distinctive mark of his presence , protesting on 12 December that a member had been ‘ pulled back ’ from voting in a close division , and fainting six days later : ‘ It was said he had a spice of the falling sickness . ’ |
| 25 | It is easy to see why the Author was the winner of an award for ‘ U.K. Best Shareware Author ’ with programs that are so easy to use with on-line help that a manual is not needed . |
| 26 | Of course , she had n't been joking when she 'd told the English girl that a marriage between two highly charged Leos could be an explosive situation . |
| 27 | The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words is small consolation to an audience which ca n't hear any of them . |
| 28 | The importance of corpora to workers in linguistics is that they provide real instances of the language ( as opposed to interesting phrases that a linguist may conceive ) and may be used to train and test natural language systems . |
| 29 | We 've attempted to design a system which is friendly in that it takes account of the different needs that a person will have at different times while trying to communicate with a computer . |
| 30 | It was during this process that a spark from the machinery set alight to a mass of fibre being blown through large pipes into storage bins . |