Example sentences of "[adj] [that] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | But when the Assembly met for its first session on 5 January 1918 it immediately became clear that a majority of the deputies were hostile to the government and the Assembly was forcibly disbanded . |
2 | While both these objections have truth to them , it is also clear that a range of critical writings which share more preoccupations than differences has emerged and that it can be contrasted to other forms of writing about texts and history . |
3 | I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. that the effect of section 8 is to make it clear that a child of 16 or 17 years of age has the same capacity as an adult to consent to surgical medical or dental treatment which would otherwise constitute a trespass . |
4 | The law makes it quite clear that a member of a local authority may not be employed by that authority . |
5 | Moreover , it is clear that a verdict of death aggravated by the lack of care may be a ‘ free-standing ’ verdict . |
6 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
7 | Firstly , it is clear that a transfer of responsibility has taken place between the different forms of provision . |
8 | We can develop in Europe only within the guidelines set out by Central Government , a Government quite clear that a joining of the attitudes and minds is desirable , not federalism . |
9 | However , because the success of a policy depends so heavily on the way it is devised and implemented , and because the experience of PNP raises such serious questions about the Authority 's role in this regard , it is clear that a review of Authority practices and procedures , as they affect primary education in the city , is now merited . |
10 | Yet he also makes clear that a number of the best poets in his anthology were unbothered by developments in London : ‘ Some homely writers had clearly never heard about the requirements of polite taste ’ [ ECWP , p. xxvi ] . |
11 | Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain . |
12 | In the extensive research undertaken for the book it became clear that a number of particular issues posed the greatest challenges to potential returners and to prospective employers . |
13 | The answer to his first point is that it is absolutely clear that a number of people who break their bail conditions are remanded in custody when they are brought back to the court ; but that happens in only about six out of 10 cases , and in four out of 10 cases when those who break their bail conditions are brought back to the court , it seems that they are no longer remanded in custody but are again let out on bail . |
14 | Evidence in favour of this interpretation of the phrase ‘ the physical environment ’ is found in DoE Circular 55/77 ( now withdrawn ) which made it clear that a statement of pollution policy could appropriately form part of a structure plan , albeit necessarily of a general nature since they are policies stated by an authority ( county council ) responsible neither for air pollution control nor for most development control . |
15 | Yet while it seems conceivable that a group of critics , given an adequate degree of historical or philological knowledge , might agree as to which associations are possible in the case of a given word , there is considerable room for disagreement , since every word possesses a very wide range of associations , as to which of these are relevant for the purposes of interpretation . |
16 | Radio Australia reported on Nov. 12 that a director of China 's Public Security Bureau had informed a visiting Australian human rights delegation that there were 4,000 prisoners currently in prison in China for crimes of subversion and counter-revolution . |
17 | I 'm afraid that a lot of gardeners will have been put off coir by these spurious trials , and I really think Gardening from Which ? should publish a withdrawal . |
18 | In April 22 traders were charged with illegal trading , and the Justice Department announced on Aug. 2 that a total of 46 traders had been indicted for futures fraud . |
19 | Radio Bangladesh reported on April 2 that a number of the refugees were dying in their camps in Bangladesh as a result of " diarrhoea , acute respiratory problems , gastric and gynaecological diseases " . |
20 | And it was equally insistent that a policy of retreat would cause dismay in Washington , thereby diminishing Britain 's ability to exert influence over American policy . |
21 | It is interesting that a number of individuals on the Sandford Review Committee felt that there was a need to establish a new type of national park zone ; these were to be ‘ inner ’ National Heritage Areas , where the claims of conservation were to have clear priority . |
22 | One suggestion which spoke volumes , was for the erection of close-mesh wire fencing along the boundary hedges to stop balls going out of bounds , and another that a selection of books be provided in the clubhouse so that ‘ on the wet days there would be some occupation ’ . |
23 | James had stated in the prologue to ‘ The Black Jacobins ’ that he had written the book with the independence of Africa in mind and he had considered it more than fortuitous that a number of other books by black writers had been published around the same time . |
24 | There is no requirement in the Act of 1986 that a right of appeal should be given to a person who is not the recipient of an intervention notice . |
25 | It is possible that a generation of children may grow up deprived of their entitlement — an introduction to the powerful and splendid history of the best that has been thought and said in our language . |
26 | Since the scale was twenty-three miles to an inch , it was possible that a deviation of two or three miles would not be marked , but that could not account for the tarmac . |
27 | Was n't it possible that a man of Jamie 's age might be more able to cope with her feminism , her academic success ? |
28 | It is possible that a mixture of all three levels of care might be indicated to meet the needs of one client . |
29 | It is possible that a figure of the King was once part of the scene , and that his heroic intervention in the face of disaster was part of the cult iconography . |
30 | It is possible that a piece of slate or glass has been cemented over the rodding arm . |