Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [that] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some propose that social behaviour is caused by external social forces while others , such as the symbolic interactionists or the ethnomethodologists , want to see social behaviour as actions mutually created and sustained by parties to social arrangements . |
| 2 | While many people are aware that meat pies are extremely high in fat — around half the calories in some pork pies come from fat — few realise that modern chicken-rearing is producing birds with a higher fat content . |
| 3 | Some believe that Flash RAM will replace hard disks in years to come , but at the moment it 's far too expensive . |
| 4 | To talk up the prospects of change , some note that Japanese life insurers have been demanding bigger dividends lately . |
| 5 | The English think that sixth-form education is only for swots . |
| 6 | Does new clause 2 envisage that legal aid will be extended to representation before the special appellate system takes effect ? |
| 7 | More complicated tests can distinguish the two , and these show that primary lactase deficiency is actually very rare . |
| 8 | Similarly , where in different strata of the same excavation or in separate sites discontinuities in the styles of artefacts occur , these indicate that different manufacturing communities are involved . |
| 9 | The milk bottle on the kitchen table , the women knitting and despising their menfolk with brilliant bitter humour , the crowded nights in the Underground station , all capture that incomparable spirit of the Londoner , and one of glorious Londoner in particular — Vi , the courageous mother of the Kray twins . |
| 10 | We take the piss out of him , because of this idea that he will be doing ‘ real police work ’ , but we all know that divisional work has higher status for a Chief Supt. than Research , and this is the cause for celebration . |
| 11 | Above all remember that good craftsmanship is a combination of quality with reasonable speed , because the more you make the better you will get . |
| 12 | Many state that overseas custom is welcomed . |
| 13 | Table 4.4 , which summarises the main studies , shows that they all agree that regional policy has had an important effect on job creation though they disagree on how important it has been . |
| 14 | Most doctors and nutritionists would agree that cutting down on fat , especially animal fat , and sugar are two good rules for eating in midlife , even though not all agree that positive proof of their harmful effects is conclusive . |
| 15 | Tables 14.6 and 14.7 suggest that increased capital intensity within the UK may not necessarily lead to proportionate increases in output . |
| 16 | The Chinese say that regular practice can increase the elasticity of the lung and heart tissues , thus improving the lung 's capacity and increasing the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide . |
| 17 | It may be the case , as some transgenics junkies are claiming , that in 25 years ' time , all chickens on the market will be transgenic but this sounds uncannily similar , in its arrogant implausibility , to the famous Fifties claim that nuclear power would make electricity so cheap it could n't be metered . |
| 18 | Why could n't those concerned realize that plain chocolate combined best with ice-cream ? |
| 19 | The philosophy of the African Primary Science Programme derives from the experimental American curriculum projects such as the Physical Science Study Committee ( PSSC ) but the initial goals set at the MIT conference in 1961 indicate that considerable thought was given to needs and conditions in Africa . |
| 20 | The economic significance of British woodlands throughout history ( sections 4.1 and 4.2 ) did not , however , ensure their survival to any great extent , nor is there any guarantee that tropical forest plantations will succeed , though as Mather ( 1987 ) points out , their prospects are promising . |
| 21 | There was , therefore , usually some scope for an enterprise to substitute domestically produced materials for imported materials , and there was never any guarantee that foreign exchange retained by enterprises would be used solely for producing exports . |
| 22 | But neither of these cases really proves the existence of strong agrarian unrest ; both show that local discontent could be drawn into the political struggles of contending dynasties and their magnate supporters . |
| 23 | Both assume that local intervention should be deeper and more fundamental than merely ‘ servicing capital ’ , and both also accept that it is necessary to change the structure of declining local economies if regeneration is to come about . |
| 24 | We both believe that mutual access to each other 's catalogues would be of benefit to staff in both institutions , but we recognise that there are practical problems and questions of policy which would have to be addressed . |