Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The setting is right , and some feel that a murder is about to be committed .
2 Ice is the greatest worry that a pool owner has during winter months , for not only does it trap noxious gases which are likely to suffocate the fish , but it also exerts tremendous pressure upon the pool structure and can crack the most expertly laid concrete .
3 The icons to the left indicate that a slide is a chart or an organisation diagram .
4 Perhaps lawyers and judges accept that proposition as true by convention , which means true just because everyone else accepts it , the way chess players all accept that a king can move only one square at a time .
5 But we all know that a moment 's overload , may wreak havoc .
6 The current mood of retrospection , coupled with reissues and reassessments ( another Dylan biography ! ) all indicate that a sense of lineage and legacy has been established .
7 Many argue that a league table of costs per QALY , if properly constructed , can provide comprehensive and valid information to help decisions on the allocation of resources .
8 My personal preference and practice — but it has to be supported by very fertile conditions — is to prune much harder than many think that a rose can stand ( remember , do n't be afraid of the knife , to three or four buds as necessary to find the outward pointing direction from the previous years prune .
9 The fruits of this estate would have provided the judges ' stipends , insulating the judges from all risk that a government might reduce their pay if they offended it .
10 NIH officials say only that the witnesses were notified ‘ in the most expeditious way possible ’ ; members of BIG insist that a telephone tree was created in which one person was told to call several others .
11 James 's attempted flight , however , effectively destroyed any hope that a settlement might be reached which would enable James to preserve his throne .
12 Concern for the physical welfare of the police and the person resisting ( since the police are likely to be able to muster the greater force ultimately ) both dictate that a point must arise at which further resistance is not only unwise but improper .
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