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

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1 What is the ‘ essence ’ or ‘ nature ’ of a horse , and why does it follow from this that a horse has a certain type of head or feet , or lives to the age it does ?
2 It is clear that a swing has occurred to a position where the greatest proportion of maintenance effort is now spent at the problem/solution identification stage .
3 Now , it is intuitively clear that an individual has the evolutionary option of operating strategies that either maximize individual fitness or provide varying degrees of assistance to relatives .
4 In using a symbolic device , such as a pointing gesture , to communicate with another person about something — for example , an object — it is clear that the child has learned many of the social skills necessary for linguistic communication .
5 This can be explained in part by the large numbers of dogs that were imported initially , but it is clear that the breed has really taken off and is now firmly established in the top ten most popular breeds in New Zealand .
6 These contracts , whilst stating it is a condition of employment that staff accept " all reasonable assignments " , make clear that the organisation has no obligation to offer work and that staff will not be paid when there is no work for them ( the organisation refers to this as " laying the worker off " ) .
7 It is hoped that Customs will keep to their original pledge of applying the rules sympathetically at least within the first year , and waive any penalties where it is clear that the taxpayer has done his best to comply .
8 The terms should also make it clear that the committee has the power to investigate matters within its brief and that it has full access to information .
9 For while it is true that ‘ different costs for different purposes ’ is an accepted part of textbooks , it is not clear that the idea has been successfully communicated to non-accountants .
10 From Nirex 's new timetable it is clear that the lab has very little to do with rigorous scientific investigation and everything to do with pulling the wool over the eyes of [ local ] people . "
11 Bergman ( 1979 ) also includes Signed Swedish under the title of a language , but her description of its history ( and this history is repeated in many countries ) makes it clear that the system has been constructed with specific aims in mind .
12 It is clear that the company has an obligation to specific employees to incur the redundancy costs in question and retains no discretion to avoid the outflow of resources associated with the costs .
13 Yet , it is clear that the photographer has in fact got them to pose , dressed up in their smartest clothes .
14 In another extract Morton makes it clear that the Queen has supported Diana .
15 It is clear that the court has jurisdiction to quantify the amount recoverable both under its inherent jurisdiction as well as pursuant to such statutory provisions and rules as may apply to a particular case .
16 The dubious research is that in which it is clear that the author has been disappointed not to have certain hypotheses upheld and is trying to talk ( or rather write ) his way round the evidence .
17 It is clear that the task has achieved its aim of getting children to collaborate productively .
18 Just as a battle begins in a state of equilibrium between tile two sides , which gradually alters one way or the other , until it is clear that the balance has tilted so far that the issue can no longer be in doubt — so this gathering of rabbits in the dark , beginning with hesitant approaches , silences , pauses , movements , crouchings side-by-side and all manner of tentative appraisals , slowly moved , like a hemisphere of the world into summer , to a warmer , brighter region of mutual liking and approval , until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear .
19 It is now clear that the review has not reached anything like that stage of progress .
20 But it is already clear that the right has won the school wars , and that the left made a mistake in thinking that racial and sexual minorities can be lumped together and used as footsoldiers in the war against the establishment .
21 Science is no more dead than any of its rivals , but flip through Omni , the most successful science glossy , and it 's clear that the appeal has changed .
22 It seems to me clear that the answer has to be yes , provided only that we allow ourselves a sufficiently large series of Ks .
23 ‘ I want to make it clear that the party has no links whatsoever with the British National Party . ’
24 Recall from Chapter 12 that an allowance has to be made for the fact that a given sum of money to be received in the future is worth less than the same sum received now .
25 It is all very well to delay the onset of a retinopathy for a year or two , but to achieve this , is it justifiable that a diabetic has no social life and a poorer quality of life for 20 years ?
26 I find it odd that the position has so changed compared with 15 months ago when I became Secretary of State , when some Conservative Members were alleging that standards had declined and Opposition Members were denying those allegations .
27 ‘ Is n't it odd that the Wheel has been recovered and not the body ? ’
28 It has mass , but so little that the nucleus has some 99.99 per cent of the weight of an atom .
29 I am sorry that the Minister has not found it possible to agree with the reasonable amendment .
30 Tennis itself should be grateful that the game has thrown together people such as Cliff Richard ( who modestly declines to take any credit other than that of name association ) and Mappin herself , not to mention the substantial support of Direct Line Insurance , with the drive and commitment to do just that .
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