Example sentences of "[adj] that a [noun sg] have " 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 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Lord declares that he was unaware that a contract had actually been signed with Harris — though he knew Harris was keen to write the biography — at the point when he wrote his own outline . |
| 5 | Unaware that a fly has accompanied him on his maiden voyage , he turns into a sex-obsessed , sugar-addicted mutant . |
| 6 | The ground resolution of a TM image is such that a pixel has about a 30 m side , which seems appropriate for the scale of analysis used . |
| 7 | The famous German raid on Coventry on the night of 14 November 1940 brought widespread devastation and civilian demoralisation ( such that a cordon had to be thrown round the city , and news from it heavily censored ) ; likewise , the bombing of the East End of London intimidated its inhabitants far more than the government dared admit at the time . |
| 8 | She had no idea how to proceed during the ceremony and was relieved that a man had to go first . |
| 9 | At first , as he battled across the outside pavement and through the raging wind , Cardiff was convinced that a bomb had been detonated on the forecourt outside the office block . |
| 10 | Arthur de la Mare observed on 29 June 1946 that a situation had arisen which could , without exaggeration , be regarded as a menace to world peace . |
| 11 | Reliability in supplies : It is likely that a firm has greater control over reliability of supplies if it makes a component rather than buying it in from another firm . |
| 12 | It was actually obvious that a burglary had occurred but I refused to take it in . |
| 13 | It will be at once obvious that a rotation has occurred , round an identifiable centre . |
| 14 | In the television debate Mr Goddard sounded like a petulant school master who was sure that a pupil had done something wrong but could n't prove it . |
| 15 | All that a child has a right to claim from his father is nourishment and education and the things nature furnishes for the support of life but he has no right to demand rule or dominion from him . |
| 16 | In the USSR , however , there were reports at the beginning of the war that the Soviets were unhappy that a war had broken out at all and that a friendly state , Iraq , was at war with a regime that had conducted a revolution of which the USSR basically approved — and using Soviet arms into the bargain . |
| 17 | Anselm was to learn too late that a landowner had more to fear from grasping tenants beneath him than from the king above . |
| 18 | The informal organisation of a company is so important that a newcomer has to ‘ learn the ropes ’ before he can settle effectively into his job , and he must also become ‘ accepted ’ by his fellow workers . |
| 19 | In the real world , it is unlikely that a product has clear advantages over its competition on all points , and it is clearly part of the selling function for the salesperson to emphasise those superior features and benefits which his product possesses . |
| 20 | It was announced on Feb. 25 that a ceasefire had been agreed in principle as a prelude to full peace negotiations . |
| 21 | Of a sudden Joe was thankful that a war had been declared : Martin would join up and , because of his principles , he would n't then marry Miss Crosbie . |
| 22 | It was apparent that a genius had been born . |
| 23 | Also , the map can be regenerated if it is apparent that a mistake has been made in the specifications . |
| 24 | ‘ It is apparent that a step has been made in the right direction … the property will soon be entirely under comparatively well-to-do tenants . |
| 25 | It was reported on local radio on May 23 that a commission had already been established to draft the rules and basis for the Democratic Constituent Congress . |
| 26 | The yacht was so new that a price has yet to be established . |
| 27 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 28 | Since the Tamil insurrection it is almost certain that a number have been shot for food by the ‘ Tigers ’ . |
| 29 | The Polytechnic must find it all the more galling that a situation has developed whereby an institute of higher education has become a sub-centre of the Faculty of Education at Cardiff for training further education teachers , a role that is denied to the Polytechnic because it has lost its involvement in the professional training of teachers . |
| 30 | The tradition referred to earlier that a surgeon had been required for the Empress , maintains that Garvine had to diagnose her illness without being allowed into her presence and that he treated her successfully . |