Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The recommendation by Hunter 's committee that two professors were desirable was forgotten . |
| 32 | Indeed , since the 1980 Education Act 's requirement that all schools publish their examination results , it is not unreasonable to surmise that the influence of examinations upon teaching quality ( or its lack ) is likely to grow in years to come . |
| 33 | It is the latter 's contention that Ultimate Concern , the holy or unconditional , expresses itself in a variety of forms : in painting , which may have no religious content in the traditional sense ; in philosophy , when attempts are made to understand the nature of ultimate reality ; in ideologies which might normally be regarded as secular , such as , nationalism , socialism and humanism ; and in traditional religions . |
| 34 | It accepted the British government 's contention that environmental impact studies carried out at Twyford Down and the four other projects satisfied the spirit of the EC 's environmental assessment directives . |
| 35 | Although the committee accepts the DTp 's contention that individual pollution accidents had hitherto had little effect , it believes that the rise in incidents in the crowded North Sea and English Channel is a serious " cause for concern " . |
| 36 | Malthus accepted Barton 's contention that any increase in poor relief should be measured , not in nominal terms , but in real monetary terms . |
| 37 | This minor affair underlined the Army 's contention that nuclear weapons and air power were no substitute for troops on the ground in the type of fighting in which Britain was likely to be involved as long as she remained a colonial power . |
| 38 | It is Davie 's contention that this view is quite wrong : there are a great many outstandingly talented British poets , including Charles Tomlinson , C H Sisson , Elaine Feinstein and others ( Davie , as distinguished a poet as any of his subjects , modestly excludes his own work ) who do not answer to this description , and one purpose of Under Briggflats is to claim for them the attention they have often been denied ; in some cases , indeed , to rescue them from scandalous neglect . |
| 39 | For it was in St Jude 's Passage that such corpses as were picked up in Frizingley — whether they had been reported missing or not — were usually found . |
| 40 | It was the section of Sun Tzu 's work that most soldiers found unpalatable . |
| 41 | I also share my hon. Friend 's regret that some people still seem to think that one can teach a national curriculum sensibly without testing children 's progress in an organised fashion . |
| 42 | Gandhi 's insistence that real conversion is a matter of the heart , and something between an individual and his God , makes him view with suspicion the authenticity of many so-called conversions . |
| 43 | Unimpressed by Prieto 's insistence that Socialist moderation was the best defence against an ever more apparent flight by conservative Spaniards towards fascism , Largo Caballero , flaunting the label of ‘ the Spanish Lenin' bestowed upon him by Pravda , preferred to beguile the Socialist rank and file with the prospect of an imminent collapse of capitalism and transition to socialism . |
| 44 | Despite last-minute manoeuvring by both sides , no compromise could be found between the mayor 's reported willingness to plead guilty to one or more of the 11 misdemeanour charges in return for a non-custodial sentence , and the US Attorney 's Office 's insistence that any plea bargain should include at least one of the three felony charges of lying to the grand jury . |
| 45 | The latter camp took heart yesterday from Mr Rocard 's insistence that any decision must be based on a consensus , but realise that they have a tough fight ahead persuading others of the logic of their arguments . |
| 46 | I mean I 'd whilst I 'd again accept the validity of Marianne 's point that sexual harassment can cut both ways , as it were , I think though there is a sense among women that there is something qualitatively different . |
| 47 | Nevertheless , the existence of these changes strongly suggests that Falkowski and Wilson 's inference that open ocean phytoplankton productivity has remained roughly constant since the industrial revolution is premature , and may even by false . |
| 48 | Let's say for argument 's sake that Ozric Tentacles , Primal Scream , Soundgarden , Suede , Morrissey and Smashing Pumpkins are in the running . |
| 49 | Subsequent reports indicated that opposition parties had questioned the draft constitution 's stipulation that national assembly seats allocated by proportional representation ( half of the total , the rest being elected on a constituency basis by majority vote ) should be based on presidential election results , thus effectively guaranteeing the president a favourable majority in the assembly . |
| 50 | It was only after Sir Dick 's retirement that odd corners of his life became known . |
| 51 | Such is the event 's profile that private companies are willing to put forward healthy sums of prize money , the largest being the £15,000 given by executive search group Korn/Ferry for best entry in a number of categories . |
| 52 | We do not share Dr Bailey 's confidence that urinary infection is unimportant in the pathogenesis of reflux nephropathy and believe that deep tissue infection in general requires longer treatment than uncomplicated lower tract infection . |
| 53 | Official publications have tended to cite the effects of change in the financial institutional framework as the major factor for the problems experienced with monetary control , yet the Bank of England 's conclusion that monetary policy is affected by financial change is not a new viewpoint . |
| 54 | In the case of Community legislation subject to the cooperation procedure , it is the Government 's aim that parliamentary scrutiny should be completed before a common position is agreed by the Council of Ministers . |
| 55 | Baldwin 's most notable contribution to the campaign was to exploit Lloyd George 's remark that Bonar Law was ‘ honest to the verge of simplicity ’ . |
| 56 | Whatever happens , he concluded , ‘ we are surely about to witness the most momentous struggle for a country 's conscience that modern Africa has ever known . ’ |
| 57 | The relatively good performances of those with an OU credit or one A-level would reinforce Smithers and Griffin 's and Walker 's evidence that non-traditional students selected on the basis of some evidence of academic achievement can be expected to perform well when compared with traditional students . |
| 58 | John attempted to convince John 's friend that that friend should loan John some repair implements . |
| 59 | Basil had first-hand knowledge arid understanding of the pioneering work of Viola who established Cizek 's notion that young children have a pictorial language of their own . |
| 60 | The need for this is revealed by Massey 's notion that spatial structures of production succeed one another but with successors shaped and influenced by the character of predecessors . |