Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adj] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Germans are sure that energy costs and price increases for raw materials will soon be compelling their industries to recycle as much as possible . |
| 2 | In a message to the Environment Secretary , , the paper stated , ‘ It is remarkable that such a high percentage chose nuclear , indicating that readers are aware that coal has severe environmental problems . |
| 3 | Thus readers are aware that Guide supports fonts ( etc. ) in some way , but can be totally unaware of the concept of logical objects — probably a good thing because evidence from the use of word processors indicates that if they did need to know about logical objects , they would be put off . |
| 4 | Pundits are unanimous that recovery has arrived , but the string of statistics which have pointed to a vigorous upturn in the early part of the year have been greeted with caution . |
| 5 | Islanders were concerned that pollution from the proposed mine would damage the islands supply of water , as well as contaminating their land and fishing grounds , the main livelihood on the island . |
| 6 | He will frequently have to take samples or make visits which involve prolonged absences from his vehicle ; besides , the terrain in some districts is such that reception of the radio signal is weak or non-existent . |
| 7 | It is not the least of Russia 's current ironies that , just as the West is re-assessing the value of a market-led economy , belatedly suspecting it to be the partial cause rather than wholesale cure of economic ills , the arch reformers are adamant that salvation lies in a western role model . |
| 8 | Apparently many emigres are unaware that phone books , almost impossible to acquire in the Soviet Union , are freely available in the US . |
| 9 | If the circumstances are such that justice requires the committal order to be quashed amongst the options available is that of ordering a retrial : see Duo v. Osborne ( formerly Duo ) [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 611 . |
| 10 | This was reflected in an interesting phenomenon noticed by Mellanby : many school medical officers in safe urban reception areas were insistent that head lice had been virtually unknown in their area until the dirty , verminous and ill-mannered inner city evacuees arrived ; they were shocked when confronted with past hospital records for their town showing that this was not so . |
| 11 | Thus , in the Irish Constitution , the framers were anxious that amendment should be a deliberate process , that the rights of citizens should be safeguarded , and that certain types of laws should not be passed at all , and therefore they made the Constitution supreme and imposed restrictions upon the legislature to achieve these ends . |
| 12 | Sanitary facilities may be included in a demise where the building is amply provided with them or where the position of the lavatories and washrooms is such that access can not be directly obtained from the common parts . |
| 13 | Conservationists are concerned that disturbance from the construction could split up the group , believed to be around 20 strong . |
| 14 | Feminist psychologists are aware that sex balance among subjects and subject matter is not the same as gender equality , and this compels them to address gender issues in other areas of the discipline . |
| 15 | The Boards were conscious that cooking was generally an off-peak load ( and thus cheap to supply ) , and , to reflect this advantage to themselves and meet gas competition , they generally accepted lower retail mark-ups on cookers than was usual on other appliances . |
| 16 | But many member firms are concerned that control of any new system should be taken away from the Stock Exchange and given to a new independent agency , or even the Bank of England itself . |
| 17 | If patients and relatives were confident that pain control would be established and maintained , requests to ‘ finish it off quickly ’ would diminish . |
| 18 | If we find that human faculties and understandings are such that knowledge is necessarily limited , we might more easily and ‘ with less scruple acquiesce in the avowed ignorance ’ of what lies beyond the horizon , and ‘ employ [ our ] … thoughts and discourse , with more advantage and satisfaction ’ about what lies within our reach . |
| 19 | Now pressures are such that consent has finally been given for the southern by-pass , a scheme first proposed in 1916 . |
| 20 | Societal divisions are such that neighbourhood patrols are dangerous and have to take on the appearance of armed convoys , but it is the style of policing which comes nearest to breaching the divide between the police and the community , so that the RUC is required to be persistent in utilizing it even though there are few obvious signs of success and despite the cost in human life . |
| 21 | On the other hand , many scientists are certain that gigantism must preclude elevated rates of metabolism . |
| 22 | Mediterranean EC members were concerned that enlargement would divert regional aid from the south to the east . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the authoritarian structure of Imperial Germany , censorship , and the natural self-discipline of the Germans were such that disenchantment remained largely confined to the upper echelons . |
| 24 | The times were such that Christianity , whose founder taught brotherly love and forbearance , was quite incapable of applying these precepts within its own jurisdiction . |
| 25 | Now former island landowners are angry that mainland sheep farmers are placing sheep flocks on the islands without permission . |
| 26 | With an infinitesimal lift of the eyebrow , Toby provided these things , but both men were aware that battle lines were being drawn . |
| 27 | Some factors are sceptical that legislation would achieve much . |
| 28 | Some Conservative critics from the think-tanks were disappointed that consumer choice and true market solutions had not been taken further ( Green , 1990 ) . |
| 29 | The residents were confident that wartime experience would convert many more of their clothed countrymen to shed their garments too — presumably for no other reason than that it eased the problems caused by clothes rationing . |
| 30 | Some women were amazed that underwear featured on the agenda of long-term relationships . |