Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chairman of the board ruled that certain witnesses which a prisoner had requested to attend should not be called . |
| 2 | Will he take this opportunity to confirm that sufficient resources will be made available to ensure that full establishment is maintained at each of those locations for men and resources , for training and administration ? |
| 3 | On Dec. 6 the Foreign Ministry announced that Soviet citizens would be allowed to subscribe ( in hard currency ) to foreign papers and magazines , more of which would also be available in public libraries . |
| 4 | The rapid advances in this field suggest that computational analogues of human reasoning abilities will become increasingly difficult to distinguish from the real thing , and if a mechanistic view of biological systems is taken , this in itself may provide sufficient proof of the ability of non-biological systems to develop the ability to process ideas and communicate concepts . |
| 5 | First impressions in the field suggest that large areas of ice-free Antarctica are sterile . |
| 6 | Studies on the Monach Isles National Nature Reserve suggest that salt-laden winds affect taller plants most , so that exposed coastal plant communities tend to consist mainly of low-growth plant forms — not just because of the stunting effect of the wind — but also because of the salt it carries ( Randall 1973 ) . |
| 7 | Not only do we find Lord Sumner in this case denying that elected members ‘ are to be guided by their personal opinions on political , economic , or social questions in administering the funds which they derive from levying rates ’ but Lord Atkinson denounces the councillors for being guided ‘ by some eccentric principles of socialistic philanthropy , or by a femininist ambition to secure equality of the sexes in the world of wages ’ . |
| 8 | And although disagreeing in significant respects with Schwoerer , W. A. Speck concludes that significant inroads on the royal prerogative were made by the Revolution settlement , and that " the debate on the nature of the monarchy did end decisively in 1689 with the victory of those who argued that it was limited and mixed " . |
| 9 | By June 17 the police chief responsible for the Tehran section of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( Pasdaran ) force announced that special squads had been formed for rapid mobilization as necessary to control urban unrest . |
| 10 | WACC 's folk media programme revealed that traditional forms of communication can be harnessed for effective social change when adapted and backed by a strong motivation and social consciousness . |
| 11 | Some of the oil companies operating in the UK disputed the British Gas view of the future suggesting that abundant reserves exist in the southern part of the North Sea and maintained that the reason a shortfall was in prospect was British Gas 's disinclination to pay suppliers the same price for UK produced gas as for imported gas . |
| 12 | Some studies , however , have shown no correlation between faecal fat excretion and faecal bile acid loss suggesting that additional factors are responsible for bile acid malabsorption in cystic fibrosis . |
| 13 | The Paris Club agreed that individual members could make further cuts of 10 per cent or more on a bilateral basis . |
| 14 | Cooper , at the inaugural meeting of the Stratford Ratepayers ' Association argued that high rates were forcing manufacturers to leave the district , necessarily increasing levels of unemployment ( SE 25 March 22 ) . |
| 15 | ALL THE PRESIDENT 'S TAXMEN On the campaign trail , the next US president promised that high earners could expect to pay more tax — and foreign-owned companies much , much more — if he won the election . |
| 16 | A fifth , mid-century , scribe wrote the calendar , the verses and the Chronicle entries down to 490 , and a sixth the annals probably to the end of 1048 ; those to 1044 seem to have been written at one time , while changes in the appearance of the script suggest that subsequent entries were made year by year . |
| 17 | The study found that average concentrations of particles under 2.5 micrometres ranged from 11 micrograms per cubic metre in the least polluted city to 30 in the most polluted . |
| 18 | The study found that mature students had a slightly higher non-completion rare compared to the younger students . |
| 19 | At the end of the first year of CCT one study found that local councils had ‘ succeeded in keeping four out of five contracts in-house — but at the cost of substantial job losses among lower paid workers ’ ( The Independent 28. 11.89 : 11 ) . |
| 20 | In conclusion , the results of our present study suggest that polymeric diets are a safe and effective treatment for active Crohn 's disease . |
| 21 | Only a day after reporting the second year of falling personal computer sales ( CI No 2,157 ) , the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association says that Japanese manufacturers ' shipments of personal computers jumped 6.2% in unit terms during the January to March quarter from a year earlier , and the rise in combined exports and domestic sales to 688,000 units from 648,000 units in the year-earlier quarter marked the first quarterly rise in two years ; exports rocketed 31% to 144,000 units but domestic shipments only inched up 1.1% to 544,000 units , but was still the first quarterly increase in two-and-a-half years ; because of the price wars , combined export and domestic shipments of made-in-Japan micros — when measured in currency terms , fell 8.3% — exports and home sales each off 8% . |
| 22 | The Old Testament says that human beings were put into the Garden of Eden ‘ to dress and keep it . ’ |
| 23 | This figure shows that daily rhythms are less marked but show a similar pattern ( that is , general shape and timing ) when measured in the absence of external rhythms . |
| 24 | More than 9000 children were seriously injured last year and research shows that young children do not understand the dangers of traffic , or how to avoid them . |
| 25 | The research shows that pre-school children are capable of thinking in abstract terms . |
| 26 | ‘ Research shows that non-verbal cues can affect an interviewer 's prejudices . |
| 27 | Like mother , like grandmother : research shows that big babies have big grandmas , even though their own mothers may be small . |
| 28 | Research shows that smiling increases the levels of hormones which promote good health . |
| 29 | Research shows that lone parents belong to lower income groups which have been hard hit , kept in the poverty trap by changes in benefits and the income support system , which reduces support pound for pound , without compensation for childcare , whenever the woman begins to earn . |
| 30 | Research shows that secondary pupils do use fewer non-standard forms in talk with the teacher than they do in the playground ; |