Example sentences of "[v-ing] that an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mean labelling indices for upper crypt compartments 3 and 45 in the 22 patients in whom polyps recurred were significantly higher ( respectively p<0.05 and p<0.01 ) than those of the 33 without recurrence suggesting that an upward shift of the crypt 's replicative compartment is associated with polyp recurrence . |
| 2 | Given that Tim Robbins — and the name may not ring instant bells — is a film star , the last notion is rather like suggesting that an industrial correspondent be despatched to debrief Lemmie from Motorhead . |
| 3 | And I found it a little strange they were suggesting that an alternative approach may be suitable here , particularly when th the evidence has n't been put forw or gone through the public consultation process . |
| 4 | President Bush says the world must look beyond the Gulf crisis to a new deal for the Middle East , and he 's hinting that an Iraqi pull out from Kuwait could lead to an end to the conflict between the Arabs and Israel . |
| 5 | Evidence is accumulating that an efficient service infrastructure increases the attractiveness of a location for potential investors ( Marshall , 1985 ; Browne , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | Thirdly , establishing that an admissible statement should be adopted as an expression of parliamentary intention requires establishing a negative , namely that the subsequent parliamentary proceedings do not reveal that the statement was withdrawn or varied or that a relevant inconsistent amendment was successfully moved . |
| 7 | It is also worth remembering that an increased assessment does not necessarily reflect prosperity ; there is evidence of considerable urban decay , for example , at Coventry , despite the town 's greater tax liability . |
| 8 | A SENIOR English judge called for a review of the conduct of serious fraud cases yesterday after ordering that an American lawyer 's defence costs should be paid by the British taxpayer . |
| 9 | That Weismann understood the significance of the information analogy is shown by his remark that to accept the inheritance of an acquired character would be ‘ very like supposing that an English telegram to China is there received in the Chinese language ’ . |
| 10 | Unfortunately in its detailed behaviour this model has been found to be insufficiently flexible ( [ PGC ] Sections 4.6 & 5.4.1 ) It is also worth noting that an n-point data set can be fitted perfectly ( i.e. with no error ) by an ( n-1 ) degree polynomial . |
| 11 | ( a ) He can arrest where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an arrestable offence has been committed and he has reasonable grounds for suspecting the person to be guilty of the offence . |
| 12 | An individual suspecting that an unwarranted invasion of privacy may about to be published would be able to approach the council 's director , who , when satisfied of this , ‘ should instantly contact the editor and put him on notice of the complaint . |
| 13 | Canon law , however , gave grounds for supporting that an incompetent king , ‘ rex inutilis ’ , could be required to abdicate , and the articles against the king , which may have been drawn up by the Bishop of Winchester , allege that his ‘ uselessness ’ had brought damage and destruction to the Church , people and realm of England . |
| 14 | I do not read these passages as stating that an unlawful demand which is enforceable is per se sufficient to found recovery . |
| 15 | Deputy chief executive Freddie Fletcher reissued a news release from the club yesterday stating that an alternative form of financial restructuring was under review . |
| 16 | On Dec. 30 President Violeta Chamorro de Barrios ordered police officers to seize the National Assembly building and its assets and documents , stating that an interim board of directors would be appointed prior to a meeting of the National Assembly on Jan. 9 when new officers could be elected for the Assembly . |
| 17 | Proving that a contravention has occurred , even if only on the balance of probabilities , will not be easy , nor will demonstrating that an alleged miscreant has made a profit as a result of his contravention . |
| 18 | He told me that the telephonist at the police station had received a telephone call from a man saying that an escaped prisoner , a Lawrence er was to be found at er the home of a David and that the er Lawrence was in possession of a hand gun . |
| 19 | Inasmuch as that additional reason may tip the balance one can perhaps over-dramatize the situation by saying that an authoritative requirement is a reason to act against the balance of reasons on the merits of the case . |
| 20 | Regarding that point , when the right hon. Gentleman saw President Yeltsin did he explain to him why until very recently this Government have said that a minimum effective deterrent is 512 nuclear warheads and why they are now saying that an effective deterrent could be fewer than 192 nuclear warheads ? |
| 21 | Is my hon. Friend saying that an alternative method of crossing should be provided for each and every one ? |
| 22 | DIN rating gives a reasonable guide to engine power as installed , particularly as it 's a ‘ production average ’ figure , or should be — some manufacturers actually quote peak figures but quality them by saying that an individual engine may vary within stated limits , while others do n't bother with the nicety . |
| 23 | Word of Peter the Great 's skilful physicians had spread throughout Europe and Asia , and in 1715 the Emperor of China sent an Ambassador to Peter asking that an able physician be sent to his palace at Peking . |
| 24 | Konorski 's ( 1967 ) well-developed and influential theory of conditioning deals with inhibitory learning by assuming that an inhibitory CS is one that activates a ‘ no-US ’ representation . |
| 25 | Wiser heads , impressed by the scale and intensity of working-class militancy in a single region and recognizing that an ill-timed coup might merely provoke rather than prevent a nationwide revolution of the left , placed their faith in subtler tactics . |
| 26 | Thus he limits his hours , knowing that an exhausted brain creates more stress than a fresh one . |
| 27 | My last meeting with Ashe before he went public on the news , knowing that an American newspaper was about to do so anyway , was during the Lipton tournament in Key Biscayne a couple of weeks earlier . |
| 28 | Elizabeth included Sir Hans Sloane among her friends and , on learning that an illustrated book on medicinal plants was needed , decided to produce one and use the money acquired to get her husband out of prison . |
| 29 | And the proof of determinism would presumably consist in showing that an all-embracing theory of the kind envisaged can be constructed , a theory incorporating every event under some significant description . |
| 30 | Greenpeace has published an analysis showing that an illicit trade in toxic waste exists which is estimated to be three times larger than the legal trade . |