Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [adj] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He accepts as uncontentious that inequalities of disposable income , of resources devoted to different ages , and of access and power characterize different generations . |
| 2 | The ‘ D ’ text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says under 1057 that Canute [ q.v. ] banished him to Hungary to betray him , that he prospered there , married Agatha , a relative of the emperor , and begot a noble family ; under 1067 , that Agatha was related through her mother to an Emperor Henry . |
| 3 | While this is not a reference book , it complements well those that Roger Freeman has written — and should interest an even wider audience . |
| 4 | The experiences and perceived interests of these groups varies so much that generalisations about the middle class ' become crude and misleading . |
| 5 | It seems rather ironic that Stratford Mill , which was better placed for access to the transport system and a water supply , should be the first to go . |
| 6 | In summary , it seems rather unlikely that forecasts taking the mid-1980s as a base year can claim to be measuring demand accurately . |
| 7 | She said in a muffled voice , ‘ It seems so awful that people grow old and die and no one remembers what they were like . |
| 8 | As far as one can assess the merit of Levin 's text in relation to its subject , it seems somewhat implausible that Debord can be all the things for which he is proclaimed . |
| 9 | Although it seems highly probable that sea level changes have been similar over very large areas of the earth 's surface , the possibility of local terraces of different dates due to other causes can not be excluded . |
| 10 | With or without the complicity of the government statutory services are performing a very limited role , However , we must not underestimate the potential role of services as it seems highly likely that propensity of the informal sector is enhanced rather than diminished by the support of statutory agencies . |
| 11 | It seems highly likely that CFCs and N 2 0 are already damaging the ozone layer . |
| 12 | As effective economic policy can hardly be judged in less than a three year period , and political affiliation is also a long-term question , it seems entirely reasonable that aid should be committed over a three year period . |
| 13 | In view of the deeply felt resentment at the reign of Bayezid I on the part of at least the more pious elements of the state , it seems not impossible that Murad II ( 1421–51 ) who , alter Mehmed I ( 1413–21 ) , set about re-establishing the integrity and order of the Ottoman state , decided to provide an answer to the critics of the secular state by the creation of an office to represent the spiritual authority of the seriat , an office , moreover , free from the taint that had come to affect the members of the ulema associated with the state service . |
| 14 | Since both CREB and ATFI are able to function as transcriptional activators it seems more likely that CREB/ATF1 heterodimers would be activators and not repressors . |
| 15 | The evidence of the available texts and manuscripts is against such an emendation , however , since none of them has such a reading ; and it seems more likely that Ibn Hajar means no more than that Molla Fenari was in his twenties when he made the journey to Egypt . |
| 16 | It seems more likely that prostaglandin independent actions such as increased gastrin or acid production , or local production of toxins against epithelial cells account for this amplified impairment in mucosal defence . |
| 17 | It seems more likely that Taylor was correct in attributing it to Sheldon 's poor opinion of his judgement . |
| 18 | In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey . |
| 19 | While it seems fairly certain that Cemaleddin did not live into Bayezid 's reign , it also seems not impossible that the works were written for Bayezid after about 783/1381 , when it became more nearly connected with Anatolian affairs by taking over the province given him by — or , more correctly , taken from — the Germiyanids as a dowry . |
| 20 | Mars , compared to the Earth , may be depleted in H , C and N , and it seems fairly certain that Venus is heavily depleted in H. The surfaces of Mercury and the Moon are very heavily depleted in all volatiles , and in the main this is probably because of a smaller initial endowment . |
| 21 | It seems fairly certain that oil exports to the West must fall , due to domestic and COMECON needs . |
| 22 | It therefore seems fairly certain that Swegen did have a Slavonic consort , probably for political reasons . |
| 23 | It seems fairly certain that MacLachlan had been shot down by Oblt . |
| 24 | If it was idiotic of the BP jury to make the award to such an obviously vested interest , it seems even odder that Mr Whittam-Smith , who places such store on journalistic integrity , should have seen fit to accept it . |
| 25 | In the passage just quoted , for example , it seems virtually certain that Dilger is right in regarding the term Sahn as an anachronism in respect of the fifteenth century . |
| 26 | However , it seems almost certain that Mr Sherwood and his team will reject the bid , which he has described as ‘ inadequate ’ . |
| 27 | Following the election result , it seems almost inevitable that Labour will adopt a commitment to some form of proportional representation ( writes Backchat 's ‘ things that seem almost inevitable following the election result ’ correspondent ) , although , ironically , it seems considerably less inevitable now than it did a few weeks ago . |
| 28 | It seems quite likely that lack of management diligence , in the form of lethargy or a preference for a ‘ quiet life ’ , and leading , for example , to failure to adapt to new trading environments or to technological change , is the most serious source of avoidable damage to company profitability . |
| 29 | It seems quite bizarre that people who play other people 's records for a living can reach these dizzy heights of stardom . |
| 30 | It seems transparently obvious that Sinead , love her or loathe her , does possess those qualities . |