Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Labov notes that the first type of approach appears to work best in working-class neighbourhoods while the second is more successful in middle-class neighbourhoods . |
| 32 | Emilio Botin , Santander 's chairman , asserts that the First Fidelity stake ‘ fits perfectly ’ with Santander 's other American alliances , a small shareholding in a financial group , Kemper , and a co-operation agreement with an insurer , Metropolitan Life . |
| 33 | If British Rail feels that the first stage of the channel tunnel rail link to Stratford and King 's Cross does not offer immediate opportunities for a freight route , there is something seriously amiss in its thinking . |
| 34 | To take a particular instance , we have seen that the form of question with how ? is associated with predicate qualifiers but not with clausal adjectives , and also that the verb believe will only be compatible with the clausal adjective ; it follows that the second part of the exchange in ( 70 ) should be odd or ungrammatical , which is indeed so : ( 70 ) LECTURER : The Venetians believed their proposals generous … ( interrupted by sound of electric drill next door ) MEMBER OF AUDIENCE : * How did the Venetians believe the proposals ? |
| 35 | It follows that the next statement , which provides a particular instance of the general category ( the acid … such as linseed oil ) , must be an illustration , so a soap is a particular manifestation of a salt , and saponification a particular example of the general process of acid + alkali reaction . |
| 36 | It also indicates that the first resection was indeed complete . |
| 37 | Seán Mac Stíofáin indicates that the first time the leadership discussed the civil rights movement was when |
| 38 | Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time . |
| 39 | The recent greening of the world means that the first clover of summer is greeted with an enthusiasm previously reserved for the cuckoo . |
| 40 | This means that the first set of questions about facts mentioned at the outset can now be answered . |
| 41 | This means that the second part of the question is the same as the first part , except for the variation expressly stated . |
| 42 | Which means that the Third World 's potential for transformation is crucially conditional on not imitating or trying to ‘ catch up with Europe ’ ( p. 252 ) . |
| 43 | This means that the last part of the original key pattern remains : if this includes a code of , say , 05 then randomization will be incomplete . |
| 44 | An income tax plus an allowance OA implies that the first OA pounds of pre-tax income are still retained after-tax . |
| 45 | He explains that the last eruption was a slow drawn-out affair lasting six years ‘ just like the last war ’ ( 207 ) . |
| 46 | He considers that the nineteenth century cases of Camplin , Flattery and Williams accomplished no more than to include within rape sexual intercourse with an unconscious woman or one deceived by a specific type of fraud and that the 1976 Act merely declares the law as it was established at that time . |
| 47 | The Securities and Futures Authority proposes that the first £5m of any levy on its members would continue to be raised on a weighted , registered persons basis , taking account of the amount of business conducted with private clients . |
| 48 | Cash generation has assumed its full priority and Roger Shute , the chairman , reports that the first benefits of this policy have already been seen with bank borrowings reduced from £5.6million to £3.6million . |
| 49 | Note : Reports that the 10th Duke of Devonshire was also deaf are incorrect . |
| 50 | Caution against dealings provides that a third party claiming an interest such as the courts would enforce , shall be notified of any proposed dealing with the land so that he or she might challenge it . |
| 51 | Article 36 ( 2 ) provides that the third party must comply with any conditions , stipulated in the agreement ‘ or established in conformity ’ with it . |
| 52 | In his 1980 study , Porter argues that the first thing for a firm to understand is the structure of the industry or market in which it operates . |
| 53 | As Figure 2.6 indicates , he argues that the first Kondratiev wave was dominated by Lancashire , Shropshire and the Black Country , the second by South Wales and the North East , and the third and fourth waves by the West Midlands and Greater London ( Hall , 1985 ) . |
| 54 | Penny Junor does not think this decision has been taken yet but believes that the second option is possible . |
| 55 | He claims that the last shelf time period recorded on a book is highly predictive of future use , and gives a description of a simple method by which such information is examined and analysed to provide a basis for the weeding of stock . |
| 56 | Scientists from British Universities and dental schools now believe they did — and that the tiny inch-long eel-like creature was not only the earliest vertebrate but suggests that the first vertebrates began to evolve as long as 600 million years ago — as , of course , a marine fish … |
| 57 | His second wife 's correspondence with Cromwell suggests that the last years of his life were marked by an acute awareness of his unpopularity in the north and financial problems arising from his dependence on his father . |
| 58 | This suggests that the next MB Group foray will require fresh equity of some sort but investors may not find that too alarming . |
| 59 | Sheldrake 's hypothesis predicts that the second group should learn to operate the machine more quickly . |
| 60 | The current emphasis on providing more qualitative environmental information is noted , though the study predicts that the next generation of reports will contain more quantitative data in order to benchmark company and industry performance . |