Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it is useful to know that numerous contemporary sources described the various hues of the wines of this period as ‘ pale coloured and tawny ’ , ‘ with a rosy tinge ’ or even like a ‘ partridge 's eye ’ . |
| 2 | He appeared to be completely at sea again when I asked why primary schools in Scotland were excluded from the Bill , and did not seem to know that Scottish primary schools had been excluded . |
| 3 | And how was I to know that American hot dogs did n't cost five dollars each ? |
| 4 | However , as someone who identified with the student movements of the late 1960s , he was saddened to discover that present economic conditions meant ‘ normal ’ younger students were less willing , or able , to stand up for ‘ issues ’ . |
| 5 | Less than a month after Mrs Stanfield had returned to Caversham , the God-fearing people of Reading were shocked to find that similar gruesome discoveries were appearing on their stretch of the river . |
| 6 | Yet despite their insistence on a new form of human experience ( one which is curiously reminiscent of the early sociologists ' insistence that late nineteenth and early twentieth societies were emerging into a new society which was leaving behind gemeinschaft relations of blood and community ) it is somewhat surprising to find that contemporary postmodern theorists give only schematic attention to human consciousness and agency . |
| 7 | There is evidence to suggest that unprotected vaginal intercourse with an infected woman is particularly risky for the man during the woman 's period , though transmission can and does occur at other times . |
| 8 | There is considerable evidence to suggest that Catholic devotional practices remained extremely popular right up until the time they were banned , and there can be little doubt that , following their suppression , many lay people initially felt an acute sense of loss and found the new Protestant liturgy an uncongenial and inadequate substitute for their traditional customs and beliefs . |
| 9 | Various arguments have been put forward to suggest that specific statutory provisions have been entrenched . |
| 10 | Equally there is little to suggest that past human groups were any less exploitative of their environment — or any less spendthrift in their consumption of its resources — than we are today . |
| 11 | Lord Lane CJ added : [ o ] ne hesitates to suggest that different legal considerations might apply according to whether the proceedings are taking place in the civil rather than the criminal courts and we do not do so . |
| 12 | Which would seem to suggest that old-fashioned good singing is good , no matter what register it happens to be in . |
| 13 | There is a certain amount of evidence to suggest that local Tory leaders played a part in inciting the unrest . |
| 14 | IVF is already spreading to developing countries , and it is easy to imagine that other new methods will be introduced as well . |
| 15 | Indeed , it leads me to suspect that subconscious folklinguistic beliefs have influenced sociolinguists ’ choice of settings for data collection . |
| 16 | Functionalist Marxists continue to insist that rational comprehensive planning is only possible under socialism , despite a complete lack of evidence for this judgement in the operation of planning in the Soviet Union or its allied states ( Nove , 1983 ) . |
| 17 | We will respond to the proposals of the Howie Committee to ensure that upper secondary education matches the best in Europe . |
| 18 | This document is intended to be an aide-memoire to ensure that certain key details about the client are established at an initial meeting . |
| 19 | Certainly the Americans continued to look for alternative strategies , both to raise the nuclear threshold and ( because they felt the Europeans left them too few military options ) to ensure that small nuclear weapons could still be used for war-fighting . |
| 20 | But the Muslims , though they despise Syrian rule in Lebanon , need Syria 's presence to ensure that real political reform takes place . |
| 21 | For allocation of resources is an area where conservatism of approach ( 'each child must have a textbook' ) tends to combine with administrative convenience and often with the commercial interests of publishers and suppliers to ensure that limited financial resources available to schools are not used to their best advantage . |
| 22 | It is important to ensure that legitimate public interest in environmental issues is properly met by access to reliable information and advice . |
| 23 | Attempts have been made to control parasitic bronchitis by grazing systems designed to ensure that young susceptible cattle are not exposed to large numbers of infective larvae . |
| 24 | The aim , Basson alleged , was to split the Zulus off from the ANC , which was substantially supported by South Africa 's other major tribe , the Xhosa , and ultimately to ensure that eventual multiracial elections were won by an alliance of Inkatha and others regarded by the SADF as " moderates " . |
| 25 | Both proponents and protesters are right to present their views and it is incumbent on politicians to ensure that adequate regulatory controls provide as large a degree of environmental protection as is possible when dealing with the relatively unknown . |
| 26 | In the UK , in 1984 a bill was introduced in parliament seeking legal safeguards to ensure that computerised personal health data about patients is available only to health professionals and not to groups such as the police , tax authorities , industry , and social services personnel . |
| 27 | It is recognised that the established electoral system does discriminate against third parties securing seats in proportion to votes , but this is defended because of the virtues that are seen as flowing from the fact that the system helps to ensure that just one party has a secure majority in the Commons and is therefore able to form a government without the need for coalition . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend agree also that those people will not welcome the pledge that was given from the Opposition Benches yesterday to ensure that high-spending Labour authorities can go with gay abandon to yet higher spending ? |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that known international terrorists do not receive any support from countries in the middle east with which the United Kingdom maintains diplomatic relations . |
| 30 | The Board 's aim is to ensure that offshore financial activities are run properly so that the islands can avoid becoming potential breeding grounds for illegal activities . |