Example sentences of "[that] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Government accepts that for persistent offenders some kind of youth detention must also be available to the courts . |
| 2 | Behind this instability lies the simple fact that for many commodities such as coffee and ground-nuts , demand in the industrialized world with its stable population has probably reached saturation point . |
| 3 | However , the European Commission has estimated that for most countries this budget accounts for between 10 and 20 per cent of GDP ( Evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities , 1987/8 HL 72 , p. 17 ) . |
| 4 | These were the first volumes to be received by the library from overseas and it is significant to note that after two centuries many of the original books remain on the shelves and Miller 's Dictionary is still is use . |
| 5 | The corks were tight enough to keep the wine in good condition for perhaps forty to fifty years , but it is understandable that after sixty years some evaporation should have taken place . |
| 6 | We know that with major sculptures such as The Burghers of Calais and the Balzac , Rodin did not claim that they were equally successful from all points of view . |
| 7 | A quick check confirmed that with two eyes this was a different fish . |
| 8 | Many of them are pioneers , characteristic of early successional sequences elsewhere , and are well adapted for long-distance dispersal , so that under isolated circumstances such pioneers can form ‘ mature ’ communities , even though the level of disturbance is low . |
| 9 | These do require a certain degree of inference , but it is clear that under some conditions such remains can suggest the name of a sponsor , the reason for sponsorship , and the presence of a respected craftsmen or group of craftsmen At Avenches — and probably at Bavay — in France , and at Seriana and Timgad in North Africa , the names of individual craftsmen are attested ( although , as is shown by the inscription from Timgad , even differing ideas of the practice in which the craftsman was involved are apparent ) . |
| 10 | With some industry experts predicting that within five years more people will be sending and receiving faxes through their PC than with stand-alone fax machines it is no wonder that software developers are examining ways of cashing in on this increasing market . |
| 11 | In the previous chapter , it was noted that some groups of trees employed in turn the same species of pollinating insects , suggesting that within certain constraints these were generalist in their flower-visiting . |
| 12 | Realeat founder Greg Sams predicts that within 20 years half of us will have a vegetable-based diet , and the greatest swing has been seen among the young . |
| 13 | Carvajál pointed out that in rural areas such as those around San Carlos there were schools without functioning water pumps or sanitary services . |
| 14 | It is , therefore , natural that in real-world markets many so-called ‘ facilitating devices ’ would have been developed . |
| 15 | Budgets can also act as a basis for comparing actual performance with a plan , and this comparison can then lead to identifications of variances from the plan which may initiate management action , where variances are undesirable , to ensure that in future periods such deviations do not occur . |
| 16 | Note that in certain cases this has to be done as a formality and does not necessarily mean that there is anything suspicious about the death . |
| 17 | There is also evidence that in recent years this group has experienced particular financial problems . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the fact that in recent years some clinicians have had cause to question the cultural background suggests that it can no longer be neglected . |
| 19 | It is a way of thinking which means that in great emergencies such as war , sacrifices are usually made late and reluctantly . |
| 20 | The article criticised the ‘ hopeless confusion of the post-war years ’ which had created the risk ‘ that in incompetent hands this country may go drifting on either towards a sharp crisis which might have revolutionary consequences , or to dictatorship , or perhaps worse still to gradual decline … |
| 21 | An easy way to remember this for making calculations is that in two colours each square is one BIT . |
| 22 | I do n't think that anyone would doubt that the treatment Dr Carrington received was extremely caring and humane ; but can we be sure that in other cases this will necessarily be so ? |
| 23 | In our opinion , in all three cases , a promise made by A to B in consideration of B doing or promising to do something which he is already bound to do should be enforced by the law , provided that in other respects such as legality and compatibility with public policy it is free from objection ; thus a promise in return for an agreement by a police authority to give precisely the amount of protection it was by law bound to give and no more should be unenforceable as being against public policy . |
| 24 | Indeed , milk probably became more plentiful about May , the notional time of Langland 's vision , although the continuation of the passage suggests that in other respects this was a bad time of year . |
| 25 | They also show that in all classes fewer girls attend than boys . : |
| 26 | Mathematics or Language or Science programmes for young children must be accompanied by suggestions for the use of ‘ waste ’ materials such as cartons , empty milk tins , bottles and bottle tops even in the knowledge that in many areas these are impossible to come by or that articles such as tins or bottles when in very short supply acquire a cash value in communities . |
| 27 | It is possible that in many studies such hybrid searches have remained undetected , particularly if users were questioned prior to the catalogue consultation . |
| 28 | However , I found that in many instances this slipping action makes the disc useless , as it is unable to cut to any depth before it stops rotating . |
| 29 | By the turn of the century , some botanists were protesting against the excessive speculations of the dispersal theorists , arguing that in many cases those species with the highest dispersal power were not the most widely distributed . |
| 30 | But at the moment small primary schools may well look at the opting out procedure , and I would have to say to you that in many cases those very small primary schools are receiving , by the wish of the Council , a very substantial subsidy from the Local Education Authority in the manner in which they are funded and |