Example sentences of "[that] [noun pl] [adv] [vb base] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith emphasises that designers here need business advice and assistance more than glitzy awards . |
| 2 | Dreaming does not seem to be confined to our own species : research on the subject would appear to indicate that animals likewise have dreams : we have all seen a sleeping dog twitch as it ‘ chases rabbits ’ . |
| 3 | It is curious , too , to note that echidnas also possess spurs but their venom gland is non-functional . |
| 4 | This does not mean that governments always take action when researchers identify a social problem , or act upon their findings . |
| 5 | The contamination originates in African and Pacific cocoa-growing countries , where WEN 's research found that workers frequently spray Lindane and 29 other toxic pesticides on crops without adequate protection . |
| 6 | The person who fears dogs may convince him/ herself that dogs always bite people , especially them . |
| 7 | Baldwin 's ( 1985 , p. 142 ) work on bringing up handicapped children indicates that grandparents often buy necessities such as food and clothing , and this can be vital to the finances of a household where having a handicapped child creates additional expense . |
| 8 | Salvadorean women , indignant at such servility and such silence on the part of those with whom we have entrusted the destiny of our Fatherland , demand that all our men declare themselves ready to defend our sovereignty , showing the world that Salvadoreans indeed have dignity . |
| 9 | It is as if the company in some very deep way has been unable to acknowledge that customers even have choices . |
| 10 | This has forced other manufacturers to follow suit as the latest market research confirms that customers now put safety at the top of their list of desirable features in a car . |
| 11 | Given the desperate urgency of the situation , and the fact that males usually outnumber females , it is not surprising that competition between males for females is intense . |
| 12 | This assumes that firms always set price equal to average costs because they are constrained by the level of competition to making only normal profits . |
| 13 | Otherwise , there is the inevitable perception that managers simply want information to control costs . |
| 14 | Those extreme inductivists , the logical positivists , went so far as to say that theories only have meaning insofar as they can be verified by direct observation . |
| 15 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 16 | One of the main problems is that professionals often ask parents to keep the child under observation all day . |
| 17 | Of course , these corporate crimes against other organizations ultimately have human victims , such as shareholders , taxpayers , Third World poor , and so on , but none the less it is important to see that corporations sometimes commit crimes against other corporations because this focuses our attention on a vital factor in the cause of such behaviour — namely competition under conditions of scarce or diminishing resources and markets . |
| 18 | It 's comical to see all these people agreeing sagely with each other that users really want loads of functions rather than just a good deal , while all the time mopping their brows with relief that the price wars seemed to have petered out . |
| 19 | It is by influencing these local events that genes ultimately exert influences on the adult body . |
| 20 | Since this strategy works outwards from the highest scoring words , it is possible to show ( see Woods 1982 ) that islands always incorporate words which have a density score no greater than the words already in the island . |
| 21 | The reason for this must be that one can hardly cause an explosion without realizing that one is about to do so , and that explosions usually create danger and must be known to do so , unless they are carefully controlled in an area away from members of the public . |
| 22 | If you believe , as I do , that miracles sometimes take place between the brain and the writing hand , that we do not always know what we want to write until we have written it , then you will be gratified when the unconscious makes one of its surprise and glorious forays onto the page and not seek to suppress what has been given without your asking . |
| 23 | I read carefully all of the somewhat defensive Book Tokens publicity material but , like his reactionary letter , it did nothing to lessen my conviction that a gentle broadening of advertising emphasis from the safely converted — adults buying for children — to embrace the message that tokens also give pleasure to adults could only be beneficial . |
| 24 | He proposed that humans innately prefer places that offer both : |
| 25 | But it need hardly be said that voters sometimes disappoint candidates and campaign managers . |
| 26 | Teaching should cover a range of rich and stimulating texts , both fiction and non-fiction , and should ensure that pupils regularly hear stories , told or read aloud , and hear and share poetry read by the teacher , and each other . |
| 27 | Experience has shown that pupils readily learn system handling skills . |
| 28 | Recent evidence suggests that buy-backs merely create banking commissions and do not stimulate growth . |
| 29 | And perhaps , today we would not say that men actually hate women , but there are n't is n't much obli , er evidence of their respect . |
| 30 | The belief that men alone represent humanity , whereas a woman is an individual who only represents herself , never absolute , does not wash any longer . |