Example sentences of "[be] suggest that the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The most pessimistic observers are predicting growth rates of less than 1 per cent , and are suggesting that the Japanese economy is heading for a deep and prolonged recession .
2 I am suggesting that the British crime survey is very important .
3 Have you been suggesting that the dead girl might have been your father 's mistress ? ’
4 The ‘ pro-Palestinian ’ faction has been suggesting that the National Front abandon the pretence of attempting to build a mass party .
5 I think you 're suggesting that the local government would do a lot more if the national government would allow it , and I suspect you 're a Labour member of the Oxfordshire County Council and I think that you would point at the Conservative central government as being , if not deliberately anti-women , then the effect of some of it 's policies seemed to indicate that that 's where it 's heading .
6 A cruel generalisation , but probably justified , would be to suggest that the large majority of curricula in Africa are designed for an ideal situation — namely a uniform six-year-old entry , relatively homogeneous in age and culture , equal in sex and of average size ( say 30–45 in a class ) who attend regularly , repeat seldom and complete their primary course .
7 Indeed , it may be suggested that the substantive issue of subsidiarity will be essentially non-justiciable , as the present author has suggested to the House of Lords .
8 On the basis of the much more complete seismic data available by the late 196()s it was being suggested that the inclined zone of seismicity ( the Wadati-Benioff zone ) associated with island arcs and active continental margin mountain belts could be explained by the existence of a slab of lithosphere plunging down into the mantle .
9 If the plan is small scale or consists of an extract of the Ordnance Survey map it is suggested that the verbal description should prevail .
10 Should the same scenario arise under the new law , it is suggested that the following analysis applies .
11 If you choose to have only one copy mounted by entering P or S it is suggested that the other option is chosen for the next run and thereafter P and S are chosen alternately for successive Offline Cycles .
12 It is suggested that the best solution is to combine both methods .
13 As most pancreatitis episodes in men are caused by alcohol abuse , and as the increase in the incidence of pancreatitis discharges took place particularly in men between 25–64 years of age , and this group consumes most of the alcohol in the country , it is suggested that the increased alcohol consumption and the increased incidence of pancreatitis discharges may have a causal relation .
14 There are no critical layout requirements although it is suggested that the decoupling capacitor , C1 , be placed close to the supply pins of the microcontroller IC1 .
15 " If a simple test … is desired for ascertaining into which category a covenant falls , it is suggested that the proper inquiry should be whether the covenant affects either the landlord qua landlord or the tenant qua tenant .
16 Indeed , it is suggested that the very speed with which the population had grown acted as a disincentive to established large factories using the latest technology .
17 Therefore it is suggested that the physical search is the best way to be sure that the premises are vacated .
18 Drawing a parallel with domestic appliances , such as refrigerators and freezers , which may be used in laboratories , it has been suggested that the average electricity consumption of newly purchased appliances in the UK is considerably higher than the best available in Europe .
19 The origin of Blakeney Point is open to discussion : it has been suggested that the western end may have been a feature comparable with Scolt Head Island and later joined to the mainland by a simple spit growing westwards from Weybourne : it may have developed entirely as a spit such as Orford Ness or Hurst Castle Spit , which will be described below ; or the whole feature may represent an offshore bar driven so far inshore as to become attached to the coast .
20 Bile or components of bile have been identified as potential carcinogens in other organs such as the colon or pancreas and it has been suggested that the increased risk of developing gastric cancer after gastric surgery is a function of duodenogastric reflux .
21 It has also been suggested that the possible imposition of obligations upon signature may deter States from taking that step .
22 It has been suggested that the young man was Mark himself .
23 It has been suggested that the appropriate test is ‘ whether the parties are making some serious promises or undertakings ’ which are intended by them to be acted and relied upon .
24 It has been suggested that the real reason Judas betrayed Jesus was that he wanted him to be a popular Messiah who would drive out the Romans .
25 It has been suggested that the self-advocacy movement offers a model of growth and development against which professional assumptions and approaches can be tested .
26 It has been suggested that the cyclic AMP and InsP 3 messenger pathways may interact with each other to enhance odorant discrimination .
27 Generally those xenobiotic enzymes that are expressed in normal colon are present in small quantities ( our finding of patchy focal staining of surface epithelium would support this ) and it has been suggested that the low level of expression of biotransformation enzymes in normal colon could result in a critically low detoxification value , and hence increase the chances of carcinogenesis taking place in this tissue .
28 It has also been suggested that the comparative approach may help to develop explanatory theory of greater power and generality ( e.g. Bean 1985 : 7 ; Shalev 1980 ) .
29 It has been suggested that the rapid increase in the Muslim population during this period can not be attributed to the mass conversion of Bogomils , as the greatest increases were recorded in the areas where Bogomils were fewer in number , especially in the towns .
30 It has been suggested that the prevalent west and south-west winds tend to set up a longshore drift towards Portland , so that the majority of coarse material accumulates at that end .
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