Example sentences of "that [adj] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows an editorial policy that believes foreign news should lead the first three pages , that matters of national interest should be philosophically debated in the newspaper 's columns , and that half a page of sport either side of the weekend is enough . |
| 2 | Eduardo Fernández , the secretary-general of COPEI ( two of whose members had joined a " Cabinet of national unity " on March 10 — see pp. 38809-10 ) , warned on May 12 that such a reduction in the presidential term would create the danger of another military coup attempt like that of February [ see pp. 38759-60 ] . |
| 3 | It supported the new Labour government but many Liberals felt that such a course of action was unwise . |
| 4 | He was hoping that such a system of signs , reflecting English usage and grammar , might be acceptable as a tool for teaching to oralist teachers . |
| 5 | The effects of this shift in expenditure were analysed in detail by the government 's own auditors in an influential report in 1986 ( Audit Commission , 1986 ) , which identified the perverse incentives that such a system of funding created and criticized the organizational fragmentation and failure to match resources to need in community care . |
| 6 | This vacillation arises , in part , from the fact that such a variety of phenomena are classed as événements . |
| 7 | When news of the wonderful changes brought about in Kidderminster at this time spread , it won the approval of Anabaptists and Independents who hardly believed it possible that such a work of God could take place through the ministry of a parish church . |
| 8 | My wife and I do n't believe this practice can be illegal but we both feel that such a man with influence over vulnerable young boys is the wrong person to teach them . |
| 9 | Both the Bible and history demonstrate that such a measure of blessing is almost invariably related to the means employed . |
| 10 | Murray was removed from the school council , demoted and warned sternly by the headmaster that such a betrayal of the community 's trust was also a betrayal of one 's best self , a suggestion whose subtlety he could not penetrate . |
| 11 | Reference to Hugh Andrew 's tables will show that such a size of ‘ chute will give a fast descent when carrying 350g or 12.3oz , yet John Barker regularly operates with 450g ( 15.8oz ) fauna , arriving at his parachute size by good old eyeball engineering . |
| 12 | Of natural selection Butler later wrote : ‘ To state this doctrine is to arouse instinctive loathing ; it is my fortunate task to maintain that such a nightmare of waste and death is as baseless as it is repulsive . ’ |
| 13 | Many authorities would say that such a reordering of the series does not accord with serial principles ; yet on the other hand one can point out that serialism is only a method established for the facilitation of composition quality . |
| 14 | And , if it is thought that such a state of affairs is , for whatever reason , undesirable , then it behoves those who argue for another approach to learn the lesson of political realities . |
| 15 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that such a proposal about coal imports would be in direct conflict with the objectives of GATT and of free trade and would also result in the removal of the need for competitiveness in British Coal , which would work to the disadvantage of the consumer ? |
| 16 | Having some information on helplines in other areas and countries , they realized that such a service in London would both take the pressure off them and be an asset to the community . |
| 17 | The Consumer Association says that such a clause in the warranty could be considered unreasonable , and does n't invalidate your statutory rights , as long as you 're an individual buyer . |
| 18 | A full ‘ test ’ ( assuming that such a notion of ‘ testing ’ is meaningful in this context ) of Freudian theory would have to bring in the hypothesis about the causal links between the nuclear family , the Oedipus complex , the methods of handling infant sexuality in middle-class , Western culture , and the personality types which are needed in advanced industrial society . |
| 19 | Peters admits that such a sea-change in attitudes is ‘ scary tough ’ but we need to ask what the alternatives really are . |
| 20 | Today 's Charterists argue that such a level of sophistication may now be achievable . |
| 21 | Answer guide : Managers would be using it to plan future activity levels , order stocks , employ labour etc. whereas bankers are more interested in an overview of where the business is likely to go and perhaps also as a monitoring tool , although it is doubtful that such a level of sophistication is applied to the majority of enterprises . |
| 22 | Pointing out that the grant settlement was based on wage awards from zero to 1.5 per cent , Mr Gray added : ‘ Even assuming that such a level of wage settlement can be negotiated , there is no doubt that some very difficult service and job-loss decisions will require to be taken in the next few weeks . |
| 23 | It must be understood that such a programme of withdrawal requires a high level of support , from the counsellor , the counsellee 's family and friends , and from any group to which the counsellee is attached . |
| 24 | Merton 's success in its principal specialty , the London property world — the firm undertook search assignments in connection with Rosehaugh Stanhope 's celebrated Broadgate development , for example — suggests that such a strategy of specialisation may become more and more common in the British headhunting business in the future . |
| 25 | He was given a life sentence by the judge and has been told by his lawyer that such a term in Thailand means for the rest of his life . |
| 26 | Admittedly , a hard-pressed politician could occasionally borrow a cadetship or other appointment from another director , promising to repay the loan in a future year , but the small size of the Indian official class meant that such a practice of burdening oneself for the future could be hazardous . |
| 27 | With the issue of how Scotland is governed now dominating politics north of the border , Labour MPs are convinced that such a move by Liberal Democrats would be like turkeys voting for Christmas — the description employed by Callaghan of the Liberals who threatened to break the Lib-Lab pact . |
| 28 | An opinion was expressed that such a purchaser under a suspensory condition ( that the money be only handed over on the certificate being got by the purchaser ) is not necessarily committing a violation of the Act , " assuming that he shows proper diligence in endeavouring to obtain the certificate , and is acting throughout in bona fide " : per Lord Trayner , ibid . |
| 29 | However , I am not certain that such a point of order falls within my area of responsibility . |
| 30 | Where the question of a sexual motive is avoided , either the defence recognise that their client could be disadvantaged by being typed as a sex maniac and the prosecution may realise that such a line of questioning may unnecessarily complicate a case , or there may seem little scope for placing the blame elsewhere . |