Example sentences of "[noun sg] suggest that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rapid advances in this field suggest that computational analogues of human reasoning abilities will become increasingly difficult to distinguish from the real thing , and if a mechanistic view of biological systems is taken , this in itself may provide sufficient proof of the ability of non-biological systems to develop the ability to process ideas and communicate concepts . |
| 2 | First impressions in the field suggest that large areas of ice-free Antarctica are sterile . |
| 3 | Studies on the Monach Isles National Nature Reserve suggest that salt-laden winds affect taller plants most , so that exposed coastal plant communities tend to consist mainly of low-growth plant forms — not just because of the stunting effect of the wind — but also because of the salt it carries ( Randall 1973 ) . |
| 4 | The isolation of a cDNA clone from testis of S. macroura and the long open reading frame in the M. eugenii genome suggest that these marsupial genes are not pseudogenes . |
| 5 | An early Inland Revenue analysis of the revaluation suggest that 240,000 businesses in England face increases of 100 per cent or more in their annual bills ; about 230,000 rises between 50 and 100 per cent and a further 390,000 increases of between five and 50 per cent . |
| 6 | Some of the oil companies operating in the UK disputed the British Gas view of the future suggesting that abundant reserves exist in the southern part of the North Sea and maintained that the reason a shortfall was in prospect was British Gas 's disinclination to pay suppliers the same price for UK produced gas as for imported gas . |
| 7 | Wagner was in effect suggesting that public sector services and products are ‘ normal ’ , with high income elasticities of demand . |
| 8 | Some studies , however , have shown no correlation between faecal fat excretion and faecal bile acid loss suggesting that additional factors are responsible for bile acid malabsorption in cystic fibrosis . |
| 9 | Similar experiments on rabbit oesophagus , which is devoid of submucosal glands , failed to show alkali secretion suggesting that these glands are the source of oesophageal alkalinisation . |
| 10 | As she came through the side roads to her house she heard a few trial notes on a wind instrument of some sort — a clarinet , was it ? a run of notes that seemed to carry on where the last solitary trill of the bird had stopped , and then a beat , beat , beat of a bass and a drum slowly swinging in , and the band , trying out their numbers high up in a house , lilted together into a piece , melancholy at base with gay little twiddles from the clarinet bravely calling that nightfall was not the end of hope , not a closure — a little bit of swing filtering over back gardens to draw people out , out into the spring night , a beat along the channels of their blood suggesting that this hour , as the light dies , as the dusk creeps along the ground , is not an ending but a beginning . |
| 11 | A fifth , mid-century , scribe wrote the calendar , the verses and the Chronicle entries down to 490 , and a sixth the annals probably to the end of 1048 ; those to 1044 seem to have been written at one time , while changes in the appearance of the script suggest that subsequent entries were made year by year . |
| 12 | In conclusion , the results of our present study suggest that polymeric diets are a safe and effective treatment for active Crohn 's disease . |
| 13 | The editors of the Supreme Court Practice suggest that postal service ‘ in pursuance of a convention ’ will also be valid , but it is difficult to identify any provision of the Rules of the Supreme Court which would support this proposition . |
| 14 | Studies of hospital practice suggest that larger reductions could be achieved and sustained if the guidelines became a required standard of good general practice and formal peer review was introduced with steps to ensure compliance , particularly among practices with high referral rates . |
| 15 | There are self-evidently interests other than those of social concern in the spatial revitalisation of urban economic activity and there is no need to descend into a dogmatic public v. private sector debate on the efficiency of urban renewal to suggest that these interests stand to benefit when state intervention , so discredited in the early Thatcher years as creeping socialism , can be represented as a free market solution to urban crisis . |
| 16 | Not one piece of evidence has ever come to light to suggest that red kites attack live sheep or lambs . |
| 17 | First , the attempt to suggest that this scope of review is logically demanded is not convincing . |
| 18 | Research by the American Food and Drug Administration suggests that one chemical that is often found in B15 tablets , dimethyl glycine , may cause genetic damage to cells . |
| 19 | The absence of neutrophilia suggests that this lesion is not a conventional inflammatory type proctitis , but rather one presumed to be induced by gluten antigen(s) present in the faecal stream — that is , a cell mediated form of response . |
| 20 | For example , Highland Region 's review suggests that residential homes will cope with " mildly and moderately mentally disabled residents " , with plans for only one specialised dementia unit in the whole region . |
| 21 | A survey last August by the Consumers Association suggested that one garden in 20 had been burgled in the past two years , and that the average value of each theft was £130 . |
| 22 | Although preliminary , our study suggests that elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia are almost as likely to obtain a lasting benefit from treatment as are their younger counterparts . |
| 23 | A second study suggests that commercially-important species , including herring , shrimp , mussels , clams and rockfish have all suffered from the oil spill , presenting a " risk that they may not respond to conventional management actions for decades " . |
| 24 | This study suggests that extensive investigation to establish a precise cause for obscure iron deficiency anaemia is not necessary if upper gastrointestinal endoscopy , small bowel biopsy , and barium enema are normal . |
| 25 | This study suggests that endothelial damage ( as assessed by Factor VIII-related antigen levels ) may precede evidence of in vivo platelet aggregation . |
| 26 | The DHSS 's Cohort Study suggests that those people who suffered recurrent unemployment in the year after registration were no more likely to have become unemployed initially because of a temporary job coming to an end . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the Guidance suggests that local authorities review service provision plans for children in need in the same way as they are required by regulation to review their plans for children they are looking after ( see Chapter 16 , 8 ) . |
| 28 | The same study suggested that faecal soiling may prompt people with bowel dysfunction to go and see the doctor . |
| 29 | This study suggested that such problems may lie in the confusion surrounding roles and relationships of step-parents and children and the lack of clear and realistic expectations for step-families . |
| 30 | Her study suggested that social work decisions were influenced by a number of underlying and often implicit assumptions , which included the primacy of the blood tie and the primacy of natural parental possession . |