Example sentences of "that a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Misconception number two is that a Taiwanese factory represents some kind of ecologically disastrous sweatshop , with underpaid conscripts breathing dust and fumes and churning out rubbish guitars for eighteen hours at a stretch . |
| 2 | That a Taiwanese enterprise , the Evergreen Marine Corporation , has emerged as the world 's largest container shipper reflects the new opportunities , even for latecomers in established industries . |
| 3 | It was reported on May 31 that a Taiwanese businessman was to purchase the Goddess of Democracy and use it as " a classroom on democracy " . |
| 4 | The Salvadorean Demographic Association , an affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation , claims that a three-child family should represent an absolute maximum . |
| 5 | By the mid-1970s collectivist policies and the constraints on government they represented were so deeply entrenched that a virtual counter-revolution was required . |
| 6 | In the most extreme cases the existing building is so different from the ‘ historic ’ pub concept that a virtual rebuild is proposed . |
| 7 | ‘ There has come to be something shocking in the discovery that a seeming castle is only a cowshed . |
| 8 | It is stressed , therefore , that a literal reading of figure 4.2 could be a path to disaster . |
| 9 | Cronenberg maintains that a literal visualisation would have cost US$400 million and been banned in every country in the world . |
| 10 | Commenting on the many questions asked he pointed out that a literal understanding of what was said in the O.T . |
| 11 | This prevents the rope getting twisted round the back in such a way that a downward pull rotates and dislodges the body . |
| 12 | I thought that a smacked bottom and being sent to bed very early that evening was hardly just reward for aping my elders . |
| 13 | Further financial guidelines are required to ensure that a throughout-the-year coverage of new publications is guaranteed , and that orders ( and therefore the receipt of books ) are evenly paced throughout the year . |
| 14 | The Association 's main activities continued to be welfare , housing and fund-raising to enable us to provide the facilities , the support and the companionship that a caring membership has always regarded as of paramount importance . |
| 15 | We have seen that a persistent principle since 1906 had been that an act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of trade dispute could not be actionable in tort on the ground of inducing another person to break a contract . |
| 16 | It is just not good enough to say that a spatial position in a unitary space alone ensures the numerical uniqueness of its occupier . |
| 17 | If the all-provident mother of the hunter-gatherer societies had been lost with the coming of agriculture and weaning so that a divine substitute had had to be found in heaven in the shape of the mother-goddess , then eventually a real , human substitute had been found on earth in the person of the all-powerful emperor or king whose granaries could supply in reality what the opulent breasts of the divine mother promised in phantasy — namely , reassurance against oral anxiety and the fear of hunger . |
| 18 | It appears that a reworded criterion : " can represent a given decimal number on a number line to one decimal place " would have yielded a success rate of 75 per cent , about the same as that for the first item . |
| 19 | We know looks are n't everything , but there 's no doubt that a well-groomed image will win hands down when it comes to first impressions . |
| 20 | At that moment the men detailed as River Watchers radioed that a fast-moving vessel was coming downstream , and the Safety Officer , not at all sure of the newcomer 's identity or intentions , fired an illuminating parachute flare over the nearly complete bridge to warn of the obstruction across its bows . |
| 21 | The soldier told Belfast Crown Court he was aware that a forensic scientist had given evidence maintaining a bullet fired by him ( Clegg ) entered the rear of the vehicle and struck Miss Reilly . |
| 22 | They claimed that a forensic team had taken hundreds of items from the house . |
| 23 | Strange , that a Prime Minister who so passionately believes in military security rejects social security with such disdain . |
| 24 | He said that international observers would be invited to supervise the ballot and that a prime minister would be appointed from whichever party won a majority . |
| 25 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 26 | He added that a prime suspect in the investigation , who had told police that he had no gun at the time of the murder , is now known to have possessed a double-barrelled shotgun at the time . |
| 27 | But the best that a virtuous woman can hope for is that she be reborn as a man . |
| 28 | Assuming that a 3½ digit digital multimeter is available , the instrument will provide readings over the range 1nF to 1.999µF . |
| 29 | HOW TO WRITE A LETTER to Feedback ( R4 ) , rule one : always be incandescent with rage about something so minor that a normal person would not even notice it , let alone write to complain . |
| 30 | Now we 're obviously even split two in each three so aggressive group So remember want it to work in a group that a normal style so volunteers for groups ? |