Example sentences of "that [num] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to obtain perfect balance , therefore , in combining horns with trumpets or trombones , it is necessary to remember that 2 horns = 1 trumpet or 1 trombone in dynamic ranges above and including mezzo-forte . |
| 2 | ( An irony of the conference was that not one shred of evidence was produced for the central assertion that three years ' full time training in research was essential . ) |
| 3 | It was vital that 3 months ' treatment be given to Rhys before his third birthday to avoid irreversible deterioration . |
| 4 | This incident is bound to re-activate the old controversy about sex education , namely that one person 's information is another 's propaganda . |
| 5 | No consideration is given to the fact that actually society is everything — that one person 's effort may bring reward to someone else ; that one person 's mistake can bring disaster to another . |
| 6 | It is to say that one person 's view is as good as another 's , which we patently do not accept when it comes to many aspects of our daily lives . |
| 7 | Although a panel interview ensures that one person 's particular prejudices do not overshadow the entire selection procedure , if all the people on the panel share the same prejudices then these will be reinforced . |
| 8 | The essential point , then , is that one person 's ‘ common sense ’ is somebody else 's nonsense , and there are numerous examples of sociological and anthropological investigation questioning and exploding many common-sense notions about behaviour . |
| 9 | He was contemptuous of the idea that one person 's vote should count equally with any other 's : " It is said , that twenty-four millions ought to prevail over two hundred thousand . |
| 10 | What they have in common is that one person 's actions have direct costs or benefits for other people which that individual does not take into account . |
| 11 | Consumption externalities imply that one person 's decisions affect another consumer 's utility directly , as when one person 's garden gives pleasure to the neighbours . |
| 12 | There is not much comfort for the museum in the knowledge that celebrated works are impossible to fence ; the idiosyncratic choice of stolen works strongly suggests that one buyer 's taste was being followed and that they are destined to be hidden away in a private collection , possibly in South America or Japan . |
| 13 | The commission accepts that one country 's excessive borrowing would not bust the EMU apart . |
| 14 | All of which shows that one man 's staple is another man 's delicatessen or , rather , that the necessities of one generation can become the luxuries of the next . |
| 15 | One of Jaci Stephen 's gems ( Spring Edition ) you omitted was the occasion she suggested that one man 's motive for daring to criticise her was a size limitation in the manhood department . |
| 16 | Of course I accept that one man 's fun is another man 's nightmare , and because of this more companies should think about creating ready-made racks for those who want them , or maybe just come up with designs and ideas for those who want to build their own . |
| 17 | But however we resolve the problem we must never cut across the basic teaching of other scriptures , that one man 's disobedience plunged the whole human race into sin , subjecting us all to death ( see for example Romans 5:12ff . ) . |
| 18 | After ten years in a department working , for example , on housing , the fact that one man 's undergraduate degree was in philosophy and another 's in sociology will make little or no difference ; what will matter is the capacity and experience they have developed at the task . |
| 19 | Will he therefore assure the House that that proposal , which is supported by the Labour party , will be resisted most strenuously at Maastricht on the basis that one man 's subsidy is another man 's tax bill ? |
| 20 | The existence or terms of a guarantee can be one reason for deciding that one supplier 's product represents better value than another . |
| 21 | For this reason there were no candidates ' addresses , no attempts to persuade the voters that one candidate 's policies were better than another 's . |
| 22 | The dynamics of history are such that one nation 's strength is another 's weakness ; nothing is constant ; both strength and weakness may be part of some process as yet unrevealed . |
| 23 | A crucial factor is that one witness 's evidence , though plausible , may be rejected because it is contradicted by another witness whose evidence is accepted as being beyond doubt . |
| 24 | ‘ When we got our first serious analysis from the system in January 1992 , there was a minor panic at the amount of sick days reported , although it was not quite so bad when we analysed the figures further and found that one employee 's long-term sickness was affecting the averages . |
| 25 | Lateral inhibition means that one cell 's excitation inhibits its close neighbours . |
| 26 | Each hour was split into five , so that 1 hour = 1.0 ; 12mins = 0.1 . |
| 27 | Sam starts humming the riff from ‘ Caroline ’ with a fondness that nine years ' respite should have erased , and then snaps back into historical mode . |
| 28 | Please also note that two CI 's are shown in the components list — the second one should be in C2. — Ed . |
| 29 | His surgeon has said that two years ' rest may improve the problem significantly . |