Example sentences of "[noun] that [pron] [noun] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather , as was pointed out in Makanjuola v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis , it is intended to reassure informants that their statements will only be used for the investigation of complaints and for such criminal or disciplinary proceedings as directly follow . |
| 2 | This does not matter too much , because gravity is such a weak force that its effects can usually be neglected when we are dealing with elementary particles or atoms . |
| 3 | Make as full a list as possible of what kinds of answer would be possible ( to your main question and also to your other questions ) , so that you can at least consider candidates that your essay may then reject . |
| 4 | Their cut will be around 30 per cent of the ‘ dealer ’ price , which is what the shops pay for your record , bearing in mind that your record will only reach the shops if the dealer asks for it . |
| 5 | ‘ But I think it highly unlikely that Mr Clowes could have found any means of ensuring that investigation of the matters in question was averted , while at the same time satisfying the Department that his operations could properly be licensed . |
| 6 | The bad news is revealed partly by the results for the first half year and partly by the company 's prediction that its borrowings will only be down to half shareholders ' funds even at the end-of-year low point after the Christmas rush . |
| 7 | It was God 's intention that his people should always carry with them the values learnt at Mt Sinai . |
| 8 | Farman has claimed that the assertion of the chemical industry that its activities would only contribute 1 per cent to the green-house effect over the next 120 years are " seriously underestimated " . |
| 9 | Marx 's challenge to capitalism therefore took the general form of demonstrating the general forces which govern the history of man , and demonstrating how historical processes produce systems of institutions and ideas os such complexity that their origin can only be discovered with great theoretical effort and by examination of the historical evidence . |
| 10 | After more than a year of " the war to end wars " Wilson was still pressing the need for the accumulation of a strike fund of such a size that when the war was over , the union " would be able to put up such a fight that their opponents would never be able to withstand " . |
| 11 | But James Barrington , director of The League Against Cruel Sports said : ‘ We are disappointed on one level that our wildlife will still have to suffer because of the bigotry and ignorance of elected representatives . |
| 12 | By ejecting the sperm from previous matings , the female may convince the male that her offspring will also be his , and so enlist his aid in rearing them . |
| 13 | Capital values at least have the benefit of being related to a market , although I am sure that many owners will seek to convince their bank managers that their property should be in band H while they seek to convince the rating authorities that their property should really be in band F. |
| 14 | It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck . |
| 15 | Somehow a favourite dress or toy of Paige 's would be damaged , but she had done it with such guile that her parents could never be sure it was intentional . |
| 16 | Yet he passes with such unerring accuracy and hunts every ball with such determination that his opponents can rarely claim a winner until the umpire calls the score . |
| 17 | It 's a question that their parents may also be unable to answer , so it 's important that students be given some idea of what it 's like to earn one 's living creatively as early as possible , and so help dispel some of the fear and disbelief that discussions about this ‘ odd ’ way of working always seem to produce . |
| 18 | On 24 November the lawyers replied ‘ respectfully to state our opinion that Your Majesty may properly grant a Royal Charter ’ , but it was not until 14 February 1844 that Thomas Turner was able to report to the standing committee of veterinary surgeons that their determined efforts had been rewarded and that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons had been incorporated . |
| 19 | ‘ You know , Mr Lytham , I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that my bequest might also wait a few more years . |
| 20 | Speculation about the prospect of further divisions , and the future of the OPEC cartel as a whole , had resurfaced after Gabon 's Mines , Petroleum , Energy and Hydraulic Resources Minister Jean Ping hinted on the eve of the meeting that his country might soon follow Ecuador 's example and leave OPEC , adding that " Gabon has problems similar to Ecuador " . |
| 21 | said that conditions ‘ go so directly to the substance of the contract or , in other words , are so essential to its very nature that their non-performance may fairly be considered by the other party as a substantial failure to perform the contract at all . ’ |
| 22 | That is this , should I rely on the agape love of my partner or should I strive to be the type of person that my partner could easily love even if no agape love were available ? |
| 23 | Of course , there 's always the chance that your friends might already be a bunch of werewolves , vampires , swamp monsters and slime creatures just pretending to be normal ? |
| 24 | Wellington knew from bitter experience that he would be required to make so much conversation at the Duchess 's ball that his supper would inevitably congeal on its plate . |
| 25 | THE husband of a woman murdered as she sunbathed on a South African beach spoke of his fears last night that her killer may never be brought to justice . |
| 26 | In 1896 the ‘ Ratepayers and Inhabitants in Parish Meeting assembled [ resolved to ] hereby accord the Rev R. Burdon their grateful thanks for the very great interest he continues to show in the Parish … and hereby express their ernest ( sic ) and unanimous wish that his health might very speedily be restored and his life be prolonged for many years . ’ |
| 27 | Thus the fourth-seeded Soutter gained revenge over the player who denied her the last place in England 's world-title winning team this year , with a hint that her rehabilitation might now be complete . |
| 28 | I also had a feeling that my mother would never forgive me if she thought I had admitted to fornication and worse to a person who came to her house and drank her sherry . |
| 29 | This was the final straw for Mrs B who broke down completely at the thought that her daughter could still think of her mother when this horrible thing was happening to her . |
| 30 | Whatever the outcome of this process , it is in the workplace that its impact will initially be experienced most directly . |