Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] that [vb -s] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 At best they furnish little more than an outline guide to the interpretation of the numerical data , a hint of the kind of hypothesis that needs to be tested .
2 As Simon ( 1960 ) pointed out , one of the main tasks in designing a hierarchy is to decide the appropriate level of authority for each class of decision that has to be made .
3 Whilst counselling is n essentially an intellectual process — mostly it depends upon a facility for empathy with a wide range of other human beings — it is nonetheless very demanding in the sheer volume of literature that has to be read and understood .
4 Hill goes on : ‘ I also have to state that I am staggered at the amount of money that appears to be owing and am at a loss to understand how such a situation has been reached .
5 It seems reasonable to suppose that there differences in the kind of provision that needs to be made by each of these stages of teacher formation .
6 Since 1985 , there has been action in several prisons over several demands , but perennially the amount of overtime that has to be worked .
7 Most of us will be working part time and voluntary work will be considered work just as much as paid work and in that way we can distribute the enormous amount of work that needs to be done more evenly .
8 And quite clearly there is a lot of work that needs to be done because if we look back on the discussion this afternoon , er this morning er and this evening , quite clearly there are conflicting views and conflicting interpretations about various criteria , various elements of information that should er er should go into the mix .
9 I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two .
10 Writing the research report , perhaps in the form of a book This can be a very lengthy process , depending on the amount of work that has to be done on the data collected .
11 There is a lot of work that has to be done by the decider in order to bridge the gap .
12 Item one on M , Mr Chairman , the right of you with the amount of work that has to be done , and the amount of they 're asked for
13 It 's true that in my job I get to meet many celebrities , but there is an enormous amount of work that has to be done as well .
14 The first of these tensions is about the degree of attention that needs to be paid to natural ( i.e. genetically given ) sex differences and similarities .
15 There is a lot of groundwork that needs to be in place before we come out at 2 am !
16 Calcium deficiency can lead to osteoporosis , common in older people , which resembles the loss of bone that appears to be a universal phenomenon of ageing ( Exton-Smith , 1971 ) .
17 There 's a significant amount of adaptation that has to be done . ’
18 When it reaches the bladder the surgeon , like a submarine commander , applies his eyes to the other end of the fibre-optic and sees the area of tissue that needs to be cut away .
19 Whereas the former leads into a philosophical cul de sac and can not be given any definitive answer , the latter indicates the kind of approach that promises to be illuminating and fruitful .
20 We erm we 've been discussing all last week the amount of housing that has to be accommodated in Harrogate District and in North Yorkshire as as a whole .
21 This ( ’ Breakthrough 2000 ’ ) is the kind of project that needs to be on every denomination 's agenda .
22 The complexity of an organisation 's activities in turn increases with differentiation , interdependence , uncertainty and as the uncertainty in an organisation increases , the greater is the amount of information that needs to be processed by decision- makers to ensure coordination .
23 And I think that 's the kind of thing that needs to be done .
24 The system shown in Figure 7 is an illustration of the sort of system that needs to be designed to regulate ecologically urban-industrial systems .
25 These early studies did not , however , establish whether any particular form of exercise was beneficial , nor whether there was a threshold of activity that has to be exceeded before benefit can be detected .
26 There is no evidence , according to Ian Lang of the NFA , that companies have exerted pressure to lower standards , but " their disproportionate presence on committees represents a conflict of interest that needs to be addressed . "
27 So it is not only the visible and active exercise of power that needs to be equalized , but also the possession of power , which , where it can not be redistributed , must at least be made accountable within the framework of democracy .
28 The actual rate of return on a futures position depends both on whether the position is long or short , and on the amount of margin that has to be paid .
29 With different degrees of success , two articles venture upon ground that appears to be substantially less well worked than that already considered .
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