Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [that] the [noun] is " in BNC.
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1 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
2 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
3 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
4 | How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ? |
5 | A common fault here is to think of the rotor disc as being the model , and watch it describe a graceful turn only to find that the fuselage is now pointing its tail at the ground . |
6 | You say , ‘ we will naturally assume that the party is travelling together ’ . |
7 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |
8 | That wording is much more common than one which merely says that the referee is to act as an expert , omitting " and not as an arbitrator " . |
9 | One is constantly told that the difficulty is finding young people to join the voluntary ranks . |
10 | It only shows that the brain is implicated in the process by which the inner mind structure in the subtle energy fields seeks outward expression . |
11 | The further suggestion that Nicolas of Damascus may in his turn have used Polybius only shows that the subject is not worth pursuing . |
12 | When fatigue is complete the olfactory nerves become so de-sensitivized that the odour is no longer noticeable . |
13 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
14 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
15 | Thus the examples of ( 9 ) are acceptable : ( 9 ) your behaviour was barbaric this device is expensive his plan was inspired but impractical Where a prenominal adjective fits equally well with either relationship — ascriptive or associative — to its noun , we find that its occurrence in predicative position is acceptable , but only provided that the relation is taken as being ascriptive ; thus ( 10 ) mentions an individual who either has Greek nationality ( but the nature and region of the business which he or she deals with remain unspecified ) , or is a person who handles affairs connected with Greece ( but who may well be of some quite different nationality , Belgian for example ) ; ( 11 ) however unambiguously tells us that there is someone who falls into the former category : ( 10 ) the Greek representative ( 11 ) the representative is Greek |
16 | Check daily to ensure that the compost is kept just moist . |
17 | Anyone who advertises the deferred rate may only do so provided that the APR is more prominent , and they explain all the terms . ’ |
18 | Refusal does not necessarily indicate that the individual is incapable of doing so . |
19 | But it does not take long to decide that the experiment is being conducted with skill , and that the pursuits have at least a little in common . |
20 | Viewers nave enough to suppose that the interview is a means by which the electors might arrive at the truth would prefer the tried and trusted methods of the Brothers Dimbleby . |
21 | ‘ I only meant that the coincidence is amazing . ’ |
22 | This does not necessarily mean that the cholesterol is the cause , or certainly not the sole cause , of heart attacks . |
23 | This does not necessarily mean that the customer is always right , but it does mean that the customer forms the starting point for the organization 's corporate strategy . |
24 | Although we have identified a recognition sequence for the DNA-PK , this does not necessarily mean that the kinase is unable to recognise other types of sequence . |
25 | Nor can there be much doubt that the experience is more painful for the men than the duped women . |
26 | The square brackets in ( 62 ) merely mark that the whole is to be taken as a complex entity , which is given anyway by our assumption that an E extended remains an E ; if the brackets are not needed in ( 61 ) why are they present in ( 62 ) ; alternatively , why not write them in in both cases ? |
27 | In fact , it is particularly important for any popular movement to avoid the all-too-tempting trap of merely asserting that the law is what we would like it to be . |
28 | It merely argues that the CAPM is untestable . |
29 | The hon. Member for Swansea , East obviously believes that the matter is important . |
30 | Performance is measured against objectives so ensuring that the contract is fulfilled . |