Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [noun] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past year he had been restraining the army and trying for a political settlement ; and there have been signs that Tamil extremists may be prepared to talk about autonomy rather than secession . |
| 2 | Some theorists believe that hydrogen becomes a metallic solid where its electrons freely flow when compressed by two or three million atmospheres pressure ; there have been speculations that metallic hydrogen could be useful as a fusion fuel . |
| 3 | Following a speech by Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , to barristers this month , there have been fears that senior judges involved in drawing up rules would effectively block the use of the new rights in practice , by insisting that preparation of some cases and their presentation in court should be handled by different people . |
| 4 | There have been complaints that central departments are inefficient because they are overburdened ; the Fulton Committee on the Civil Service urged the ‘ hiving-off ’ of units dealing with routine administration which were little concerned with major policy issues . |
| 5 | Furthermore , there have been suggestions that some types of support are effective for some types of stress but not others , and we do not yet know enough about the causal processes involved to be able to explain this ( Gottlieb , 1983 ) . |