Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [prep] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | For smaller cities tight inner ring roads were advocated , Tripp suggesting that in a city of 100,000 population the radius of the inner ring road would probably be a quarter to half a mile , while in a city of a million , the radius would be a mile or more . |
| 2 | It 's the classic chicken and the egg problem , that if you try and identify something starting one area , and using that as a sort of causal factor for another area of behaviour , I 'm not sure whether , in the majority of cases , you can satisfactorily identify one as being the cause and the other being the result of that causal factor . |
| 3 | Although evidence is accumulating that in a number of birds females prefer long-tailed mates , the role of natural selection in tail elaboration has been largely ignored . |
| 4 | The managers may also be successful in obtaining from the investors a clause in the agreement or a side letter , confirming that as a result of their investigations they are not aware of a breach of the warranties at completion . |
| 5 | The court granted the order , holding that as a result of the retraction by P. of his statement , and his being an alleged accomplice , there was insufficient evidence against the applicant for the purposes of paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to the Extradition Act 1989 In the circumstances the court did not find it necessary to deal with arguments that no evidence had been adduced that the applicant had , at the time of the offences , been ‘ within the territory of the requesting party ’ as required by article 1 of the Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Sweden contained in Schedule 1 to the Sweden ( Extradition ) Order 1966 and that the magistrate had failed to consider whether the Swedish court had power to try the applicant for participation in offences in Sweden committed from outside its territory . |
| 6 | On appeal by the defendants , the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and discharged the injunction , holding that as a matter of domestic law there was no justification for extending to local authorities bringing proceedings under section 222 of the Act of 1972 to enforce the criminal law the privilege enjoyed by the Crown alone of being granted an interlocutory injunction without giving a cross-undertaking as to damages ; and that since it had not been established that the defendants had no defence under article 30 of the E.E.C . |
| 7 | That must be extremely dubious , considering that for a number of years the payments were made under protest . |
| 8 | David explained all over again , saying that as a member of the executive council of the Forest of Arden Conservative Association , he had been conscripted by the chairman , Mrs Angela Cartwright , to take his wife 's place on the constituency delegation . |
| 9 | Taskopruzade and Mecdi assign this event to the reign of Bayezid I ( 1389–1402 ) , saying that as a result of a quarrel between Molla Fenari and that sultan , the former abandoned his posts and went off to Karaman where the emir gave him a salary of 1,000 akce a day and each of his pupils 500 akce a day . |
| 10 | On Nov. 20 , Ghana Broadcasting Corporation reported that the parliamentary elections had been postponed until Dec. 22 ; the report quoted Mr Justice Ofori-Boateng as saying that as a result of the withdrawal of the four parties , 38 constituencies had been left with only one candidate each . |
| 11 | If you play professional tennis , then it is even more important to have good technique because I am always saying that in a draw of 64 or 128 people , they are all watching how you play and of course they will find out what is happening with your game . |
| 12 | Income tax was minimal ; Marie Webster had an old demand showing that of a total of $604 only $3.90 was payable . |
| 13 | When the Junto leader , the Earl of Sunderland , suggested that some be settled in Canterbury , the mayor refused point blank , arguing that as a result of the recession in the silk-weaving and wool-carding trades , there was not enough work to employ the poor families already living in the city . |
| 14 | USL is asking the court for a preliminary injunction forbidding BSDI from distributing any of its BSD/386 software hoping that as a result of the anticipated trial the courts will make it permanent . |