Example sentences of "[noun] that [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , for instance , a case could be made for discouraging risks that might lead to a person 's loss of employment , if their chances of gaining another job were remote . |
| 2 | One had tried to involve some of the staff but they apparently refused to get involved ; another head wanted more involvement and had a plan of action that would lead to this : another was sure that all staff were involved and departments were compelled to discuss finance at least once a month . |
| 3 | In today 's European capital markets , the freedom of exchange rates , to which some of my hon. Friends are so attached , means only the freedom to devalue — a course of action that would prove to be as futile as it is nugatory in modern conditions . |
| 4 | But he added : ‘ There must be a better way of meeting those concerns than taking action that could lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 5 | Women have so often been in situations of powerlessness and dependence that any system of belief or programme of action that could count as ‘ feminist ’ must in some way see this as a central concern . |
| 6 | There will , of course , always be certain competencies or aptitudes that may need to be tested , e.g. colour blindness or spatial awareness . |
| 7 | It shows the close association that can exist between organic chemical synthesis and clay surfaces . |
| 8 | A further difficulty concerns the sheer numbers of such spores that would need to be involved . |
| 9 | As the number of people in Europe has increased , animals that could cohabit with humans thrive while others are marginalised . |
| 10 | Notice that some are capable of non-interlaced operation which gives a virtually flicker free display but you also need a video card that can work with non-interlaced SVGA . |
| 11 | But analysts recalled that Mr Parra had spent the two weeks before the talks touring member states in an attempt to secure a deal that would remove at least 1 million bpd from the oil market as demand falls with the onset of warmer One analyst said that the delay in reaching agreement had unsettled the market . |
| 12 | Rover is negotiating a deal that could lead to a factory being built in Siberia . |
| 13 | It 's bad enough trying to persuade 168-pin chip to part company with its socket — I ca n't imagine the grey hairs that 'll result from trying to insert an expensive 238-pin one in its place ! |
| 14 | But the underdogs in this north London derby believe their third round victory over Bristol on Saturday , is the omen that can turn about their season . |
| 15 | But the reason they can not press on to victory is transparent : the central planning dear to people like Mr Li and Mr Chen stands no chance of coping with 20m or more urban unemployed , a labour force that will grow by 95m in the next five years and rising expectations of wealth . |
| 16 | An informal collaborative project between BGS and the Observatório Nacional ( part of the Brazilian Research Council , CNPq ) is examining new geophysical methods that may help in the exploration of the vast basalt-covered basins in the interior of Brazil . |
| 17 | Charcoal will not adsorb nitrites , ammonia or nitrates , but is useful in removing chlorine , and substances like dyes and pesticides that can occur in untreated tapwater . |
| 18 | I can certainly give my hon. Friend an assurance that , were the investigations by the Serious Fraud Office to produce evidence of fraud that would have to be considered by those involved in criminal prosecutions of if there were claims that the Occupational Pensions Board had been negligent or in any other way culpable of failure to carry out its duties as imposed by the law , those matters would be considered with great care . |
| 19 | And she knows that the secret of laughter is shared experience — laughing together at disasters and embarrassments that can happen to us all . |
| 20 | If the Minister is so keen on inward investment , why are she and her hon. Friends blocking the inward investment that would come from RECHARbonisation ? |
| 21 | Once more , however , that can be handled by a proper definition of the axes ; obviously it is future profitability of incremental investment that should go into the assessment of SBU attractiveness . |
| 22 | Land acquisition , site assembly , land reclamation , infrastructural improvement and environmental enhancement are the means through which it engages with local authorities , the Department of Environment and most importantly , the private sector to lever investment that will lead to economic growth . |
| 23 | Parallan , a $10m-a-year , three-year-old private company , will sign a joint development agreement with IBM , paving the way for production of servers that will fit between Parallan 's System 290 OS/2 application superservers and the two new high-end IBM PS/2 Model 95s announced last week . |
| 24 | The right of shareholders to restrain directors from entering into transactions that fall outside the company 's objects is preserved , however , and the directors remain liable to the company for any loss that may result from entering into such transactions , and to that extent the doctrine of ultra vires survives . |
| 25 | We would be strongly opposed to the shipment of vast tonnages of aggregates into the South Wales region via Milford Haven for a number of reasons , not least the environmental damage , pollution and energy loss that would occur in transporting the material across the region to where it was required . |
| 26 | We would be strongly opposed to the shipment of vast tonnages of aggregates into the South Wales region via Milford Haven for a number of reasons , not least the environmental damage , pollution and energy loss that would occur in transporting the material across the region to where it was required . |
| 27 | It can also be shown that smooth-fronted electromagnetic waves would generate smooth-fronted or step gravitational waves that would persist through the interaction region . |
| 28 | It was a command that would result in the slaying of actress of Sharon Tate ( who was pregnant with film director Roman Polanski 's child at the time of her fatal stabbing ) , coffee heiress Abigail Folger and her lover Wojiciech Frykowski , delivery boy Steven Earl Parent and Hollywood hair stylist to the stars , Jay Sebring . |
| 29 | For Frith has given the fox and the weasel cunning hearts and sharp teeth and to the cat he has given silent feet and eyes that can see in the dark and they are gone away from Frith 's place to kill and devour all that belongs to El-ahrairah . " |
| 30 | A tall , prematurely white-haired man in a navy blue suit , with eyes that could focus on you as if you were a fly that had settled on a distant door-knob , he could dominate a large room while seated behind a desk at one end of it and without raising his voice above a conversational level . |