Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Freud , however , was not content merely to make the general assertion ; he went further in stipulating the kinds of experience that would produce particular kinds of results if encountered at specified stages of development . |
| 32 | Children make progress at various speeds at different ages and by watching their activities and offering the next stage when they are ready for it teachers can give them the breadth of experience that will make the formal work of later years more meaningful . |
| 33 | So they 're all , they 're trading off their gains from economies of scale , right , with erm , variability of , of income that may result from sort of , putting all their eggs in one basket , so diversification is the main way in which farmers cope er , with an uncertain environment . |
| 34 | That may change and as we move out of the recession hopefully , er the er erm position will improve , but it does mean that for next year we are not in a position to er achieve the level of income that the , the current year 's budget er required us to and which er on a normal knock-on basis as this element of the budget moves on from year to year , we would n't er have very much hope I would er put to you of actually meeting the level of income that would allow us to operate er a standstill budget in , in this area . |
| 35 | If we 're only offering £10,500 a year to join the police force , for people to put their lives on the line , it not the sort of money that would attract the right people . |
| 36 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 37 | That is the way in which to maximise the amount of money that can go to buy direct patient care . |
| 38 | Meanwhile , Socratic culture , shaken from two directions , has lost its self-confidence : witness its present obsession with novelty , coupled with a fear of any change of direction that would contradict its own premises . |
| 39 | I am naturally extremely sorry to hear of the personal circumstances that the hon. Gentleman very properly brings to the attention of the House , but he will not expect me to prejudge any issue of criminality that may arise . |
| 40 | The region is an important tier in allocating resources for health care but regional authorities have to rely on coarse-grained information such as death rates to decide the level of funding that should go to particular districts and services . |
| 41 | Nor do Piaroa young men learn the self-regarding virtues of manhood that would set them as males against females , and , as such , superior to them . |
| 42 | CHINA 'S hardline vice-president Wang Zhen died yesterday , just days before a meeting of parliament that would have retired him from his post . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | There is no course of action that will help you lose the cacophony of teenagers yelling , adults whining and children screaming , until the turn off for Carn Mor Dearg , which joyfully appears at Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe . |
| 46 | NASHWAN 'S owner and trainer yesterday decided against the only course of action that could have restored the reputation of their Derby winner as one of the outstanding racehorses of the post-war era by opting to by-pass the richest and usually most competitive race in Europe , the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | ‘ We could have signed to they on the type of deal that would have worked against their own long-term interest in relation to creative control . |
| 49 | You say that , but are n't is n't it th the case that the loyalists , the Protestants in Northern Ireland are terrified of any kind of deal that might involve Gerry Adams because that would be as far as they are concerned the ultimate sell out , and hence there is the danger of growing sectarian violence because of fear ? |
| 50 | Hobbling into Range West on crutches , with a rope round my shoulders , I was looking forward to the expressions of disbelief that would have greeted my reply to sentries ' questions about what I was doing . |
| 51 | They will generate a lot of revenue that will put us in good stead for the future . |
| 52 | If British Raik were seeking to finance this project entirely out of the relatively small amount of revenue that will come to the station from the operation of the services and from the surrounding property development , it would find that impossible . |
| 53 | In response to your application you 'll receive , on the back of the form you " ve sent to the Registry , an official certificate of search that will reveal whether any entry or pending entry has been made since the date from which you searched . |
| 54 | It is quite clear that in securing contracts with the private sector , and getting a good price , some authorities have been quicker off the mark than others , leaving the remainder at the mercy of spot prices and the sort of fee-hiking that can result . |
| 55 | Sec. should rather arrange for a pattern of feedback that will keep him continuously informed of actions taken . |
| 56 | The result was that it then became possible to record the data on a continuous re-circulating loop of tape that would last for 25 hours before being erased and used again . |
| 57 | The Prime Minister argued strongly against any form of federalism that would undermine the sovereignty of the nation-state . |
| 58 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 59 | And I had almost forgotten the lilt of a Scottish accent , the sense of pleasure that can flow behind its reserve . |
| 60 | It is this increased amount of aluminium that may damage the heart by interfering with its electrical activities . |