Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asserting , what was palpably untrue , that ‘ There are probably few people in India who do not sincerely regret that you should have made it impossible for any government to leave you at liberty ’ , he handed down a sentence of six years ' simple imprisonment , pointing out — the crowning touch-that the sentence was the same as that given to the nationalist hero Bal Gangadhar Tilak , twelve years before . |
| 2 | His personal fondness for the sayings of the Reverend Swaggart marked him as a man somewhat out of step with much of the rest of the world ; a view reinforced by his apparent keenness on the suggestion of a freebooting American marine that the kingdom become a dumping-ground for spent atomic waste and noxious chemicals . |
| 3 | It is rather peculiar that no national parks exist in Scotland . |
| 4 | But he was never saying to himself until one moment in the past that it was much peculiar that a girl as pretty and as fashionable with her peroxide hair as Jilly Jonathan was carrying on holiday a big , crocodile-skin handbag . |
| 5 | This answer was so peculiar that the child remembered it . |
| 6 | It is peculiar that the hedgehogs should be used as the balls , especially as they keep wandering off and getting into hedgehog fights . |
| 7 | ‘ It has become quite clear that every authority is pursuing a different model and taking a different approach . |
| 8 | Thus Aquinas , who stood in a long tradition which came to him through the teachings of the early canonists summed up in Gratian 's Decretum ( 1140 ) , was clear that every state had both the right and the duty to defend itself , its legitimate existence , and its rights when these could be legally proved ( ‘ It is legitimate to oppose force with force ’ , as Justinian 's Digest put it ) . |
| 9 | Finally , if the manager were to get into financial difficulties , and his or her creditors required payment , it should be clear that no money in this account belongs to the manager , and it can not be used to settle the manager 's personal debts . |
| 10 | Finally , it became clear that no preliminary conference would be possible without widening the discussions unduly , and it seemed best to hold bilateral discussions first . |
| 11 | Since the nucleus of a cell in the gut could give rise to a normal toad it is clear that no genetic information had been lost during the development of the gut , and the same holds for the skin nucleus . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've made it quite clear that no award will be made unless we 're absolutely satisfied that the problem of retuning has been probably addressed . |
| 13 | Once it was clear that no demonstrations would take place , the students became nervous about the ‘ xuechao ’ and began to withdraw from any action which could have been construed as political activism . |
| 14 | While laws against personal assault probably fall into this category , it is clear that no one has an individual right to a particular defence policy . |
| 15 | It is clear that no other means of transmission could be identified in these cases . |
| 16 | The radical instability of the Modernist view of knowledge , whether moral or social , was manifest ; and if Iris Murdoch , among the new novelists , was alone in her capacity as a professional philosopher to counter poor arguments with better , it was equally clear that no one had to be a philosopher to see that the scepticisms of the inter-war years were implausible and ultimately self-contradicting . |
| 17 | It is fairly clear that no one would now seriously seek to impose a return to the regular liturgical use of Latin or the celebration of private masses or decree an actual dissolution of episcopal conferences , but full acceptance of many of them is still far from clear even in Rome . |
| 18 | In other words , under the misappropriation theory it is clear that no breach of duty to the issuer of the securities traded in , is required , provided there has been a breach of duty to another person ; however , under Rule 14e-3 it is not necessary for any fiduciary duty to be owed or breached . |
| 19 | The heralds and the disciplinary officers could achieve much ; but it is clear that no factor could ensure a greater respect for the rules of war and for the interests and property of the non-combatant than could firm leadership . |
| 20 | Was it , perhaps , in the 1960s that the notion became clear that no idol can exist without feet of clay ? |
| 21 | Where there are dramatic differences of incidence for different groups , where the social pattern investigated is simplex ( for example , class difference only ) , and where the differences virtually always tend in the same direction , it is often unnecessary to test for significance , because the patterns revealed are so clear that no one could believe they are the results of pure chance . |
| 22 | Baker and Butlin ( 1973 , p. 619 ) concluded from their major edited survey of those field systems that ‘ As the number of local studies has increased , so to some extent has the difficulty of attempting generalizations and it becomes increasingly clear that no single interpretation will exactly fit all the known facts ’ . |
| 23 | The Court was surprised that those suggestions should have been made , and the Court owed it to its members and to all concerned to make it clear that no attempt had been made by anyone directly or indirectly , otherwise than in open court , to influence its decision . |
| 24 | But it 's clear that no amount of research will answer what seems at the outset to be a simple question , that is , ‘ Is golf good for the environment ? ’ the reply has to be , ‘ It depends . ’ |
| 25 | Until this legacy is tackled we believe MPG6 should make it absolutely clear that no new permissions should be granted , for to do so merely puts off the evil day when the problem of old permissions has to be confronted . |
| 26 | Until this legacy is tackled we believe MPG6 should make it absolutely clear that no new permissions should be granted , for to do so merely puts off the evil day when the problem of old permissions has to be confronted . |
| 27 | ‘ If an assassin were to dare to enter my kitchen , ’ Auguste announced in tones that made it clear that no villain would have the temerity , ‘ do you not think that poison would be his chosen means , rather than an arsenal of rifles hidden in a kitchen range ? ’ |
| 28 | My hon. Friend has made it clear that no willing volunteer will be turned away and that anybody who wants to continue to serve with the TA will be able to do so , maybe not with the unit in which he is now serving , but with another unit . |
| 29 | It is clear that no one in the northern region is demanding that yet . |
| 30 | In Fowler v Cammell Laird Ltd , 1973 IRLR 72 — although the circumstances of the case make it clear that no injustice was done in holding the dismissal fair — the tribunal was obviously impressed by the fact that the company rules provided for instant dismissal of those convicted of theft on the company 's premises . |