Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 2 | That the new system generated little moral authority was less important than the fact that it gave many Sri Lankans access to the power of the state . |
| 3 | Perhaps one of the reasons SunPics resisted the idea , other than the fact that it jeopardises the planet 's whole raison d'etre , is that the deal was reportedly sprung on them a week before it was signed . |
| 4 | In a family in which ‘ asking ’ is always done by a threatening fist , and physical violence is the usual means of expressing ill-temper or frustration , the difference between welfare and ill-fare is the strength of the blow rather than the fact that it happened . |
| 5 | Therefore , it is the very ordinariness of the RUC 's policing in Easton which is surprising and provides the greatest disjuncture with public imagery rather than the fact that it contradicts , to some extent , the formal regimen of the police manual or the bureaucratic ethos of police management . |
| 6 | It also dates 1st century and could have been intended as either a key or a knife handle ( although the fact that it has a circular socket favours its use as a key handle ) . |
| 7 | This has no mass of its own , so the force that it carries is long range . |
| 8 | An SFA member must apply appropriate expertise and be able to show that it believes on reasonable grounds that an advertisement that it issues or approves is fair and not misleading . |
| 9 | A relation is said to be transitive if the fact that it holds between two elements A and B , and also between B and some third element C , guarantees that it holds between A and C. The relation ’ — is longer than — ’ is thus transitive , because if A is longer than B , and B is longer than C , we can be sure that A is longer than C. In the case of an intransitive relation , on the other hand , the fact that it held between A and B , and between B and C , would entail that it did not hold between A and C. For instance , if A were the father of B , and B the father of C , then A could not be the father of C ; the relation ’ — father of — ’ is thus intransitive . |
| 10 | In this book we will be using the ‘ C-word ’ in these senses to refer to the present penal situation in England and Wales , albeit with slight embarrassment and the worry that it has been used so often and for so long that there is a danger that it may be losing its dramatic impact . |
| 11 | And the finding that it takes 400 msec to generate the electrical activity associated with the meaning of visually presented words suggests that this is one of the most complex activities our perceptual systems are asked to perform . |
| 12 | The power of instinct , fierce and primitive , and the knowledge that it brings . |
| 13 | The reaction at the meeting was rather subdued , but at the subsequent interviews most staff expressed their views freely about the way the EPH operated and the purpose that it served . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not anti-drink , I 'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes , ’ he told me during an interview carried out in one of the three plush hotels he owns . |
| 15 | It varies in brightness and the way that it varies picks it out . |
| 16 | Corruption , and the way that it extends from the top to bottom of society in American cities , is the subject of ‘ City of Hope ’ , John Sayles ' new film that was shown at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in America and in the market at Cannes . |
| 17 | Erm , where the , the authority , not just the County Council , but the authority in the partnership , get involved in lobbying exercises with the , with the government to try to ensure that rural post offices can actually give out vehicle licences , because it 's very , if you look in the north of the county , outside the towns there 's only four post offices , I think , that can actually give out vehicle licences , and yet in the rural areas , we have a lot of people with vehicles , and we , and the way that it counts towards , the way that it counts up towards a post office 's survival , it 's these high value items are significant in keeping post offices open . |
| 18 | Rather , its importance results from where it lies in the circuits of the left hemisphere and the way that it processes the inputs it receives . |
| 19 | The Tory Party had a clear mission which was to break the power of the unions , and the way that it did this was by using the law . |
| 20 | It was widely said that he had long resented the Shah 's great oil wealth and the independence that it gave him . |
| 21 | Because of the low status of part time training and the realisation that it makes the period between registration and achieving a consultant post even longer , the proportion of doctors training part time has dropped as the proportion of women graduates has increased . |
| 22 | The questions that must be asked relate to the promises that it presents , especially in the context of world food supplies and the alleviation of environmental pollution , and the caution that it necessitates in relation to the potential ecological havoc it may wreak . |
| 23 | I have great difficulty coming to terms with all that was being said under H one about migration and the relationship to Leeds and the idea that it matters enormously in the realm exactly where this new settlement , which I hope does go ahead , actually goes . |
| 24 | If that succeeds we really will be able to maintain the momentum of the fund and the work that it does throughout the world . |
| 25 | A first step in the process is to examine the gap between what the company income is likely to be from the products now in production and the income that it wishes to have over the next planning period . |
| 26 | Thanks to our parliamentary system and the stability that it has given us , the British people have been spared the horrors of revolution , civil war and invasion for more than 300 years . |
| 27 | However , those who operate the law are well aware that it will only be respected to the extent that it conforms with public opinion : the reason why journalists and broadcasters are not prosecuted much more often for undoubted infringements of the letter of the laws of contempt and official secrecy is simply that the authorities are well aware that up-to-the-hilt enforcement of these vague laws would bring the law into further disrepute , and precipitate precisely the sort of clash between government and the press that it has been the British genius to avoid , whenever possible , by cosy arrangements . |
| 28 | Freedom of the press has a long history , but it is only since 1980 that the right to communicate and the freedom that it entails has been seen as the very centre of human rights , and indeed as a precondition for a meaningful implementation of other human rights . |
| 29 | Before she can answer , they are engulfed by a crowd of young warriors , who want to hear the rumours of the lion hunt and the fight that it provoked confirmed . |
| 30 | Our general topic of discussion is perceptual consciousness and the problem that it constitutes for physicalism . |