Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 2 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 3 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
| 4 | How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ? |
| 5 | A common fault here is to think of the rotor disc as being the model , and watch it describe a graceful turn only to find that the fuselage is now pointing its tail at the ground . |
| 6 | You say , ‘ we will naturally assume that the party is travelling together ’ . |
| 7 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |
| 8 | That wording is much more common than one which merely says that the referee is to act as an expert , omitting " and not as an arbitrator " . |
| 9 | One is constantly told that the difficulty is finding young people to join the voluntary ranks . |
| 10 | It only shows that the brain is implicated in the process by which the inner mind structure in the subtle energy fields seeks outward expression . |
| 11 | The further suggestion that Nicolas of Damascus may in his turn have used Polybius only shows that the subject is not worth pursuing . |
| 12 | When fatigue is complete the olfactory nerves become so de-sensitivized that the odour is no longer noticeable . |
| 13 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 14 | Having worked and been around the Brighton first schools for many years , I would very much hope that the transition is not traumatic . |
| 15 | Moreover strict conditions are laid down to ensure that the company is included in consolidated accounts drawn up and audited in accordance with the Seventh Directive and made available to the British public . |
| 16 | Thus the examples of ( 9 ) are acceptable : ( 9 ) your behaviour was barbaric this device is expensive his plan was inspired but impractical Where a prenominal adjective fits equally well with either relationship — ascriptive or associative — to its noun , we find that its occurrence in predicative position is acceptable , but only provided that the relation is taken as being ascriptive ; thus ( 10 ) mentions an individual who either has Greek nationality ( but the nature and region of the business which he or she deals with remain unspecified ) , or is a person who handles affairs connected with Greece ( but who may well be of some quite different nationality , Belgian for example ) ; ( 11 ) however unambiguously tells us that there is someone who falls into the former category : ( 10 ) the Greek representative ( 11 ) the representative is Greek |
| 17 | Check daily to ensure that the compost is kept just moist . |
| 18 | Anyone who advertises the deferred rate may only do so provided that the APR is more prominent , and they explain all the terms . ’ |
| 19 | Refusal does not necessarily indicate that the individual is incapable of doing so . |
| 20 | But it does not take long to decide that the experiment is being conducted with skill , and that the pursuits have at least a little in common . |
| 21 | Viewers nave enough to suppose that the interview is a means by which the electors might arrive at the truth would prefer the tried and trusted methods of the Brothers Dimbleby . |
| 22 | ‘ I only meant that the coincidence is amazing . ’ |
| 23 | This does not necessarily mean that the cholesterol is the cause , or certainly not the sole cause , of heart attacks . |
| 24 | This does not necessarily mean that the customer is always right , but it does mean that the customer forms the starting point for the organization 's corporate strategy . |
| 25 | Although we have identified a recognition sequence for the DNA-PK , this does not necessarily mean that the kinase is unable to recognise other types of sequence . |
| 26 | Nor can there be much doubt that the experience is more painful for the men than the duped women . |
| 27 | The square brackets in ( 62 ) merely mark that the whole is to be taken as a complex entity , which is given anyway by our assumption that an E extended remains an E ; if the brackets are not needed in ( 61 ) why are they present in ( 62 ) ; alternatively , why not write them in in both cases ? |
| 28 | In fact , it is particularly important for any popular movement to avoid the all-too-tempting trap of merely asserting that the law is what we would like it to be . |
| 29 | The hon. Member for Swansea , East obviously believes that the matter is important . |
| 30 | Performance is measured against objectives so ensuring that the contract is fulfilled . |