Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that [pron] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Her claims to be heard are based on her spiritual topic matter and the historical accident that she writes at a time when she believes more has been revealed about the divine and therefore she possesses ‘ more information ’ than previously .
2 For most of these the use of English presents no problem and the Church does not assume the cultural importance that it has for some of those from ethnic minority cultures who live permanently in Britain .
3 This would be a feat of public agitation that he likens to the Anti-Corn Law League of the 1830s and 1840s , which successfully pressed home the case for free trade ( and caused a split in the Tory Party in the process ) .
4 We have a clear resolution that it objects to the new settlement on the basis that it is not needed and can not be justified .
5 They include Azabu Group , which plans to sell 60 properties worth around ¥200 billion by the end of June ; Itoman , a trading company which hopes to sell and lease back its Osaka headquarters for ¥80 billion as a first step towards paying off its debt of ¥1.3 trillion , much of it owed to Sumitomo Bank ; and MDI , which wants to unload ¥50 billion out of ¥150 billion worth of residential property that it holds for development .
6 The use of the modular approach initially brings the very real advantage that it appears to be more acceptable to users and provides greater insight for the designer of the design problem .
7 In the light of his experience and expertise at Llandough hospital in my constituency , he has alerted people in Wales to the dangers of smoking , the burdens that smoking places on the NHS and the tremendous damage that it does to health .
8 The typical duration that it spends in either mode is very long compared with the source period .
9 Why has housing never been a central issue for the women 's liberation movement in Britain , despite the crucial place that it occupies in all our lives ?
10 it will be of paramount importance that she cooperates with all those involved in the resolution of the problem .
11 I 'm such a picky person that everything has to be perfect . ’
12 For once I did n't take my beloved camera with me to record the state of the line , for the simple reason that it results in very slow progress , and that is hardly wise near the shortest day of the year .
13 History , for Nicol , is not the simple matter that it seems for Crichton-Smith , ‘ because afterwards is where we live , where we can resolve what happened , according to one , according to another ’ .
14 The aim of this arrangement is the same as that of the mentor programmes ; it is to demonstrate in a consistent way that someone cares about , is interested in and encourages the school and its students in their work .
15 For the Shipman , as a pirate , the merchant is a natural enemy : It is not particularly difficult , however , to reconcile the appearance of a female narrative voice in lines 11 – 19 of the tale with the male narrator that it has within the dramatic framework of the Canterbury Tales , and thus to preserve the presence of both of these voices and their critical implications .
16 The trustee may at any time give notice to a secured creditor that he proposes at the end of twenty-eight days to redeem the security at the value placed upon it by the creditor in his proof .
17 This would seem to be an obvious recognition that nothing lasts for ever .
18 Apart from a small stain on the edge this came up in almost the bright and shiny condition that it appears in the illustration .
19 Establish the tithe as a constant reminder that everything belongs to him .
20 ‘ It is routine procedure that there needs to be more than one staff member on the premises when a project is open to the public .
21 I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species .
22 It should be linked with the equally remarkable assertion that there exists within doctrine ‘ a hierarchy of truths ’ ( Unitatis Redintegratio 11 ) .
23 The norm of " the language as a whole " is not the objective reality that it seems to be in Bloch 's definition , and some less absolute standard of comparison has to be found ( see 2.4 ) .
24 It is open to the obvious objection that it focuses on an outcome which may be a matter of pure chance : if such driving happens not to result in death , the charge will merely be drunken driving .
25 Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state .
26 The technique 's most overt strength centres on the alternative insight that it affords into similar , if not identical , problem areas .
27 Even this sort of quasi-aesthetic ‘ decision ’ makes enough evolutionary sense that there is a good chance that it results from programming rather than intelligence ; and in most carefully studied cases it is clear that variability is innate .
28 The major example that he gives of informalisation is what he takes to be the decrease of social restraints , particularly in the middle classes , imposed upon sexual behaviour and other connected spheres of conduct .
29 By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal .
30 No one has been able to point to any useful purpose that it serves at the present day .
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