Example sentences of "an [noun] that the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the change of carburettor give so much of an advantage that the expense of about £70 is worthwhile ? |
| 2 | The expenses and toils of a long war are but too just an excuse that the thought of a new library were not part of the public cares . |
| 3 | Although the legend refers mainly to the late-lamented Glasgow Empire , actors have long and highly trained memories , and having the theatre demolished in the middle of Act Three is not an experience that the Brotherhood of Thespians is liable to forget in a hurry . |
| 4 | The grounds of appeal were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices had exercised their discretion to award costs on the wrong principles as it had not been shown that the local authority had acted in bad faith or unreasonable in the performance of its statutory duties or had acted unreasonably in the conduct of the proceedings before the court ; ( 2 ) there were no circumstances which justified the making of the costs order ; ( 3 ) the justice should have found that there were good reasons for the local authority to be concerned about the father 's ability to care for the children , the local authority was not bound to adopt the view of the guardian ad litem and the local authority had communicated the decision not to oppose the father 's application within a reasonable time on receiving the report of the guardian ad litem ; ( 4 ) the justices had been wrong to assume that the change in the view of the local authority amounted to an admission that the views of the local authority had been wrong all the time . |
| 5 | There was also an admission that the demand for water is not growing at the rate Thames Water had earlier predicted . |
| 6 | That said , there is a playful yet authoritative personality here , which makes the quasi-erotic experience of pressing down the plunger ( an action that the semiotician of coffee Pierre Beaudidlez has described as having an ‘ ecstatic rightness ’ ) especially piquant . |
| 7 | Time will tell whether Swansea 's grim win at an echoing Twickenham was an omen that the international in February will be fought out in the Cardiff fashion of last year or whether it was just these 80 minutes which had the mark of the beast upon them . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) Where in any proceedings against any person for such an offence the defence provided by subsection ( 1 ) above involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due ( a ) to the act or default of another ; or ( b ) to reliance on information given by another , that person shall not , without the leave of the court , be entitled to rely on the defence unless , not less than seven clear days before the hearing of the proceedings , he has served a notice under subsection ( 3 ) below on the person bringing the proceedings . |
| 9 | The other concern in the City Council 's evidence on H One er is this issue of distribution , I note Mr Davis 's comments about the difficulties of subdividing the Greater York allocation between different districts , and I I do acknowledge the difficulty in relation to Harrogate , and particularly Hambledon which obviously has a very small proportion of Greater York , on the other hand both Ryedale and Selby do contain a substantial proportion of the Greater York population , er based on my calculations of their er proportion of the population of Greater York which admittedly is a somewhat crude way of of doing estimates , but in the absence of of any other projections that was really the only way to do it , my estimate is that the er compared with the nine seven target of County Council would take in the could potentially be seen to be taking a share of four thousand two hundred in Ryedale and seventeen hundred for Selby , if you base it on their existing population distribution on er part outside the city , now I 'm not saying necessarily that 's how the way you would do it , but I I think it 's an indication that the scale of development in those two districts is quite significant in Greater York , our concern is that the policy as it currently stands does not give any real guidance as to the way in which distribution of development outside the city , but in Greater York , erm can be er should be di divided up , and I think the problem really occurs from the introduction of the new settlement into H One , erm I do n't want to stray into the H Two debate Chair , but I think it 's the fact that H One does include a figure for the new settlement , that the new settlement is not located within any particular district , but that all the district totals do include in effect a figure which is undetermined at this stage , that that would be absorbed by the new settlement , as I understand the policy at the moment , and I think that really does introduce a problem , erm because clearly all of the emerging districts wide local plans could be in conformity with the structure plan and not include the new settlement , I think it 's er interesting to note that the the D O E's recently published a good practice guide , on development plans , did particularly highlight the situation in Greater York , as a problem , as a shortcoming of the existing plan , and if I can just quote it , it does say this , on page forty three , it would seem appropriate for broad locations of new development to be established by means of an alteration to the structure plan . |
| 10 | The sensation of flashing lights can be an indication that the layers of the retina , at the back of the eye , are starting to peel apart . |
| 11 | An indication that the acceptability of the concept of headhunting has made great progress among employers in Britain is the fact that many of the respondents attested to search consultants ' knowledge of the executive market place , gained over a number of years , and their expertise in certain specialised sectors . |
| 12 | Iraq , which is thought to have capacity to produce at least twice as much oil as Kuwait , did not send its oil minister to the OPEC talks — an indication that the authorities in Baghdad do not expect an early resumption of export trading . |
| 13 | It is probable that it was during the period which is termed the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ that the first primitive acts of homage or deference to a ‘ god ’ occurred , and if this were so it could be an indication that the need for a ‘ god ’ is fundamental to the civilising process . |
| 14 | Eden was probably referring to the unfortunate statement from Henry Hopkinson , junior minister at the Colonial Office , that Cyprus would ‘ never ’ be granted full independence , and a domestic slip-up : an announcement that the manufacture of heroin would cease entirely in the UK ( the medical profession subtly pointed out its legitimate uses as a drug ) . |
| 15 | Charlotte 's Verbier turned out to be not an unputdownable Mills and Boon ski title but an announcement that the debate about the world 's best ski resort has finally been settled . |
| 16 | The THES added in an editorial that the withdrawal of CNAA recognition could result in the grave consequence of the closure of an institution in the largest conurbation in Europe without a university : |
| 17 | Clearly , then , the church reflects the important early medieval status of Brimpsfield with its castle and priory , whilst also providing an indicator that the centre of gravity of the village has shifted westwards over the last 800 years . |
| 18 | Implicit in this turn was an acknowledgement that the differences between the Left and the Right groups on practical policies were much narrower than the fractional struggle had previously admitted ; a common phenomenon in left-wing politics . |
| 19 | There is an argument that the development of rock in the 1960s was determined mainly by intramusical factors — from a desire to explore the technological and musical possibilities of the new conditions of production set up in the rock 'n' roll moment . |
| 20 | The structure of the databases in terms of input and output formats must have been identical or similar but this did not seem to be sufficiently argued , instead the plaintiff concentrated on an argument that the structure of the two programs must have been similar . |
| 21 | The House rejected , it is submitted quite correctly , an argument that the refusal of the English courts to enforce foreign penal or revenue law precluded the English court from giving the assistance requested ; to provide evidence which is to be used in foreign proceedings , even enforcement proceedings , is not to ‘ enforce ’ the foreign law in England . |
| 22 | An argument that the equality of women is a necessary implication of Christianity must clearly employ a two-stage operation . |
| 23 | The petition must be verified by an affidavit that the statements in the petition are true , or are true to the best of the deponent 's knowledge , information and belief . |
| 24 | But there is also an awareness that the growth of in-depth work may be changing the nature of the CAB service and there is renewed debate on the desirability of this new image . |
| 25 | ‘ I think in order to improve relationships , an awareness that the task before us in the Kingdom of God is greater than anything that divides us as denominations , is helpful . |
| 26 | In clinical case management there is a recognition that the worker is an important resource , and an awareness that the process of assessment and reassessment is a crucial function , to be discharged by someone who knows the client really well over a long period of time . |
| 27 | What the structure tries to provoke , though , is an awareness that the maintenance of self-control is the means by which the wider social and ultimately religious fabric is controlled . |
| 28 | SCOTVEC representatives gave an assurance that the results of the survey would be taken into account in considering areas where further improvements can be made to National Certificate procedures and practices . |
| 29 | If it remains in the NHS she should give an assurance that the quality of service will be improved , presumably both by refurbishment of remaining facilities and by a relaunch of the NHS nursing home project . |
| 30 | Will the Minister give an assurance that the jobs of my constituents will be helped by the Government 's provision of credit ? |