Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 We do know , for instance that its minimum substrate is big endothelin ( 19–34 ) of which the region of 27–34 is most important in determining the velocity of conversion ( ) .
2 Shares in the Hong Kong local bank gained HK$1 to HK$40.25 ( £3 ) , as dealers shrugged off disappointment that its hidden reserves , revealed on Wednesday , were no more than £1.14 billion .
3 However R.15 requires a declaration when a company applies for recognition that its memorandum and articles enable it ( i ) to remain in compliance with certain key rules and ( ii ) so far as possible to ensure continued compliance by its shareholders with certain key Rules .
4 It should be noted that the rules require a declaration when a company applies for recognition that its memorandum and articles enable it to remain in compliance with certain key Rules .
5 It should be noted that the rules require a declaration when a company applies for recognition that its memorandum and articles enable it to remain in compliance with certain key Rules .
6 Yet the logic of the definition suggested that it would benefit especially kings , whose competence to declare war could not be impugned : thus Thibaud of Blois failed to persuade the monks of Marmoutier that they owed him service when he fought against Louis VI ; they claimed discretion in the matter ; and in 1184 , the mighty Philip of Alsace hesitated to commit to battle the army he had summoned against Philip Augustus , through fear that its ranks might melt away .
7 Palace 's recent turnaround in form gives some cause for optimism that their relegation fears will recede in the New Year , but if Howard Wilkinson 's men continue to falter they could find themselves being unthinkably dragged into the mire .
8 On the one hand , if they are mothers they are more likely to delay seeking help from their GP for fear that their children will be taken into care .
9 Training events arranged by the RSCM and other organisations seldom attract those who need them most , perhaps for fear that their inadequacies might be revealed .
10 The regional tourist boards should now be strongly supporting the need for the national framework , for guidance and assistance that can only come from a central body — yet they dare not speak too loudly for fear that their reduced funding will be cut even further if DoNH reallocates it to the national level .
11 Previously , the Aquino administration had been reluctant to charge Marcos or his wife with a criminal offence , for fear that their presence in the country could provoke an uprising by their supporters .
12 Australia 's Prime Minister Paul Keating pledged on Monday after re-election that his government would begin transforming the country into a republic with the Queen replaced as head of state .
13 In Tirgu Mures , the HDUR candidate for mayor had been deemed ineligible to stand by a local court ; the party then supported an independent candidate , who won the election but then resigned after revelations that his nomination papers were irregular .
14 The only concession allowed by the party leadership was the acceptance of an amendment calling for the development of emergency procedures for greater consultation between the MPs and the national executive committee after complaints that its members had no knowledge of the deal with the Government until the Commons vote had taken place .
15 In the event , the most important repercussion of the appointment was to deprive Kent of the championship , for it proved such a traumatic time for Cowdrey that his team lost their way for a few weeks , and missed the title by just one agonizing point .
16 THE HOME OFFICE is pressing ahead with the deportation of a Kurdish refugee , in spite of protests from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that his life could be in danger if he returns to Turkey .
17 Because of debts they are often forced to sell their land and therefore lose the means of livelihood that their family has known and understood over the generations .
18 If ever there was a tiny glimmer of hope that her marriage to Andy could be salvaged she 's blown it now .
19 As the Men carried Minch away Creggan looked desperately about him as if to seek out some inspiration for the action and sign of hope that her final words had seemed to wish to invoke .
20 All heroes are in some measure anti-heroes , after all , if the term means that they are opposed to some antiquated sense of heroism that their creators are eager to question or discredit .
21 ‘ The Book of Legends contains descriptions of all the acts of heroism that our island people have attempted .
22 Perhaps it is a reflection on the economic failure of communism that its greatest status symbol should have been the most precious household item of the unemployed in the West .
23 Relatives can be comforted in the shock of admission that their job is far from over .
24 In his own life it had always been he who was the supplicant , telephoning Diana from call boxes on his rounds in the hope of closing some nagging gap of intimacy left at breakfast , and always having to hide the agony of dread that her casualness could cause him for fear of the danger of irritating her .
25 In seeking to seduce her , he betrays those notions of responsibility that his mother had observed so fully .
26 I know from my own life of faith that my thoughts , my words and my often fail to match up to the Christian ideal there is much that I do that hurts other people and there is much that I do that does not reflect Christ .
27 For your professional purposes , and mine as a politician , we have to keep them as far apart as we can — providing of course that my analysis is sound .
28 The bad news is of course that our successful amalgamation policy has been made against the background of falling union membership .
29 One of these writers , the poet Hölderlin , claims our particular attention here for the new attitude towards Germany that his commitment to the Greek ideal entails — and also for his intuitive awareness of a greater complexity underlying " the spirit of Greece " than Winckelmann or his immediate successors had been able to recognize .
30 We have had reports from a high percentage of attendees that their levels of self-esteem and confidence have increased considerably .
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