Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For several weeks , Apple Computer Inc has been showing to developers prototypes of those two new high-end computers that according to US PC Week could create a breakthrough in performance and multimedia capabilities . |
| 2 | The demands that playing with Floyd , and Mike and the Mechanics and a the various sessions and TV dates make on your skills , must be echoed by the equipment you use … |
| 3 | Darwin did not have to overthrow a coherent and worked-out theory ; he had to persuade contemporaries that hypothesizing about origins was worthwhile . |
| 4 | ‘ This has resulted in a clear message from our customers that travelling with P&O is simply the best . ’ |
| 5 | Thus , an individual who has always been an atheist and who is ‘ converted ’ to Christianity may also give up his beliefs that indulging in alcohol , licentious sex , drugs and beating up little old ladies are acceptable elements of every-day behaviour . |
| 6 | We have to encourage counsellees that talking about the issues which worry them might be helpful . |
| 7 | Indeed there are those who rely to such an extent on the time they gain for reading on trains that travelling by road is not an option . |
| 8 | It was also a reflection of a growing awareness on the part of teachers that learning in school would be more effective if parents were helped to understand what they , the teachers , were seeking to achieve . |
| 9 | In 1974 , visiting the northern region of the Maramureş , one of the districts richest in the everyday survival of peasant customs and dress , Ceauşescu told a group of folk-artists that adhering to traditions was one way of developing a communist country : ‘ I appreciate … these true works of popular art as an expression of your commitment to maintain the dress and customs of [ your ] ancestors , as well as to weave them tightly with that which is new , … because only in this way will we build a strong socialist society . ’ |
| 10 | A spokeswoman at Mr Bani-Sadr 's office told reporters that according to ‘ people who work with us … about 20 people were killed ’ . |
| 11 | Editor , — We strongly support A L Clark and A J S Coats 's conclusions that screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is not justified at present and that more research is needed on both the effectiveness of early treatment and the natural course of minor abnormalities detected by screening . |
| 12 | In answer to the second question posed by the Attorney-General , no stay should be imposed unless the defendant shows on the balance of probabilities that owing to the delay he will suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial can be held : in other words , that the continuance of the prosecution amounts to a misuse of the process of the court . |
| 13 | ‘ In answer to the second question posed by the Attorney-General , no stay should be imposed unless the defendant shows on the balance of probabilities that owing to the delay he will suffer prejudice to the extent that no fair trial can be held : in other words , that the continuance of the prosecution amounts to a misuse of the process of the court . |
| 14 | In south-eastern Chad , Mosanat ( Mouvement pour la salvation nationale tchadienne ) claimed military victories in early March 1989 ( see p. 36519 ) and denied the government 's claims that fighting in that region had involved a Libyan-backed Islamic Legion ( a force of some 2,000 whom the Sudanese authorities said had crossed from Libya into Sudan in early August 1988 , and on whom the Habre government claimed to have inflicted defeats in December 1988 some 100 km west of the Sudanese border ) . |
| 15 | He might also have mentioned in his remarks that spending on law and order is up by 80 per cent . |