Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prevailing ethos today is that the state not the individual is responsible for his welfare , that the erosion of private property rights and the control by the state of many areas of our lives is legitimate and welcome and that the distribution of wealth must take precedence over its creation . |
| 2 | A more exciting spin-off still is that by feeding the digitised information into a computer-guided lathe it is possible to carve reproductions of sculptures in a variety of materials , such as wood , plaster , glass or stone . |
| 3 | The reason why the Opposition do not like Question Time and try to drown my right hon. Friend out is that they know that we are right in everything that we say and that the country will not support them on their policies . |
| 4 | Mr Harvey Edgar , a disabled pensioner , said : ‘ The only thing the politicians have said about this island today is that they are pulling another bit away from us — a very large bit . ’ |
| 5 | The problem with this approach however is that it is based on opportunism rather than commitment . |
| 6 | The take-home message here is that both Th1- and Th2-stimulating vaccines have the potential to be protective . |
| 7 | The interpretation of this statement here is that the contractual arrangements that define the firm are left open-minded , with the details of resource direction to be decided later by a member ( or members ) of the firm in whom authority is voluntarily vested . |
| 8 | The clear lesson here is that the IT archive , whatever form it should take , is not only the carrier of information which the future historian would want to use , but that the very form , structure and dynamic of that archive as it is created and used will make a vital contribution to an understanding of the social relationships , the culture and the power structures of the late twentieth century . |
| 9 | The theoretical assumption here is that the family is the unit of social stratification , and the crucial factor is the occupation of its ‘ Head ’ . |
| 10 | Because I think it 's ironic a lot of what 's come out of this discussion tonight is that we 're actually considering relationships which are treasons , fundamentals |
| 11 | What they are saying by setting this goal exclusively is that there are a huge number of people out there who are expendable . ’ |
| 12 | The chief advantage here was that the door was never locked . |
| 13 | … the real difficulty here is that she was not asked about her own feeling with regard to the scar and that is a much more serious matter in this sort of case . |
| 14 | The crucial point now is that the evidence of one 's senses is not just what we appeal to in justification and verification . |
| 15 | Erm , the second point really was that erm as far as Highways is concerned and I mean we , as you 've explained earlier on , as Councillor explained , it 's gon na be very very tight I think , erm in years to come in terms of major highways and starts of major highways . |
| 16 | The dangers of excessive alcohol are perhaps more obvious and the real problem here is that the effect is cumulative rather than merely temporary . |
| 17 | The central idea here is that a proper name qua proper name not only picks out one object only , but unlike a descriptive phrase designates that same object in " every possible world " ; a " possible world " being understood as representing a possible but unactualised situation , or a series of situations , of which the given object might be a feature . |
| 18 | Thus , the most general consequence of concentrating on standard English here is that a multidimensional history of phonology is made to appear as unidimensional — it becomes ‘ a single-minded march ’ towards RP and standard English ( Lass , 1976 , xi ) . |
| 19 | Certainly the reputation of the outer office then was that it conspired the way other offices make tea . |
| 20 | None the less , the striking point here is that they have this central feature in common : not just that they both see the life of reason as important , but also that there is a distinctiveness about the quality , character and significance of reason when it is taken up seriously , which marks it out from conventional human experience . |
| 21 | One obvious constraint here is that the questions must be cast in a form understandable to the vast majority of respondents . |
| 22 | One reason for the widespread torture today is that many victims are killed , while others are afraid to speak out . |
| 23 | The basic message however is that farmers with below average yields will be over compensated while specialist arable units will suffer — but only marginally . ’ |
| 24 | The basic principle here is that since judicial review remedies are discretionary , they will not be awarded if an equally or more ‘ convenient , beneficial and effectual ’ alternative remedy is available . |
| 25 | Dicey described how , when ‘ Voltaire came to England — and Voltaire represented the feeling of his age — his predominant sentiment clearly was that he had passed out of the realm of despotism to a land where the laws might be harsh , but where men were ruled by law and not by caprice ’ ( Dicey , 1959 : 189–90 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ The nice thing about keeping it small and knowing each other well is that it 's very flexible ; if one of us has an emergency it does n't create problems or ill-feeling . ’ |
| 27 | Her great fear now was that Miss Clinton might have sped past before her . |
| 28 | So the invariable requirement now is that a market member trading on the market floor or its equivalent ( eg an automated trading system ) is required by market rules either to be a clearing member or to have a clearing agreement with a clearing member . |
| 29 | The key point here is that it only attempts to link the islands into a loosely coupled way , and avoids the expensive development work needed to synchronise the two systems together exactly . |
| 30 | The trouble with reaching all day long is that there are no aims to your sailing . |