Example sentences of "[adj] that [noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But it is clear that companies should have a strategic approach to the issue just as they would with R&D .
2 While we can not be certain about the precise structure it is clear that departments will have four main functions : assessment , purchasing of care , inspection of services and direct care provision ( Figure 8.2 ) .
3 If it is clear enough that capitalist development brings social planning of the economy closer to the realms of possibility than , say , peasant and artisanal production it should also be clear that socialists must pose and answer these questions if they are to intervene effectively in politics .
4 It is clear that traders must continue to enjoy their right to decide on whether or not to do business with someone ( and on what terms ) ; and equally clear that there can be no universal consumer right to credit .
5 It is clear that UDCs will sustain a lead in urban policy up to the mid 1990s , yet knowledge of the operations , delivery , and outcomes of UDC policy and strategy is limited .
6 It is clear that publishers may rely upon the defence of fair comment to the same extent as the person whose comment it was , so if the author of the letter is also sued , or is prepared to testify , the honesty of his views will afford the newspaper a defence .
7 First , if the enterprise is defined as the unit of legal ownership then it is clear that enterprises may comprise a number of operating units , plants , sales outlets and so on .
8 In addition , it is not clear that pesticides will travel through the unsaturated zone as readily as nitrate does — they may , for example , be adsorbed by clays .
9 It is conceivable that quotas may come into future use to encourage or limit the numbers of certain types of applicant .
10 If people had imagined in 1933 that things would have come to such a pitch , they 'd never have voted for Hitler .
11 Er we can we 've at least distinguished that channels can exist between closed and open states , and the transition between the closed and open states is known as gating .
12 As assemblies have in general diminished in influence and executives have asserted more control , it has been argued by some that assemblies must change their role and become much more concerned with overseeing the work of the ever-growing bureaucracy .
13 The British are doubtful that things would stop with worthy declarations .
14 Further , although after the initial period the prosecutor may direct police investigation , it is doubtful that prosecutors will have the time or expertise to give more than general directions , thus leaving the police to do the job according to their lights .
15 Had he been afraid that things might go too far ?
16 They were afraid that owners might respond , as they are entitled to do , by serving a purchase order on the council .
17 Sometimes she was afraid that animals might take them , but when they went noisily along the path she still hoped that one day the man would be waiting there for them , beside the pile of stones .
18 Apparently , the DEC , Hewlett-Packard and IBM DCE ports do not interoperate , and OSF is more than fretful that users will find this out , putting it at severe risk .
19 In our view , it is right and proper that schools should pay attention to their attendance rates and indeed most do so .
20 It is possible that juries would prefer to convict of murder in such cases so as to register their abhorrence of the defendant 's activities in general .
21 The NFU says it is possible that farmers may have to make a more positive contribution in return for conservation cash .
22 We know that this can be done at about 12 months of age and in future it is quite possible that farmers will use these measurements in selecting their bulling heifers . ’
23 It is possible that firms could agree to co-ordinate their actions in some way without explicit communication and discussion .
24 Some other Parkia species are dispersed by agoutis and it is possible that others may have been adapted to dispersal by large terrestrial herbivores that are now extinct .
25 Describing the results as ‘ very encouraging ’ he said : ‘ It is possible that glasses will become a thing of the past . ’
26 It is possible that women will experience more occasions of loss and loneliness in extreme old age .
27 It did n't seem possible that things could have come to a head so soon .
28 Is it possible that humans might feel overshadowed and surpassed , perhaps attacking the machines in a paroxysm of wounded pride , or , at the other extreme , coming to worship them , as an embodiment of a higher power ?
29 In all cases where it is possible that wrecks may cause a future problem all steps should be taken to ensure that it is properly disposed of to avoid any possible future Third Party claims .
30 It is possible that supplies may have reached them by the same inner Asian route by which they imported jade and turquoise and exported silk .
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