Example sentences of "[vb pp] [that] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example it is reported that overstocking in litter-based poultry will result in an overloaded offensive litter ; whilst understocking may also be undesirable , since this may result in a dry and dusty litter which may help disperse the odour over a wide area , unless dust filters are installed . |
| 2 | And he had impressed that print with careful precision — he or whoever it was . |
| 3 | ( Harry had decided that to pay for entertaining Nadine Cunningham would be to add insult to injury . ) |
| 4 | As the IPG has a commitment to maintain a comprehensive information system at all times for bureaux , it was decided that work on other sections of the files should continue alongside the social security work so as not to let the changes dominate the work of the group . |
| 5 | W. B. Coley has written that depending on wealthy patrons presented writers of the period with two difficulties : ‘ ideological inconstancy and the threat of the loss of the dependency itself . ’ |
| 6 | ECT is likely to be indicated in severely depressed patients who show biological features of depression , especially if delusions or retardation are present ( Brandon et al. 1984 ) , and in whom it is felt that delay in relieving symptoms is unjustified . |
| 7 | It can be argued that controls by Central Government are desirable to ensure that a uniform minimum standard of efficiency is obtained where the taxpayer at large is contributing through the national Exchequer to local services . |
| 8 | It may be argued that to focus on social security is to overlook other sources of income in old age . |
| 9 | It was also argued that costs for small investors would rise . |
| 10 | On the contrary , we have already seen that according to modern studies of the problem ‘ unrestrained and self-destructive acting out ’ and ‘ delinquency , simulating a picture of psychosis ’ are in fact more likely . |
| 11 | This study has shown that staining with anti-Lewis a and b antibodies is increased in patients with PSC and other cholestatic diseases compared with normal and alcoholic patients . |
| 12 | How can the Government conceivably justify the untruth of claiming that they are maintaining an aid programme when , according to their own figures , they have halved that provided by Labour ? |
| 13 | Mr Hadley , who teaches at the Grants School of Wine , cites studies which have found that compared with lifelong abstainers , moderate drinkers show a 26 per cent reduction in the incidence of heart trouble . |
| 14 | Sometimes the in-service provision relates to one language only : indeed it has been found that approaches to initial literacy are difficult to generalise beyond basic principles . |
| 15 | Elizabeth Ashton , an experienced primary school teacher and now lecturer at Durham University , has found that work on particular symbols can energize children into relating effectively to their own experience ( Ashton 1989 ) . |
| 16 | Carnelian had dealt that wound with devastating accuracy . |
| 17 | More importantly , through good fortune and good management — as they played out their ‘ games against nature ’ : Gould ( 1963 ) — some cultures were able to control their environments sufficiently that their level of living far surpassed that needed for simple subsistence — even though not all survived . |
| 18 | Cysteine residues are indicated that belong to putative kringle-like ( ○ ) , immunoglobulin-like ( ) and epidermal growth factor-like ( ○ ) folds . |
| 19 | Other studies have showed that profiting from agrarian reform can be combined with a more radical political commitment . |
| 20 | A police chief has warned that faced with soaring crime rates , his officers have little chance of catching petty offenders . |
| 21 | For example if studying for an exam , it is well established that studying for long periods without a break is literally , a waste of time . |
| 22 | It has been suggested that starting in mid Devonian times and continuing on through the Carboniferous , a mid European ocean of uncertain width extended roughly along the line of the English Channel and then on eastwards into the European continent . |