Example sentences of "[noun sg] suggest that it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrary to some of the conclusions drawn from social scientific research suggesting that it is primarily home or family backgrounds that determines the level of educational performance , Edmonds proceeds to identify those characteristics of effective schools delivering marked improvements in children 's educational achievements . |
| 2 | The fact that disruptive behaviour often leads to considerable stress , anxiety and absenteeism suggests that it is all the more important that schools tackle the issue with more clarity and imagination . |
| 3 | Recent analysis of the impact of retirement on personal adjustment suggests that it is less aversive than many have assumed . |
| 4 | One type suggests that it is simply the frequencies with which the separate features occur ; a ‘ prototype ’ is often said to be formed from the most commonly occurring features ( thus we form mental prototypes of dog , tree , car , and so on ) . |
| 5 | President Bush claimed , during the election campaign , that his ‘ dog Millie knew more about foreign policy than Bill Clinton ’ and there is much evidence to suggest that it is not Clinton 's strongest card . |
| 6 | Historical evidence suggests that it is not the absolute level of unemployment which restrains wage claims but its rate of change . |
| 7 | Although in general the evidence suggests that it is usually the man 's retirement that provokes most friction , this may change as more of today 's working wives turn sixty and find themselves facing the same need to make difficult adjustments . |
| 8 | The first is more intense , with the buck putting up a spirited resistance ; in the second its lolling tongue and gentler stance suggest that it is about to succumb . |
| 9 | But there was just enough from John Major this week to suggest that it is n't a fantasy either . |
| 10 | His comment suggests that it is almost as if , when someone woke up in the morning , they were suddenly possessed of something mysterious in becoming conscious , like a metaphysical virus . |
| 11 | The betting odds here are extraordinarily long ; theory suggests that it is not possible to liberate useful energy this way nor is there any natural phenomenon that gives us confidence that this can occur . |
| 12 | This growth in women 's propensity to take paid work probably has both economic and social origins , but our analyses of fertility suggest that it is not an important explanatory factor in the ‘ baby bust ’ . |
| 13 | It is quite another thing to suggest that it is therefore proper to place higher burdens of proof on defendants , and to restrict the presentation of the defence . |
| 14 | A novel theory about the origin of oil suggests that it is actually a product of the earth 's core , and not of living organisms at all , but this is not widely accepted . |
| 15 | The prevailing value system suggests that it is only if you have paid in full for what you receive that you fully deserve to have it . |
| 16 | Experience suggests that it is not just valuable but essential for recruitment , as well as for effective working relationships and enhanced musical performance . |
| 17 | Although the death rate from asthma in England and Wales is reported to be about 2000 a year , clinical experience suggests that it is much rarer . |
| 18 | Our ordinary sense of language suggests that it is not possible for a person to use words or conduct ‘ towards another person ’ if he is unaware of that person 's existence . |