Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one of the most significant developments in inter-union relations was the ‘ Bridlington Agreement ’ passed at the TUC Congress in 1939 , which laid down that no union should attempt to organize workers at any industrial establishment where another union was already represented and negotiated on behalf of the majority of the workers . |
| 2 | Article II laid down that if Queen Anne failed to leave an heir the succession should pass to a relatively distant claimant , ‘ the most excellent Princess Sophia , electress and duchess dowager of Hanover , and the heirs of her body being protestants ’ . |
| 3 | The Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act laid down that a person arrested on suspicion could be held without further formality for up to twenty-one days . |
| 4 | The Alberta liquor laws laid down that no minors might drink , but it was not difficult to obtain beer or liquor , and he had often drunk himself silly . |
| 5 | The system is being introduced in response to the Government 's Citizens ' Charter which laid down that every resident with a problem about a particular public service should have access to a well publicised complaints procedure . |
| 6 | The statute laid down that measures ‘ for the estate of the king and his heirs and for the estate of the realm and people should be granted only by the king in parliament , the implication being no doubt that such measures should not be forced upon the king by his subjects or drawn up by non-parliamentary assemblies . |
| 7 | The clauses under which Edward renounced his claim to the French throne and John renounced sovereignty over Aquitaine were excised from the treaty and embodied in a separate document which laid down that the renunciations were to be carried out no later than 1 November 1361 , and were to be conditional upon the transfers of territory agreed in the treaty being implemented by June 1361 . |
| 8 | The reform of the legal system ( 1864 ) was explicitly modelled on advanced western practice , and laid down that the law was to be overseen by an independent judiciary . |
| 9 | Although the rules laid down that he could not directly intervene he hissed at the hen who dutifully shrieked out a loud distress call . |
| 10 | As detailed on May 2 , the measures gave the government the technical right to dismiss strikers in these sectors and laid down that strikes in non-essential services had to be approved by an assembly of at least one-third of union members concerned , while in essential services strikes had to be announced 48 hours in advance and a minimum level of service ensured . |
| 11 | It also laid down that Belau 's laws and any communications or relations with other countries , organizations or US agencies should be subject to approval by the US Department of the Interior . |
| 12 | A four-point agreement laid down that borders could be changed only by democratic and legal procedures , and that the democratically expressed will of nations and republics to self-determination including secession and association should be respected . |
| 13 | For the CNAA itself there was also the problem of the transitional situation in which the new BEd degree would run in parallel with the existing certificate courses , and the Committee laid down that ‘ the new BEd must be established as an award of degree standard , distinct from the Certificate course which it is intended to replace ’ . |
| 14 | His Lambeth Constitutions of 1281 laid down that the priest should instruct the people in the basics of the faith and preach at least four time a year in English . |
| 15 | On the other hand , as Lord Salmon observed in United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1978 ] AC 904 : I would add that a well-advised landlord is hardly likely to agree to rent revision clause which laid down that its provisions as to time were of the essence of the contract . |
| 16 | Quickly and inexorably , however , the evidence built up that the man in military hospital at Buchanan Castle , Drymen , was not Rudolf Hess . |
| 17 | Dansey left Rome in 1936 ; word seeped out that he had been caught with his hand in the till and sacked . |
| 18 | The Knight Marischal shouted back that since it was unthinkable that any such deed would be carried out , and a disgrace to the knightly code that it was so much as suggested , there would be no yielding up of the town . |
| 19 | I lied and shouted back that I did n't know where it was . |
| 20 | Coming to a barrier across the road manned by a pair of bored Italian sentries , Fitzroy Maclean shouted out that they were German staff officers . |
| 21 | The wheezing noise of the bellows had by this time excited the interest of some sentries on a large freighter moored nearby , but Maclean shouted out that they should mind their own business . |
| 22 | Just as they got to Benina airfield , Lilley shouted out that there was trouble ahead — a sting of red lights across the road . |
| 23 | The Chief-Corporal in charge shouted out that if any of us had any sisters , we were to stand up . |
| 24 | In June 1981 the CPRS reported back that there was indeed a commercial case for electrification but that the programme should be endorsed route by route rather than in some all-embracing fashion . |
| 25 | North reported back that the line was working ; the Second Channel had noted to Cave ‘ that RR being a man of God had removed the only argument they had — that Allah was on their side . ’ |
| 26 | In 1900 the two senior deacons were appointed to look into three cases of ‘ non attendance to the table ’ and reported back that there were twenty-one cases out of a membership of 109 . |
| 27 | Six weeks later she reported back that she had been very well on holiday with no travel-sickness or stomach problems but since returning home the digestive symptoms had gradually increased in intensity . |
| 28 | Three days after the Secretary of Defense was charged by the Washington committee to obtain the package of diamonds demanded by Zack , he reported back that the task was taking longer than foreseen . |
| 29 | Once the spotman reported back that Jessamyn Amanda Bonney was in Dead Rat , Manolo had called in Holm Rodriguez from Denver and Susie Terhune from Phoenix . |
| 30 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |