Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] that it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
2 | More than one witness recalled that it gained height steadily after being launched on several occasions in 1848 , and Stringfellow himself certainly considered that he had demonstrated with it the possibility of powered flight . |
3 | While media seemed to have little influence on driving behaviour , both groups of drivers felt that it showed cars in an unrealistic light — only seven percent thought otherwise . |
4 | Despite the refusal of supporters of Zafy to participate in the new unity government , Razamasy said that it included members of the Movement for Proletarian Power ( MFM ) and the Front for the Defence of Malagasy Socialism ( MMSM ) . |
5 | IF HEINZ announced that it uses people to test the taste of its baked beans , who 'd be surprised ? |
6 | American Airlines made a $215m loss in the fourth quarter of 1990 , while on January 23rd Delta reported that it went $208m into the red during the same period , the biggest quarterly loss in its history . |
7 | Observers speculated that it offered Gorbachev 's conservative opponents probably their last chance to influence policy as a credible force in the central committee : in recent weeks a grassroots party revolt had toppled the conservative leaderships in several regions and cities , including Tyumen in West Siberia , Chernigov in the Ukraine , and Volgograd in southern European Russia , while conservatives were facing a rout in the forthcoming local soviet ( council ) elections ( in which party leaders had been encouraged to stand ) and in elections to party posts ahead of the 28th CPSU congress . |
8 | Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] . |
9 | An English surgeon , ( Sir ) Roy Calne , then in Boston , investigated the use of a derivative of 6-MP , azathioprine , and after repeated experiments showed that it prevented rejection of kidney grafts in dogs . |
10 | The Divisional Court held that it had jurisdiction to review the visitor 's decision and that the visitor 's decision was wrong in law . |
11 | The DTA admitted that it received money from the South African government but argued that there was nothing wrong with obtaining money from abroad , just as SWAPO had done . |
12 | ‘ The Government said that it wanted development work to continue at all pits , not investment , which implies new projects and new money . ’ |
13 | Paul added that it rekindled memories of a Borussia Moenchengladbach v Inter Milan tie which had to be replayed after a similar incident two seasons earlier . |
14 | Following press reports , on Aug. 8 the SADF confirmed that it trained Inkatha members at a camp in the Caprivi Strip in northern Namibia . |
15 | In a later phase in the same litigation , the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction in appropriate cases to order the transfer of assets subject to a Mareva injunction from one foreign country to another , enforcement considerations being especially relevant . |
16 | The majority of the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction to quash the judge 's order . |