Example sentences of "[verb] that [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Wishart and Virden ( 1977 ) also suggest that in the twentieth century a fundamental opposition between ‘ literate ’ music styles ( from concert music to Tin Pan Alley songs ) and ‘ oral ’ styles ( quintessentially Afro-American musics , but also popular styles derived from these ) is associated with the opposition between those who dominate and control the social system and those who are its victims .
2 More detached observers suggest that in the next century historians may see Mrs Thatcher as a figure having no more long-term significance than Wilson , Heath , or Callaghan .
3 Now then er regular listeners will know that over the last couple of years or so we 've done some special listener trips for you er and we 've gone down to London .
4 Many of you will know that in the eighteenth century , Buffon had defined literary style as the order and movement which we impose on our thoughts .
5 The hon. Gentleman will know that in the last year we have also cut interest rates seven times and halved inflation .
6 It should be stressed that in the first period , when the plaintiff was at Addenbrookes hospital , that is from June nineteen eighty seven to May nineteen eighty eight , at least one parent was in attendance for eight hours a day .
7 Ortega promised that at the next congress , scheduled for 1995 , the DN would be elected by individual votes directly cast in a secret ballot and that a woman would be elected to the leadership .
8 In defence of their economic record , government spokesmen have claimed that from the second quarter of 1983 the numbers in employment increased and that more jobs were being created in Britain than in the rest of the EEC states taken together .
9 Other sources say that by the seventeenth century big , stately , black longhorns were being reared in Yorkshire , Derbyshire , Lancashire and Staffordshire and that by the eighteenth century there was a large , rangy , big-hoofed plough-ox type which could also give acceptable though ordinary meat and the cows could give reasonable milk well suited for cheese-making .
10 It follows then that if a poor vein on a good tribute suddenly improved then the men working it would stand to profit well , though they might expect to find that on the next setting-day , the rate would almost certainly be reduced in the mine 's favour .
11 It is revealing that on the fifth disc , which comprises material all drawn from BBC broadcasts — Chausson 's Poème , Brahms 's Vier ernste Gesänge plus a recital of English songs — there is very little distortion .
12 The Association found that for the first time the municipal government was taking its demands seriously and was prepared to make concessions which would effectively improve working conditions .
13 William Dement woke six subjects in this systematic way over a period of six nights , and found that on the first night they did seem to " start all over again " whenever properly woken , so that by the end of the night they had achieved a good deal of slow wave sleep and very little REM sleep .
14 He then crossed together members of the first generation , and found that in the second generation tall and short peas occurred in the ratio 3 tall : 1 short .
15 However , it is considered that during the first stage of the expansion of GIS use the largest group of new users are non-computer-literate professionals who frequently have a highly developed insight into spatial data .
16 It is considered that in the last resort it is to civil remedies that she should have recourse .
17 And so it came to pass that on the third day we journeyed to Gstaad and skied .
18 Rolle says that the first two stages defined in Ego Dormio are possible for actives as well as contemplatives , though he does comment that during the second stage his pupil will want to be alone " to thynk on Criste , and to be in mykel praying " ( 65 – 66.158 – 9 ) .
19 Of course I realised that at the last moment he could have been attached to another troop , but this seemed highly unlikely in view of the S.A.S. methods of training , which relied upon close personal co-operation between all ranks .
20 Then he realised that for the first time he was looking into the front of a hurricane .
21 He realised that for the first time in weeks he had not thought of school , Murray , Fairbrother or the wretched affair of the letter .
22 With a sense of shock Harriet realised that in the last hours Paula had become more of a stranger to her than she had ever been during the twenty years she had believed her dead .
23 He insists that in the last analysis there is a fundamental difference between believing in ahi sā , even though it is not possible to behave non-violently in all life 's circumstances , and believing in hi sā .
24 But on 20 September the Commission announced that for the first time it would take Britain before the European Court of Justice .
25 Concluding a three-day visit to Vietnam on Feb. 1 , the US presidential envoy , Gen. John Vessey , announced that for the first time the USA was to provide assistance to typhoon victims .
26 In the first week of July the Soviet authorities announced that in the third quarter of 1990 its oil deliveries to its European COMECON partners would be reduced by around 30 per cent .
27 Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say .
28 It will be recalled that in the first stage of the distribution of seats in the WGMS any pasty failing to win either 5% of the list votes or three constituency seats is excluded .
29 A government survey of family shopping trolleys revealed that for the first time , we are buying as much low-fat milk as the traditional whole variety .
30 I am sure that my hon. Friend has seen this survey — Has he noticed that for the first time , in February , the indices for orders and output show a rise ?
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