Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [vb pp] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as study of the mystics is concerned , this has meant that modern readers have felt inhibited about discussing these texts and have attributed to them an abstruse esoteric quality ; this is ironic in view of the fact that the mystics themselves proclaim their experience to be of fundamental human importance — and essentially simple . |
| 2 | This has meant that dead animals are left by the roadside for the council to collect , and the local slaughterhouses have been receiving sick animals as some farmers try to use it as a replacement for the knacker 's yard . |
| 3 | This has meant that legally-held guns and those applying to hold them are already subject to very tight controls . ’ |
| 4 | This has meant that underground aquifers , which supply much of the water requirements of the south-east , have shrunk to the lowest level on record . |
| 5 | One English study showed accident rates of 5–9 year olds 15–20 times higher in residential areas than the 17–59 age group , whilst another has shown that young pedestrians account for 38 per cent of recorded casualties in residential area accidents and young cyclists a further nine per cent . |
| 6 | An imperial tradition lasting for more than two centuries was ended on Oct. 5 when it was announced that federal Prime Minister Paul Keating and Queen Elizabeth II had agreed that Australian citizens would no longer be nominated for the receipt of UK honours . |
| 7 | US State Department reports on Aug. 3 had alleged that Iraqi forces had been spotted by reconnaissance aircraft massing on the Saudi border in preparation for a possible invasion . |