Example sentences of "[adj] that it [vb mod] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hezbollah organization announced on June 30 that it would take part in the elections , although it had not participated in any government formed since the Taif accord . |
| 2 | The opposition Labour Party made clear that it would support concessions on the occupied territories in exchange for peace . |
| 3 | As dozens of workmen and structural engineers moved in yesterday to sweep up and make the area safe , it became clear that it will take weeks , possibly months , to return to normal . |
| 4 | Unless a serious breach of your contract has taken place , or your employer has made it clear that it will take place , you should not leave in a huff . |
| 5 | For its part the IRA announced on April 22 that it would suspend attacks on Protestant " death squads " , although attacks on UK government and security forces would continue . |
| 6 | Optical fibre is made of very thin glass , which is flexible and so transparent that it can transmit light with very little attenuation . |
| 7 | The 14th Army issued an ultimatum on April 2 that it would order troops to combat alert if the fighting in the area did not subside . |
| 8 | The IDB had announced on July 2 that it would finance projects worth US$80,500,000 during 1992-93 ; Pakistan was allocated US$27,000,000 for the import of crude oil and fertilizers . |
| 9 | Not unnaturally , as a Conservative supporter , this gave him no pleasure and he was reasonably apprehensive that it would arouse criticism from other persons of the same political persuasion . |
| 10 | Very soon , however , it was realised that the fall of rock was so extensive that it would take weeks to reach John and , naturally , the initial urgency waned . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's a real chance that if the banks really push the price high , public spending becomes such that it would allow Mr John MacGregor , the education secretary , to reopen the whole argument . ’ |
| 12 | Let us suppose that some special service has been given priority , such that it ought to have resources allocated to it , the question then is what share it should get . |
| 13 | Despite the excitement over Flash memory , SGS Thomson is not convinced that it will replace EPROMs , which remain a cheaper alternative . |
| 14 | I am sure that it will merit reading . |
| 15 | The process of identification was expected to take several months but human rights groups were confident that it would provide evidence of indiscriminate killing . |
| 16 | The National Organization of Women announced on July 5 that it would contest Thomas 's confirmation . |
| 17 | With airlines such as Hispania , British Island Airways and Paramount going belly-up , and others such as Dan-Air and Monarch reducing capacity , Airtours was concerned that it might have difficulty securing flights for its holidaymakers . |
| 18 | Because of MAFF 's view that environmental considerations are not pre-eminent in dispensing aid on any new 3(5) areas as presently drafted , and because they are concerned that it will mean payments to support a predominantly dairying agriculture in the lowlands ( setting a precedent because the UK does not pay HLCAs on dairy cattle ) , MAFF submitted to the Council of Ministers in September 1984 a major proposed amendment . |
| 19 | If the animal lived on the sea bottom , it seems unlikely that it would have eye lenses specialized for looking downwards , and we begin to suspect that the animal habitually dwelt above the sea floor . |
| 20 | It is , however , thought unlikely that it will become law . |
| 21 | Peace talks were set to resume in Caracas , Venezuela , on Aug. 26 between the government and the Simon Bolivar National Guerrilla Co-ordinating Group ( CNGSB ) , which had announced on Aug. 1 that it would suspend attacks on the country 's economic infrastructure , especially electricity pylons and oil pipelines , because of " the harm being done to the poverty stricken communities of the country " . |
| 22 | That 's the way he wanted it and his own bosses at American International Pictures made further changes through the difficulties they anticipated in getting the film distributed to the cinemas ; it was quite probable that it would arouse backlash over its drug content , although , as John Baxter wrote in his review of Sixties films , it was one of those films that exposed with skill the psychological moral pressures vexing society . |
| 23 | Countries making commitments in August to the multinational force , apart from the USA and those European and Arab countries as described above , included ( i ) Canada , a NATO member country , which announced on Aug. 10 that it would send two destroyers and a supply ship , to arrive by September ; ( ii ) Australia , whose Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced after a telephone conversation with Bush on Aug. 10 that two frigates and a supply ship would be sent ( a decision endorsed by the Cabinet on Aug. 14 ) ; ( iii ) Pakistan , which had some 90,000 nationals working in Kuwait , and whose President Ghulam Ishaq Khan said on Aug. 13 that it would send troops to protect the Moslem holy places , with a first contingent to leave on Aug. 17 and a total commitment expected to number 5,000-8,000 ; and ( iv ) Bangladesh , which on Aug. 15 announced a commitment in principle to send troops to Saudi Arabia numbering some 5,000 in all . |
| 24 | The UK joined the USA in declaring from Aug. 13 that it would enforce UN sanctions , believing that there was sufficient legitimacy for this on the basis of a request from the Kuwaiti Emir in exile , but obtaining UN endorsement on Aug. 25 for the use of appropriate " measures " to verify the cargoes and destination of shipping . |
| 25 | I mean , I do n't think anyone took any risks , and we were all wearing gloves anyway because of the state he was in — I would be worried that it would make people panic unnecessarily . |
| 26 | The Japanese government announced on Jan. 23 that it would extend aid worth $638,000,000 to the Philippines to support economic reforms . |
| 27 | Following expiry of the revised deadline , the Federal Defence Secretariat warned on Jan. 23 that it would put JNA units on combat readiness unless Croatia and Slovenia complied with the disarmament order immediately . |
| 28 | However , the CSU had agreed on May 28 that it would support ratification of the treaty if these issues were raised in an exchange of letters . |
| 29 | Despite fall in first quarter profits ( see page five ) , Advanced Micro Devices Inc says it is hopeful that it will have record earnings for the third consecutive year : sales of Flash memories increased by more than 50% over the December quarter , while unit shipments of Am386 microprocessors was another record . |
| 30 | Britain said on May 13th that it would penalise multinationals based in California if the unitary tax on worldwide profits were not scrapped by the end of the year . |