Example sentences of "[adj] that [noun] had [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one should get the impression from this that Rotherham had taken the gay community to its bosom . |
| 2 | I 'm finding myself somewhat confused , I mean , I was interested that Ian had mentioned the practical voluntary services as one of the groups that he would wish to work with . |
| 3 | At the same time he found it interesting that prison had made the former district governor more passionate about the cause championed by Akhenaten . |
| 4 | He thought it quite possible that Pike had starved the horse to help it recover from its leg injury . |
| 5 | It was so narrow that barges had worn the brickwork to half its normal thickness in scraping through , and mining subsidence was also causing it to crumble . |
| 6 | She turned the page with elegant fingers , seemingly unaware that Frankie had entered the room . |
| 7 | It was reported on Aug. 21 that Iraq had completed the withdrawal of its troops , which had begun on Aug. 17 and that almost all of the estimated 70,000 to 100,000 prisoners of war ( POWs ) held by Iran and Iraq had been exchanged , with the last due to be released in September . |
| 8 | It was the first time since 1921 that England had lost the first three Tests of a home rubber . |
| 9 | It was obvious that Rhee had intimidated the national assembly with threats of arrest . |
| 10 | It was immediately obvious that Wheeler had chosen the earliest possible date to fit his hypothesis . |
| 11 | The extravagant but spontaneous and absolutely marvellous celebrations which broke out in Lyon 's Palais des Sports the moment that Guy Forget completed his four sets victory over Pete Sampras to make sure that France had won the Davis Cup again for the first time in 59 years , will become part of sporting folklore . |
| 12 | Andrew was not even sure that Veronica had used the flat . |
| 13 | On July 18 Barzani denied that there were disagreements between the Kurdish leaders [ see p. 38308 ] , after unconfirmed reports on July 17 that Talabani had left the talks in Baghdad following the government 's insistence on Kurdish allegiance to the Ba'ath Party . |
| 14 | Finance Minister Alejandro Foxley Rioseco stated on Aug. 17 that Chile had entered the category of low political and economic risk for investment , ranking it above Mexico , Venezuela , Argentina and Brazil . |
| 15 | Pons was also concerned that Jones had enlisted the aid of Doug Bennion , chair of the Brigham Young University chemical engineering department and a leading electrochemist . |
| 16 | He wondered how much had been passed on to Kenamun , though it was unlikely that Merymose had told the priest everything . |
| 17 | Athelstan was pleased that Watkin had doused the lights . |
| 18 | By the end of the season it was apparent that Arsenal had signed the nearest thing in football to David Berry and The Cruisers . |
| 19 | UN chemical weapons inspectors who returned to Manama , Bahrain , following a week-long mission in Iraq said on Nov. 9 that Iraq had begun the incineration of its mustard gas arsenal at the former chemical weapons production complex at Muthanna , 130 km from Baghdad [ see also p. 39116 ] . |
| 20 | It was reported on Sept. 28 that China had launched the Jiulong-1 missile into the East China Sea from a submerged Xia-class nuclear submarine . |
| 21 | Iraq eventually announced on Aug. 28 that Kuwait had become the 19th Iraqi governorate ( liwa ) . |
| 22 | It was reported on Feb. 14 that China had appointed the 40 members of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Committee to advise it on the affairs of the territory , leading to concern that the Chinese government might use the group , composed of business executives , conservative politicians and pro-Chinese sympathizers , to strengthen its control over Hong Kong in the run-up to 1997 . |
| 23 | It was announced on Jan. 14 that Kravchuk had cut the line of communication between the High Command in Moscow and Ukraine . |
| 24 | A UN panel , finding in May 1990 that France had violated the 1986 agreement , proposed French payments into a " friendship fund " [ see p. 37459 ] . |