Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile spies in the Red Fort reported the developments to each of Shah Jehan 's four sons , all of whom assumed that the long-awaited succession battle was now imminent . |
| 2 | I suspect that they also had scholarly and dedicated teachers and well read ministers and the encouragement of parents who realised that the only chance their children had of improving their way of life was by having the best education possible which would enable them to compete for the limited number of places which were available in the colleges and universities . |
| 3 | Another urgent call for action came from a Newmachar farmer , Sandy Buchan , who revealed that an unacceptable level of nitrate pollution , probably from agricultural sources , in the Ythan catchment and estuary was about to become a subject for discussion and action in Europe . |
| 4 | His figure , which was based on a tally kept by victim support groups , was criticized by other experts , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before such a large number of people could develop cancer . |
| 5 | It was dismissed by other experts , however , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before sufficient people developed cancer . |
| 6 | To the followers of the ‘ classical economists ’ , who argued that the industrialized state would make the greatest possible contribution to public welfare if competition were to remain unshackled , the period between the middle of the nineteenth century and the present day has been marked by increasing government interference with the economy . |
| 7 | The classic statement on this question with respect to the person was by Mauss ( 1979 ) , who argued that the contemporary concept of the self is a relatively recent creation , strongly tied to the rise of various legalistic notions of the person in relation to property in ancient Rome and emerging in its modern form after certain developments in eighteenth-century German philosophy . |
| 8 | The generally utilitarian function , if not rationale of medieval universities ( Cobban 1975 ) , is acknowledged even by those such as Veblen ( 1957 , p. 3 ) , who argued that the best principles for academic endeavour are ‘ an Idle curiosity , and the Instinct of Workmanship ’ , and provides ammunition for Bell ( 1971 ) and others who contend that the liberal tradition is based largely on an historical myth . |
| 9 | Sometimes he was roped in to be the MC at these dances , which , for those who know only disco dancing , means Master of Ceremonies , and it was he who announced that the next dance would be a waltz , or a foxtrot , and was not supposed to dance himself until everyone else was on the floor . |
| 10 | This sentiment was confirmed by Saints ' boss Ian Branfoot who admitted that the attacking Town tactics had taken him by surprise . |
| 11 | Souness , who reported that the latest injuries to hit the club were not too serious , added : ‘ It was difficult to entertain in that wind , but I thought we played like a team at times tonight . ’ |
| 12 | It faced substantial protests , however , from water suppliers , notably in the UK ( see pp. 36903 ; 37159 ) and in West Germany , who objected that the massive costs involved would need to be spread over a longer period . |
| 13 | A rigorous analysis of the mechanisms involved in electromagnetic damping has been undertaken by Hughes and Lawrenson ( 1975 ) , who demonstrated that the single-step response is third-order when the electrical circuit is taken into account . |
| 14 | This was first recognized in 1930 by Staudinger , who found that an empirical relation existed between the relative magnitude of the increase in viscosity and the molar mass of the polymer . |
| 15 | Clive Milton was one of the few who found that the open life did have its virtues : |
| 16 | Mallarmé 's line which Eliot quoted in 1926 , discussing ‘ l'halluciné ’ and ‘ un élément d'incantation ’ in poetry , ‘ Donner un sens plus pur aux mots de la tribu ’ , was reinforced by those anthropologists who found that the fundamental mentality of the tribesmen they studied ‘ no doubt … is transmitted socially by means of language and concepts without which it could not be exercised . |
| 17 | Any doubtful points are increasingly swept aside by Law Lords who found that the old immunities stuck in their ‘ judicial gorges ’ . |
| 18 | In the course of receiving treatment for a heart condition , Hinrich Medau became deeply interested in the work of Dr Ludwig Schmitt , who believed that a healthy state is more likely to be maintained where there is lively blood circulation and breathing to full capacity . |
| 19 | But these were a tiny minority of the West European population and European governments did not take kindly to idealists who believed that a European parliament and an American-style single market could be created swiftly on a continent whose linguistic , cultural and socio-economic differences had been ingrained over centuries . |
| 20 | Mr Bruton said those who believed that a British withdrawal , or a declaration in favour of a British withdrawal , would help solve the problem must answer these questions : |
| 21 | There were those who believed that the new Chancellor lacked the drive and ability to head the government , which would be a far greater challenge than his experience governing West Berlin . |
| 22 | The ‘ Heshang ’ controversy was one important debate which provided intellectual substance for those who believed that the contemporary situation could not continue indefinitely with all its dilemmas and difficulties . |
| 23 | Ralph was the only person she knew who believed that the special offers in magazines actually were special . |
| 24 | Here there was an additional complication in that Euric and his people were arian Christians , who believed that the Holy Trinity was a hierarchy , in which the Father , Son and Holy Ghost were not equal , while the majority of the Gallo-Romans , including Sidonius , were catholics , and insisted on the equality of the three persons in the Godhead . |
| 25 | Botha and Israeli Foreign Minister , David Levi , who noted that the two countries " have similar goals in many areas " , signed a broad agreement for improved economic and scientific ties . |
| 26 | The effectiveness of Steyn in such a role was questioned by several observers who noted that the former fighter pilot and close colleague of the President had no intelligence experience . |
| 27 | ‘ What Maradona said is the most stupid declaration of the Eighties by a football player , ’ said the Fifa spokesman Guido Tognoni , who added that no disciplinary action would be taken against the player . |
| 28 | Australians will be unable to go outdoors without protection by the year 2060 , unless the depletion of the ozone layer over the southern hemisphere is halted , according to skin cancer expert Bill McCarthy , who predicted that the growing danger of cancer would render Australia uninhabitable unless its populace lived in glass-domed cities and wore spacesuit style protective gear for ventures into the open air . |
| 29 | Although those who predicted that the National Curriculum would cause a wholesale shift away from group work are apparently proved wrong by these figures , the matter is not that simple . |
| 30 | We agree with Bremner et al and with Spechler and Goyal et al , who stated that the established Barrett 's oesophagus represents the true cases and that ‘ creeping substitute ’ or developing Barrett 's oesophagus should be carefully followed up in order to determine the progression or not of these lesions . |