Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] that [adv] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my hon. Friend accept that , if British Rail has decided that only 13 of those crossings are unsafe , it therefore appears to believe that 87 are perfectly safe ? |
| 2 | Our own research has shown that OVER two million four hundred thousand properties are waiting for us ! |
| 3 | More recent research has suggested that approximately two-thirds of individuals may improve by changing their diet and avoiding certain foods . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher succeeded in forcing local councils to raise half their own spending money , but removing the sting from the poll tax has meant that only 15 per cent of local authority spending is raised by town halls . |
| 5 | But within the first interpretation of the term , many authors have emphasized how the increase in the number of legal statutes makes the law impractical to apply in every case , so that Sheehe has calculated that only one offence in every 7,600 is detected ( see Dix and Layzell 1983 : 7 ) . |
| 6 | On May 29 the government had complained that only 170 firms had so far been transferred to the private sector . |
| 7 | A survey has shown that nearly 15 per cent of county 's buses are more than 15 years old and Mr David Newbegin , county environment director , said this week that older buses put people off using public transport . |
| 8 | A poll has shown that only 52 per cent of MPs are in favour of the treaty in its present form . |
| 9 | Latinamerica Press has reported that nearly 200 of the 550 members of Congress and the Senate are owners of or have ties to some media outlet . |
| 10 | His shrewdness in the transfer market has meant that approximately 20 million pounds have been spent on incoming ‘ talent ’ and many of those world class players such as Jim Leighton , Mike Phelan , Neil Webb and Danny Wallace have played a crucial part in this seasons triumph . |