Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunday schools were legitimized , but required to teach boys and girls separately ( with the result that they needed extra buildings and instructors ) . |
| 2 | From the outset the association adopted a holistic approach to health and development , the programme that they established included child care facilities , nutrition programmes , income-generating cooperatives , literacy and education programmes and a health centre which provides both curative and preventive and promotive care . |
| 3 | All the pronouncements from NATO of late have been to the effect that we regard nuclear deterrents as an important part of the armoury of NATO forces generally . |
| 4 | It becomes an inevitable part of normal living that we form significant relationships with particular individuals for a period of time and then , often through force of circumstance , move away from those same relationships . |
| 5 | Much to my surprise she agreed , on condition that we had separate rooms and made our own travel arrangements . |
| 6 | Both China and India were signatories , but only on condition that they received substantial assistance from the West ( both financial and technological ) to ensure that they were not penalized economically for having to use the more expensive alternatives to CFCs . |
| 7 | The World Bank and International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , meeting in Washington on April 26-28 , approved massive financial backing for the former Soviet republics on the condition that they took rigorous action to privatize and stabilize their economies . |
| 8 | That is what America is now offering 18 African countries — on the condition that they implement IMF-approved reforms . |
| 9 | That is , we refer to our sensations as ‘ hot ’ and ‘ cold ’ because they are the sensations which usually go with our bodies being hot or cold ; and it is not the case that we call external things hot and cold because we think there is something in common between them and our bodily sensations . |
| 10 | ‘ It must sometimes be the case that I bring British fish back to London , but it will probably be in better condition than if it had been bought there as foreign agents insist on good transport and packing . ’ |
| 11 | It was not the case that he neglected domestic issues — least of all in the period 1963 – 65 — but rather that he saw them within the larger framework of France 's relations with the world . |
| 12 | He says it 's part of the staff 's contract that they work different shift from time to time — at times of crisis or if someone is sick we have to ask someone who knows the job to cover . |
| 13 | Obviously I 'd be delighted if you choose to come this direction but I understand of course that you have other options to look at . |
| 14 | They did it with such tenderness that I gained new strength from their friendship , suddenly seeing the value in continuing , if only to deepen that shared bond . |
| 15 | It is from the dominant ideology that standards of acceptable , normal behaviour are defined ; and it is from this ideology that what constitutes social problems and criminal actions are also defined . |
| 16 | He told the Guardian that he believed senior management took deliberate steps to hush up the dangers . |
| 17 | No , Tumbleweed are n't dabbling with any radically new threads here — cool melodies blasting through the '60s garage and topped off with some neat psychedelic baubles — but there 's such obvious songcraft at work that they burn new holes in some well-worn fabric . |
| 18 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 19 | There were abortive attempts at a settlement by the American Secretary of State , General Alexander Haig , and discussions over a Peruvian peace plan which would bypass the British contention that it possessed sole sovereignty over the Falklands . |
| 20 | We recommend to the Executive Committee that they approve Christian Aid supporting such a course in the way outlined . |
| 21 | Herluin might hold it against the boy that he had disgraced Ramsey not so much by attempting theft , but by making a botch of it , but Herluin had also been of the abbot 's party . |
| 22 | Social order from the perspective of cosmos is based on ‘ the discovery that there exist orderly structures which are the product of the action of many men but are not the result of human design ’ . |
| 23 | The Music Halls , as might be readily anticipated , attracted the familiar accusation that they lowered moral standards and encouraged imitative crime . |
| 24 | The outlawing of indirect discrimination , the requirement that employers analyse their labour force , the requirement that they operate proper employment procedures where necessary should benefit all the people of West Belfast . |
| 25 | The clash between Balcon 's nationalism and the Ostrers ' requirement that he pursue international popularity led to the signs of strain that are evident in much of the Gaumont-British output , and it is easy to understand why Balcon became so disillusioned with the idea of international production . |
| 26 | The most striking instance was the 1976 Soweto uprising which was sparked off by secondary school pupils ' opposition to the authorities ' insistence that they learn certain subjects in Afrikaans , viewed by most black people as the language of the oppressor . |
| 27 | By the 1870s several public schools had their own cadet or rifle corps , though within the schools it was not until the Boer War that they achieved real popularity . |
| 28 | ( 4 ) Pre-bid discussions with privileged shareholders ( eg institutions ) have in the past been forbidden by the Panel on the basis that they contravene General Principle 2 ( information should be made available to all shareholders alike ) . |
| 29 | Can Rawls ' principles be defended on the basis that they approximate complete neutrality better than any alternative ? |
| 30 | Mel Smith took a sideswipe at Nigel Kennedy with his announcement that he had good news for music lovers — the violinist 's appearance had been cancelled . |