Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [that] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Irish law , abortion is a criminal offence and recently the courts ruled that even the provision of information on abortion is now illegal . |
| 2 | Run-on transcription assays in isolated nuclei showed that both the plasmid and the ble gene were transcribed in an alpha-amanitin sensitive manner , in both procyclic and bloodstream stage transformants ( Fig. 5 ; compare lanes c and a in P-P and B-P ) . |
| 3 | Recent UN studies showed that both the government and rebel factions were involved in logging [ see ED 59/60 ] . |
| 4 | A telephone failure at Eyemouth as a result of severe conditions meant that neither the coxswain nor second coxswain could be alerted , so the un-named 44ft Waveney class lifeboat 44–001 on relief duty at the station set out with the assistant mechanic , James Dougal , at the helm . |
| 5 | We 've got two officer 's for example who are leading on working the young people in the town , Youth Development Officer 's er we , the Local Government Unit has a policy team initiated work on the youth policy , and this arose out of erm a member seminar 's , September eighty nine , where er the members felt that really the Council was n't doing enough for young people , that we as a Council , not not to think about young in the way we deliver our services and it was felt that we needed to go out and talked to young people , which we did in the winter of that year , erm and find out what they wanted from us , and the res as a result of that , that , that policy , and that consultation exercise has now developed into a front line service where we have two people full time working with young people in the town and that 's on various things , graffiti project , the underpasses in the town we , which have got graffiti type I mean I know there not everybody 's cup of tea , but I mean they way . |
| 6 | In any case a number of these old pupils found that neither the church nor the State made any provision for them , and agreed among themselves to meet together for prayer and worship . |
| 7 | In Britain both Conservative and Labour cabinets insisted that only the threat of early use of nuclear weapons could stop a major Soviet offensive . |