Example sentences of "[noun pl] that it [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a pause in which you could have heard a pin drop — if you could have heard anything over the machine noise which had so invaded their senses that it had the quality of silence . |
| 2 | But it was only because much , too , bore very directly upon the most urgent domestic questions that it made an impact at home . |
| 3 | The government fears that it wrecks the bill , that b R with an unfair advantage over its competitors , could keep lines like this in its clutches . |
| 4 | The cloud contained particles of hydrochloric acid but initial fears that it contained a chemical used in mustard gas were later denied by bosses at the ICI works in Lostock , Cheshire . |
| 5 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 6 | Government has stressed at several points that it seeks the development of local district services first , with asylums to close only when the latter services can cope with the patient workload . |
| 7 | Casting aside Pennzoil 's claims that it had no intention of launching a bid , Chevron moved into top gear to protect itself against a takeover which could be worth $35billion and would revive memories of some of the biggest corporate battles of the 1970 's and 80's . |
| 8 | July 26 , 1976 The barrister successfully applied to have the third party notice struck out on the grounds that it disclosed no cause of action . |
| 9 | A Colorado State bill which would allow fruit and vegetable growers to claim compensation from anyone who falsely maligned their products has been vetoed by the state 's Governor , Roy Romer , on the grounds that it constituted a threat to free speech . |
| 10 | This led some people to maintain that he had derived the idea of civil disobedience from Thoreau , a fact which Gandhi himself denied.a In due course he substituted the phrase ‘ civil resistance ’ for ‘ civil disobedience ’ on the grounds that it conveyed the notion of non-violence better , but he continued to regard civil disobedience as a branch of satyāgraha . |
| 11 | She argues against the individual approach on the grounds that it retains the segregation of pupils with learning difficulties which support teaching was intended to diminish . |
| 12 | Despite the universal belief in France that the Channel Tunnel is a project with major public sector implications , there was some opposition to the use of the Grand Chantier procedure from both local and regional authorities on the grounds that it challenged the spirit of the 1982 decentralisation laws . |
| 13 | The Soviet Union and its allies refused to sign the San Francisco peace Treaty in September 1951 on the grounds that it violated an agreement on ‘ one peace ’ reached in 1942 , and condemned the Security Treaty . |
| 14 | The change provoked an extended strike on the part of the largely Russian speaking blue-collar labour force , and the Supreme Soviet Presidium in Moscow declared the legislation unconstitutional on the grounds that it violated the principle of equal electoral rights ( some 80,000 , it was estimated , would be deprived of the franchise under the new regulations ) . |
| 15 | Mr. Philipson also submitted that the notice was defective in form , on the grounds that it specified the documents by class and not individually , and that it contained certain other matter which was alleged to be ambiguous , but which I shall not quote , so as not to imperil anonymity . |
| 16 | Hollywood would turn it down on the grounds that it held no street credibility . |
| 17 | The Yugoslav Collective State Presidency described the EC decision as " a gross violation of the principles of the UN Charter " , on the grounds that it changed the borders of the state of Yugoslavia . |