Example sentences of "[noun pl] that it [vb mod] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reference may be invalid because there has been no agreement between the parties that it should take place . |
| 2 | On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country . |
| 3 | Some were wounded ; others so damaged by their experiences that it would take years to return to normal . |
| 4 | So much has been written concerning this question in recent years that it would waste space to reiterate arguments as to the moral , sociological , psychological and medical aspects of the problem . |
| 5 | Fife College has been seen as one of the further education colleges most likely to break through the barrier which separates the sector from higher education , and there have been suggestions that it could become Fife 's second university , after St Andrews . |
| 6 | The court rejected arguments that it should take account of article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which guarantees free speech . |
| 7 | The court rejected arguments that it should take account of article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which guarantees free speech . |
| 8 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |
| 9 | Dr Michael Beier has responsibility for Germany , Austria and Switzerland — and any points that it can find east . |
| 10 | The 18 neighbours of an animal are the 18 different kinds of children that it can give rise to , and the 18 different kinds of parent from which it could have come , given the rules of our computer model . |
| 11 | It had slipped off the road , despite the manufacturer 's claims that it can clear 20ft drifts and 2,500 tonnes of snow an hour . |
| 12 | The IMF also announced that the government had given assurances that it would resume payments , suspended for two years , on its US$43,000 million commercial debt , as a condition for talks to proceed on June 7 with its 224 commercial creditor banks . |
| 13 | However , at an ITTO seminar in Cambridge , chaired by the UK and attended by 10 of the organization 's members , it was decided to suppress the report on the grounds that it might damage trade . |
| 14 | The Ramblers Association opposes privatisation on the grounds that it would threaten people 's " freedom to roam " . |
| 15 | Some of those arguing for mixed-ability teaching did so on the narrowest professional grounds that it would improve teaching and learning , obliging teachers to treat pupils as individuals each proceeding at a different pace and in a different manner . |
| 16 | GEC , Ferranti 's main British rival in radar , is also keen to mount a takeover bid but would encounter fierce Ministry of Defence opposition on the grounds that it would damage competition in electronics procurement . |
| 17 | Tom King did try on one occasion to attack Labour 's defence policy — but mainly on the grounds that it would lose jobs . |
| 18 | And all Mr Clinton 's supporters look nervous when reminded that California 's Proposition 166 , which tried to make firms pay for health-insurance for all their employees , was shot down in flames last November on the grounds that it would destroy jobs . |
| 19 | Sandys ' personal commitment involved disagreement with his senior civil servants who advised against it on the grounds that it would arouse opposition from the urban local authorities and private developers who would be forced to seek sites beyond the green belt . |
| 20 | This situation is known as one of negative ‘ net-effective cost ’ ( NEC ) , and the CEGB should undertake any investment promising NEC on the grounds that it will make electricity prices cheaper than if it were to do nothing . |
| 21 | A call by the Netherlands , Germany and Denmark for more generous fiscal incentives for cleaner cars to cut emissions faster was resisted by other EC countries , including the UK , on grounds that it could distort competition . |
| 22 | These can harm the consumer — the ban on the sweetening agent cyclamate on the grounds that it could cause cancer is a case in point . |
| 23 | When the March figure for money-supply growth was released late last week , showing year-on-year growth in its favoured monetary measure , M2 plus CDs , at a record low of 4.9% , the central bank was quick to squash any hopes that it would lower interest rates . |