Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [vb past] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a discussion of Asian security on Soviet television a Pravda writer denied that Soviet initiatives for ‘ pan-Asian security ’ were intended by Moscow ‘ to draw the countries of the region into some kind of Asian-Pacific pact , to make allies of them in its conflict with Washington ’ . |
| 2 | The Kilbrandon Committee recommended that individual decisions should be made regarding the best measures for dealing with each child , and that these should be made separately from decisions about guilt or innocence . |
| 3 | On Sept. 2 All-India Radio reported that Pakistani forces had been shelling the Punch sector in Jammu and Kashmir since Aug. 26 and that a woman and two children had been killed . |
| 4 | The ULS Study showed that smaller farms were more labour intensive per unit of land area and the NCC 's concern is mainly that larger units ( especially if bought up by large investors ) are run as ranches with little if any regard to conservation interests or features . |
| 5 | Periodic acid Schiff staining showed that most Barrett 's mucosa and all the gastric mucosa contained neutral mucin ( red colouration in cytoplasm ) while some areas , especially those composed of intestinal mucosa , contained acid mucin ( blue colouration in cytoplasm ) or glands with both acid and neutral mucin ( purple colouration in the cytoplasm ) . |
| 6 | In 1957 the Birkett Committee recommended that unauthorized tapping should be a criminal offence . |
| 7 | It was noted that the Hibbs contribution suggested that right-wing governments tended to see inflation as more of a problem than unemployment . |
| 8 | According to the Financial Times of April 26 , 1990 , a joint IMF/World Bank report on the Brady plan stated that fewer deals had been concluded than hoped for and that negotiations between banks and debtors had often taken too long . |
| 9 | In 1981 , the Wilson Committee recommended that more papers should be released within the 30-year period and that as few as possible should be withheld beyond 30 years . |
| 10 | The Cameron Report found that four policemen were injured during the clashes in Duke Street and a further seven during the later clashes at the Diamond and on the fringes of the Bogside . |
| 11 | In the British Medical Journal a Bristol hospital claimed that 24 car drivers were admitted after accidents in February , 18 less than in the same month in 1982 . |
| 12 | In language that was strikingly reminiscent of the Khmers Rouges , a CPP official predicted that popular anger at the conduct of the election might lead to ‘ insurrection or riot ’ . |
| 13 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 14 | The Paris Club agreed that individual members could make further cuts of 10 per cent or more on a bilateral basis . |
| 15 | Amanda Tooth said that hard times made Antonia set her sights on someone who could help her make a name . |
| 16 | The Hong Kong administration said that forced repatriation , which was halted in December 1989 after an international outcry led by the United States [ see pp. 37121-22 ; 37185 ] , was unlikely to start before November . |
| 17 | The Widdicombe Committee recommended that such attendance should remain possible subject to two safeguards : |
| 18 | The UK government reaffirmed that all appointments in Hong Kong up to 1997 would be made by the Governor after consultation with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary . |
| 19 | Just after the agreement was announced , Sarajevo Radio reported that Yugoslav fighter jets had launched new attacks on Croat-populated villages in western Bosnia and that army units had surrounded a strategic Muslim-populated town east of the Neretva river . |
| 20 | The 1984 Kirklees Report showed that ethnic minority clients were not well represented among CAB clients at the time . |
| 21 | Voix du Zaïre radio said that enraged students set on the junior education minister , Issalu Isangi , who was badly beaten up . |
| 22 | The Reagan administration ruled that two films , produced by the Canadian National Film Board that portrayed the effects of acid rain on the country 's lakes and forests should begin with a warning that they are the opinion of a foreign agency and do not please the US government . |
| 23 | And a member of the Selborne Association commented that those measures were the only practical step forward . |
| 24 | The Cohen Committee admitted that these complaints were not altogether unfounded but all that has resulted is section 192 of the Act which invalidates provisions in trust deeds ( or elsewhere ) which purport to exempt a trustee from , or to indemnify him against , ‘ liability for breach of trust where he fails to show the degree of care and diligence required of him as a trustee having regard to the provisions of the trust deed conferring on him any powers , authorities or discretions . ’ |
| 25 | In August Amnesty complained that 29 Tuaregs had been executed in Mali apparently without trial . |
| 26 | A Washington Greenpeace spokesman claimed that existing oil production in Alaska leads to the dumping of waste and toxic chemicals , and pollutes the air . |
| 27 | The Franks Report said that British arms sales to Argentina encouraged the Falklands war . |
| 28 | It was not until 1972 that the idea of star and planet systems forming from other stellar material came into vogue , when Wilbur Brown of Wyoming University said that such systems were formed from the ejected shells of supernovae . |
| 29 | At a round of talks in Madrid on June 22-23 the US side proposed that any country should have the right to resume mining if the signatory nations could not reach agreement within three years . |
| 30 | ALL THE PRESIDENT 'S TAXMEN On the campaign trail , the next US president promised that high earners could expect to pay more tax — and foreign-owned companies much , much more — if he won the election . |