Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report came amidst speculation that radical factions supported by Khalkhali had intensified their attacks on the government for its policy of rapprochement with the West . |
| 2 | For this , those feminists , such as Finch and Groves ( 1983 ) , who espoused the cause of their older sisters , can take some credit , particularly in the challenge they threw down to those who assumed without question that such roles would naturally fall to women on their own . |
| 3 | After evidence came to light that some members of the Society had committed suicide by following methods described in the booklet , the Attorney-General sought to dissuade the Society from further dissemination of the Guide by applying to the High Court for a declaration that its publication amounted to the crime of aiding and abetting suicide . |
| 4 | He agreed with Doll that statistical significance was simply a ‘ guide to thought ’ rather than an absolute standard . |
| 5 | The population of this district had not been previously deeply dissatisfied ; but it was natural that they should wish well to people of their own class , supposed to be fighting for higher wages ; and they presently heard with truth that several employers hereabouts had begun to promise higher payments under the dread of seeing the population armed against them . ’ |
| 6 | We watched with horror that precise scenario unfold when Zenith was wheeled in by Channel Four to ‘ co-produce ’ Big World Cafe with Vivien Goldman 's company , Spellbound . |
| 7 | The answer was he usually ignored them , which meant of course that some entries were obscured and the whole was not as clean as it may have been but it was certainly speedy . |
| 8 | All the original crews were expected to volunteer for 45 sorties : by and large this meant in effect that each PFF crew would start a full Bomber Command tour of about 31 ) sorties . |
| 9 | And Yeremi knew without question that void shields were up , to cushion the impact of any hostile fire . |
| 10 | This second possibility was the one I preferred , especially since I saw on reflection that such ripples might produce some of the effects of the first possibility . |
| 11 | She knew by instinct that healing change can never be imposed on people from outside . |
| 12 | Secondly , some people I spoke to thought that local planning had been slowed by uncertainty about last year 's general election and the possibility that a Labour government might have diluted or delayed the community care reforms . |
| 13 | Childe had in mind that human evolution and development were not just passive responses to an external environment , but were the result of humanity 's own efforts . |