Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] the [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although nothing became of this beyond an agreement that there were widely different views on the matter , that same year the Government of Australia proposed that the so called cull grenade should be banned . |
| 2 | On investigating , I found that the newly recorded cassette had inexplicably taped this lively , foot-tapping music , although the original tape was indeed Bach throughout . |
| 3 | Thus , for example , Waterstones in Belfast found that the newly opened bargain bookshops , like the increasing number of non-traditional outlets in the city now stocking books , tended to cater for members of the public who were not regular book buyers or to those making one-off purchases : ‘ They do not therefore have a serious impact on larger traditional bookshops . ’ |
| 4 | She got in , checked that the newly cut key was in her purse and switched on the engine . |
| 5 | A number of executive members agreed that the newly formed Coalition for Scottish Democracy would take the lead on campaigning for constitutional change and be the main co-ordinator of future events . |
| 6 | Irish League secretary Harry Wallace today announced that the much delayed Ulster Cup finals will be staged on September 22 . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher also believed that the publicly owned industries were inefficient and an obstacle to the creation of a more dynamic and adaptive economy . |
| 8 | Figures released on Feb. 13 showed that the seasonally adjusted surplus for January 1992 had quadrupled since January 1991 to $3,840 million , and that exports had risen by 9.7 per cent against a 3.8 per cent fall in imports . |
| 9 | He guessed that the agreeably proportioned salon , too small to be partitioned and not large enough for a working laboratory , had escaped the fate of so much of the house more for administrative and scientific convenience than from any sensitivity on Colonel Hoggatt 's part to its innate perfection . |
| 10 | He failed as a writer and as an actor but then discovered that the easily acquired skills of movie-making would enable him to become the artist and prophet for which his background had prepared him and for which Progressive America was so eagerly waiting . |
| 11 | In 1850 The Westminster Review urged that the newly created Board of Health should establish a system of periodic inspection of prostitutes , enforceable at law . |
| 12 | ‘ I learned that the nearest known relative of the late Sir Nelson Fettiplace was dead . |
| 13 | If the discussions are successful Mr Duffield said that the newly formed company would have a QAI employee stationed permanently in Yugoslavia . |
| 14 | The season was short for tourists in Green 's time and he said that the expensively equipped inns made a frugal living in the two months of the year when they were busy , while for the rest of the year , no one came . |
| 15 | The Xinhua news agency reported that at a meeting with Li Peng soon after the Kazakh party 's arrival , the Chinese Premier called for enhanced relations in all fields and said that the recently completed rail link would help bilateral relations in the economic and trade fields . |