Example sentences of "[coord] that they [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of people were granted exemption on the grounds either that they were too poor to pay taxes and rates or that they had a certificate signed by the minister and parish officers to the effect that their premises were worth not more than 1 per annum or that their personal property was worth less than £10 per annum ; however , no exemption was allowed anyone possessing more than two hearths . |
| 2 | When the government , with the intention of circumventing petition-drawers , proposed legislation to require all criminal plaints to be presented personally , some judicial officials argued that not all petition-drawers were dishonest , and that they served a function in the judicial system because there were too many complaints for magistrates to settle without help . |
| 3 | One of the problems of deciding how much of a person 's temperament is inherited is due to the fact that babies are usually brought up in an environment of both parents , or at least more than on individual , and that they take a while to grow and show many personality characteristics . |
| 4 | Egg producers must recognise that they are competing in the sophisticated food industry of the late 1980s and that they have a responsibility to the consumer . |
| 5 | The fact remains , however , that they have a contribution to make to the community and that they have a right to our services . |
| 6 | On my experience dealing with people is however forgetful they get you know nursing homes or residential homes or whatever and they ca n't really remember from one corresponding conversation to the next they still remember that they 've got two children and that they own a bank account . |
| 7 | While it is true that by the turn of the century both middle and working class women were profoundly affected by the gospel of maternalism preached by the medical profession , imperialists and politicians , it is also possible to find examples of straightforward resistance to physicians both on the grounds that they encouraged middle class women to lead idle lives and that they posed a threat to female modesty . |