Example sentences of "[vb past] that [noun prp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Wycliffe maintained that Gaunt regarded political instability as one of the greatest evils that could befall a state ; and Gaunt 's political career suggests that he believed that political stability was best ensured by the maintenance of the prerogatives of the monarchy . |
| 2 | For example , Tenopir found that Georef assigns more subject headings for each publication than GeoArchive , and so has higher recall , but this does not mean that searches will produce more irrelevant items . |
| 3 | Apart from his regrettable affliction he was in every way the opposite to herself ; a great thick-headed , rumbustious extrovert totally out of place in her gracious menage : I never did find out how they came together but on my visits I found that Cedric had one admirer at least . |
| 4 | Thorpe J. found that W. had sufficient understanding to make an informed decision but held that he had jurisdiction to authorise medical treatment without W. 's consent , and he concluded that in view of the medical evidence he should make the order sought . |
| 5 | Lee also requested that Russia undertake legal guarantees to repay the US$1,800 million which South Korea had provided , or had committed itself to provide , to Russia and the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) in 1991 . |
| 6 | Ken Mentle argued that Trevor needed psychiatric treatment more than another chance in an Athletico shirt . |
| 7 | Hodge believed that Jackson wanted American troops to remain in order to protect a long-term UN presence and this could frustrate the American wish to withdraw troops from Korea . |
| 8 | It seemed that Vologsky had more resistance than most . |
| 9 | Speaking after the sentence had been imposed , US prosecutors confirmed that Noriega faced additional drug charges in Florida , and numerous charges — including murder — in Panama . |
| 10 | As for the state-by-state count which actually decided the race , projections showed that Clinton won 33 states with 370 of the key Electoral College votes to Bush 's 18 states and 168 votes . |
| 11 | Initially there appeared to be little to choose between them , but careful comparative trials showed that Marsilid made more contribution than isoniazid to the improvements in appetite and the weight gain . |
| 12 | The petition , which was presented both to the king and the College of Physicians and referred to the archbishop of Canterbury , alleged that Chamberlen had pecuniary interests in keeping midwives ignorant so that he could take on their difficult cases . |
| 13 | As the president 's weekend guest he discovered that Ike had one thing in common with Stalin — they both expected him to watch Westerns . |
| 14 | The reliability of such evidence is shown by the fact that jurors in other counties swore that John had afforested Hewelsfield in the Forest of Dean , and the wood of Ross in Herefordshire , both of which are recorded in Domesday Book as being then within the royal forest . |
| 15 | But it meant that Swindon had more room to manoevre and Maskells determination in front of goal brought them back level . |
| 16 | Buck Finnegan was going to take 7 , which meant that Stevie had two strokes to force a ‘ sudden death ’ play-off . |
| 17 | Had a look at the records last night and saw that Sterland scored 5 goals in the Div II championship and 7 in the 20-odd matches he played in the Div I Championship . |
| 18 | King George VI was shocked at the outcome of the General election , as he felt that Churchill deserved greater support for his wonderful work as the war leader . |
| 19 | Cllr Rimmer stressed that Merseyside had many things going for it — including a skilled workforce , the Port of Liverpool and its strategic spot on the world map . |
| 20 | He knew that Buddie hated all detectives and uniformed policemen . |
| 21 | I knew that Frontenac had certain rights to the material and Jean-Claude had none . |
| 22 | All Montparnasse knew that Beatrice had other lovers during her time with Modi . |
| 23 | When asked if he thought that Britain had any chance at all , he was more reassuring . |
| 24 | Julia thought that Minnie showed genuine grief , and at the end of the Mass , she spoke to her and Dympna . |
| 25 | When the Saudis insisted that Aramco impose tight control over the destination of its oil , the company got tanker captains to sign affidavits as to their destination and arranged to receive cabled acknowledgements of each ship 's eventual arrival at the approved port or terminal . |
| 26 | Eventually Ken was referred to a doctor who had an interest in dietary factors in disease , and asked him about his diet It emerged that Ken drank 20 cups of tea or coffee , both very strong , in the course of the average day . |
| 27 | Li said that China acknowledged human rights as a proper subject for international discussion , but opposed the use of human rights as a pretext for interference in other countries ' internal affairs . |
| 28 | Faha Sanchita , defending , said that Uddin had 10 years of experience in the food business and had owned and run the Lalquila with his brother for the last five years without any hygiene problems . |
| 29 | I said that Wittgenstein paid more attention to the negative side of his teaching , his attack on the experiential explanation of the meaning of pain-language in terms of feelings , than to the positive side , his own explanation in terms of ‘ It hurts ’ replacing moaning . |
| 30 | Senior partner Bill Small said that PW rejected all claims against it ‘ for any negligence or wrong-doing arising from the audit of Linter ’ . |