Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority considered that such cases should in future be dealt with under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 , s.3(1) , which makes it a crime to procure a woman by false pretences or false representations to have unlawful sexual intercourse in any part of the world and that the penalty for this offence should be raised from two to five years ' imprisonment . |
| 2 | Enid Blyton 's characters do show emotions — they show affection and they get angry — but they are obvious and unrevealing , the writer judging that this shallowness is appropriate for young readers . |
| 3 | It adds : ‘ It is felt following the findings of the Accounts Commission that this role should be fully examined . ’ |
| 4 | Substantial doubts had been raised by the difficultly of Coleman 's having committed the crime in the short space of time for which he had no alibi on the night of the murder , and by numerous statements gathered after the trial attesting that another resident of the small town of Grundy had boasted of having committed the crime . |
| 5 | The Board desires that all lessons in physical exercise … should be thoroughly enjoyed by the children . |
| 6 | If an authority misdirects itself in law , or acts arbitrarily on the basis of considerations which lie outside its statutory powers , or so unreasonably that its decisions can not be justified by any objective standard of reasonableness , then it is the duty and function of the courts to pronounce that such decisions are invalid when these are challenged by anyone aggrieved by them and who has the necessary locus stand I to do so . |
| 7 | An internal management machinery for the handling of individual grievances exists in RENFE ( the procedure of ‘ reclamación previa ’ , or prior claim , characteristic of the public administration ) , but time limits for application to the courts mean that many grievances are the subject of concurrent actions by employees in the labour courts . |
| 8 | The courts ruled that such companies only had the powers specifically granted to them by Parliament , and the ruling was extended to local authorities despite the fact that they were independently elected , not mere private corporations . |
| 9 | If a computer salesman claims that the computer he is selling will run a particular software package and this claim turns out to be untrue , it will be for the company selling the computer to show that any exemption clause it hopes to rely on passes the test of reasonableness . |
| 10 | The referendum suggested that most Russians will not tolerate attempts to recreate the past . |
| 11 | The archbishop hoped that this offer would be sufficient to restore peace , and Lancaster together with Wake and others swore a solemn oath that they had not done anything against the estate of the king or to the dishonour of his royal lordship . |
| 12 | The quality of the build shows that some care has been taken in its assembly — for instance , where at all possible , input and output ports have been mounted on the case rather than taking up usable expansion slot space . |
| 13 | Robin Lee in The Times maintained that both books were beneath criticism , Faludi 's for using the ‘ low-brow , flirtatious idiom of Cosmopolitan magazine ’ , French 's for being ‘ aggressive and intemperate ’ . |
| 14 | The cases decide that this exception extends to touching a person in order to attract attention , although there can be no exception when the person touched has made it clear that he or she does not wish to be touched again . |
| 15 | For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that . |
| 16 | The first great series of races , and forerunner to Grands Prix , was the Gordon Bennett series , introduced in 1900 and it was a real test of a manufacturer 's skills , as the rules stipulated that all parts of each competing car had to be manufactured in its country of origin . |
| 17 | The rules say that any beam-line must be available for general use at least one third of the time . |
| 18 | The rules state that each team takes the time of the fifth man to finish . |
| 19 | The rules stipulate that these boards can have a maximum hull thickness of 16.5cm which includes most boards produced today . |
| 20 | However , unemployment and the recession mean that many firms can no longer afford the creches and bonuses , and are reluctantly having to curtail them . |
| 21 | In some instances the researchers accepted that this pattern might be explained by the preponderance of mode B schemes ‘ but more often a process of ‘ guided drift ’ could be detected , based on a stereotyping of both young people and mode delivery ’ ( pp. 38 — 9 ) . |
| 22 | But this is no excuse to stuff yourself silly , as the researchers concluded that more studies are needed to see if a large weight gain during pregnancy is linked to complications in labour and delivery , or to long-term obesity . |
| 23 | The Guardian commented that these sorts of deals ‘ would simply prompt further government investigations into the industry , unless the pub owning company was seen to be genuinely independent of the brewer ’ . |
| 24 | The story goes that this castle was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , ‘ Redbeard ’ no less . |
| 25 | The authorities hope that such changes will help Italian banks compete more effectively against European rivals . |
| 26 | It completely failed to influence public opinion when it emerged from its secret society chrysalis in 1939 , and in spite of its extremism and the uncertainties of the law with regard to seditious libel where public order was not threatened , the authorities decided that any move against the group would give it unwanted publicity and might achieve more harm than good . |
| 27 | Wrong degrees of tension and slackness can interfere with this harmony and we try through the pressure wave of the breathing to ensure that all parts are equally refreshed , invigorated and strengthened . |
| 28 | The CPRE believes that enough land has already been provided for in the Structure Plans of the south east to meet these requirements and that there is in fact a 38 per cent over-supply of land . |
| 29 | For example , the retention of selective schools characterised by traditional pedagogy and an elitist view of the curriculum means that some schools are less likely than others to be able to meet the expectations of a project founded on essentially comprehensive principles . |
| 30 | Of all these pressures , perhaps the most insidious is the emphasis on standardising the curriculum to ensure that all pupils master the basic skills . |