Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] that [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed in 1992 — 6 per cent fewer than in 1991 . |
| 2 | It 's not the job of education to ensure that young people settle for the status quo . |
| 3 | The first type of theory proposes that these people make an inappropriate immune response ( allergic response ) to certain synthetic chemicals , in the same way that a hay-fever sufferer reacts adversely to pollen ( see Chapter Two ) . |
| 4 | The Secretary of State said that those people who were to receive discounts would be separately marked on the lists . |
| 5 | Will the Secretary of State concede that many people are doing better , which we welcome , because of the state earnings-related pension scheme which was introduced by the Labour Government ? |
| 6 | Will the Minister of State confirm that young people will be placed in secure accommodation only when they represent a real danger to the public ? |
| 7 | Earlier he ends chapter three with a hint of humour saying that many people are not what they seem despite the appearances and begs her to try her utmost not to be worse than she appears , concluding : Here the word " form " is ambiguous referring to his writing as well as to a life-style . |
| 8 | The increased use of trained child care officers who had studied the growth and development of personality meant that more people were aware of the difficulty , if not the impossibility , of compensating a child for the break-up of his or her natural home . |
| 9 | The second type of explanation suggests that these people have some sort of defect that makes them less able to cope with environmental chemicals . |
| 10 | From the top down , the segmentation of politics means that different people care about different parts of the federalist puzzle and can not work out whom to blame . |
| 11 | The Department of Finance guesses that retail sales crawled up by 1% in the first three months of 1993 — after falling for eight successive quarters . |
| 12 | In this context it is of interest to note that male staff in the city 's special units often have sporting interests and a significant number are former PE teachers . |
| 13 | If the Department of Energy believes that 17,000 people are employed directly or indirectly in the opencast coal sector , why did the Secretary of State for Employment recently say that 40,000 people were employed there ? |