Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because in the purchase conditions there will be a provision stating that any contract entered into pursuant to the purchase order will be on the standard conditions of purchase on the back of the order ( see the preliminary statement and cl 1.1 of Precedent 2 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ If a driver knows that any attempt to overtake the car ahead of him will risk a fine or disqualification , then he will not try , ’ the Austrian said . |
| 3 | The plan suggests that it would be a delusion to assume that these immigrants would shed their values for Shetland ones . |
| 4 | It passes a law saying that all envelopes must be left unsealed , so that it can open letters with ease . |
| 5 | The lack of provision of income maintenance for those with part-time earnings stems from a failure to recognise that most women work part-time not from choice , nor because their earnings are inessential , but because their employment opportunities are severely constrained by their family commitments . |
| 6 | If again we talk about the locality where thinking takes place we have a right to say that this locality is the paper on which we write or the mouth which speaks . |
| 7 | Alongside keyboard player Ceri Evans ' Sunship project and vocal sensation Jamiroqua , Mother Earth are proving there are new , diverse sounds emerging on a record label that some people pigeonholed way too prematurely . |
| 8 | So I 'm not a for a moment suggesting that some rules and regulations are n't needed and I think that er the trouble is that every rule and regulation that is passed in this house , there 's always an excuse for it and there 's usually a very good reason for it , but that is the problem that the government faces and it 's quite fairly er a problem the treasury face when they introduce these statutory instruments because er no one can disagree that fraud must be stamped out , all I 'm actually saying is that unfortunately upstairs we have a deregulation bill going ahead at all pace with hundreds of clauses and hundreds of new rules to try and red hundreds of new clauses to reduce the number of rules and here we are downstairs on the floor we have passing for very good reason perhaps , more rules and regulations and there are four more tonight and I believe that every government department Madam deputy speaker , has a minister specially appointed to keep an eye on deregulation and I just wondered although er my honourable friend on the front bench mentioned that er the even the D T I minister responsible for deregulation has looked at these , I wonder if there is a minister in the treasury , they 've actually put a minister in the treasury responsible for deregulation or is the ministry actually above deregulation because I think that er I got the impression that the that every ministry would have a deregulation minister and I think it would be rather useful to know who the deregulation minister is in the treasury . |
| 9 | Do they for a moment consider that most visitors to the like District want to feel surrounded by natives of the fells and not middle-class accents and protocol ? |
| 10 | A surety covenants that those things shall be done or not done as the case may be . |
| 11 | Boulestin 's writing still seems so fresh and original that it comes as a shock to realize that these happenings occurred over forty years ago , and that his first cookery book Simple French Cooking for English Homes appeared in 1923 . |
| 12 | Most importantly perhaps it is quite clearly a nonsense to suggest that this scheme could be introduced retrospectively for council tenants . |
| 13 | It took Churchward a while to realize that this language was in fact Naacal , the first language of humankind , which could be translated by , at best , a couple of Indian ( or maybe they were Tibetan ) sages . |
| 14 | As you 'll see from the diagram , in the year of opening in nineteen ninety nine , on the central section of the l outer northern relief road there are eight thousand vehicles a day using that that road , that 's eight thousand vehicles a day that wo n't be would n't be passing through Knaresborough and through Harrogate . |
| 15 | A communiqué stated that all participants had adopted a programme for the implementation within 60 days of major aspects of a ceasefire agreement , including the disarming of the NPFL and the relinquishing of NPFL-held territory to ECOMOG forces . |
| 16 | ( 8 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any person contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 17 | ( 8 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any person contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 18 | ( 7 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any licence-holder contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 19 | In April 1988 , when she reached the age of 21 , she issued a writ claiming that these abnormalities were the result of the negligence of medical staff who had in September 1966 carried out a gynaecological operation on her mother , then pregnant with the plaintiff . |
| 20 | In Frank H Wright ( Constructions ) Ltd v Frodoor Ltd [ 1967 ] 1 WLR 506 a valuation stated that some assets had not been included , when in fact they had been , but the result was still the same and completely unaffected by this error ; there was therefore no need for the court to correct the valuation . |
| 21 | If an experiment 's possible outcomes are O1 , O2 , O3 , … and a theory predicts that each outcome Oj may occur with probability Pj , and the outcome actually observed is On , then this observation gives the theory a backing of Pj |
| 22 | In his Dionysiac state a man feels that all barriers between himself and others are broken in favour of a rediscovered universal harmony . |
| 23 | The document also contains a clause stating that each EC country can continue to give a longer period of maternity leave , which must be paid at 80% of women 's wages . |
| 24 | US sources suggest that the band are obliged to pay out a sum of $2.5 million in retainers to 150 crew members , due to a clause stating that any band responsible for delays must pay for them . |
| 25 | It would , of course , be a mistake to think that all hoards fall into one or other of these categories : they are the opposite ends of a spectrum along which most hoards in reality lie . |
| 26 | It would be a mistake to assume that all participants in the revolt were involved in it for the same reasons . |
| 27 | The men , one of whom was named as Ernest Joma , were quickly arrested , however , and two hours later the then Information , Ideological Guidance and Co-operative Development Minister , Simon Pierre , broadcast a message denying that any coup had taken place and calling for calm . |
| 28 | ( In this context it may be mentioned that in Athenian law courts it became the custom to have a clepsydra to ensure that most speeches were limited to half an hour . ) |
| 29 | Underlining the absurdity of Ireland 's proportional representation system — and make no mistake about it , if we had a proportional system in Britain , it would n't be that nice Paddy Ashdown holding the balance of power , it would more likely be the Reverend Ian Paisley and a couple of Welsh Nationalists — the issue of whether or not Cable & Wireless Plc can buy a stake in Telecom Eireann could bring the coalition government down : Fianna Fail realises that in order to bring in outside investment into the debt-strapped state phone company and increase the lamentable penetration of just 31 phone lines per 100 people , there is little alternative to privatising the company outright or at least bringing an outside investor , but Dick Spring , deputy prime minister and leader of the Labour Party , minority partner in the coalition , issued a statement saying that any privatisation ‘ would represent a breach of the programme of government . ’ |
| 30 | As the build-up to the pending general election got under way , the position of the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Paddy Ashdown , came under scrutiny when on Feb. 5 he made a statement acknowledging that some years earlier he had had a " brief relationship " with a woman ( identified as Patricia Sullivan , now known under the name Howard ) ; he stressed , however , that this " should have remained a private and personal matter of concern only to those involved " . |