Example sentences of "that [vb base] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Derby County have now beaten Cosenza and Pisa by 3–0 margins — the two Italian sides that have defeated City in the competition — emphasises Smith 's problems . |
| 2 | ( iii ) Discussion should bring out examples of words and expressions which tend to undergo very rapid change in use or meaning — eg terms of approbation ( wicked , brill ) ; differences in the use and meanings of words as used by pupils , their parents and grandparents — eg wireless , radio , tranny , receiver ; and new words that have become part of the English vocabulary during the last 50 years or so , eg computer , astronaut , macho . |
| 3 | Late on Sept. 20 UK Prime Minister John Major ( whose country held the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers for the second half of 1992 ) announced that he would call an emergency summit to discuss ratification of the Treaty and to " deal with the particular problems in the foreign exchange markets in recent days , that have revealed shortcomings in the exchange rate mechanism system " . |
| 4 | Assured tenancy companies that have raised money under the BES to invest in properties for letting are having trouble valuing their properties . |
| 5 | The severe storms that have affected Britain in the last few years may be linked with sea-surface temperatures which have been fractionally higher than the long-term average . |
| 6 | The range of policies needed to counter the root causes that have given rise to the underclass and keep it firmly in place at the bottom of the social hierarchy are examined in Part IV . |
| 7 | They have found a position which has advanced from that of the rather more hierarchical structures that have pervaded schools in the past . |
| 8 | The Misbourne is just one of many rivers and streams that have fallen victim to the recent drought and the increase in demand for water in the south . |
| 9 | Not for our policy makers the quantitative techniques — such as citation indexes and patent records — that have made inroads into the US 's science policy system . |
| 10 | Times being hard , the vicious squabbles that have plagued Peru since the 1960s have broken out again , between raw-material exporters ( who want freer trade ) and manufacturers ( who want still more protection ) . |
| 11 | Many very poor countries , and even some that have suffered famines in the 1980s , like Ethiopia , have actually turned over land to cash crops for export . |
| 12 | Here are some problems that have confronted scientists in the past . |
| 13 | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz , Switzerland 's economy minister , is sweeping away some of the 20-odd price-fixing ‘ conventions ’ , a Swiss euphemism for cartels , that have stifled competition in the domestic market for the past half-century . |
| 14 | It is hardly surprising that the studies that have taken account of the social class background of white and black pupils tend to reveal that the dramatic differences produced by simple comparisons tend to diminish , often considerably ( Bagley et al . , |
| 15 | Considering the major developments that have taken place during the past 12 months within Rolls Wood Group , the achievement in such a period of time reflects the workforce 's determination to establish Rolls Wood Group as a leader in this market . |
| 16 | Neither was particularly exceptional within the catalogue of events that have taken place during the last twenty years . |
| 17 | Before describing the current guidelines in detail , it is worth reviewing the policy changes that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 18 | Our emphasis on the desirability of using the term ‘ blind ’ carefully arises from the many positive developments that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 19 | In Environment Issues we do n't usually have room to record every birth , marriage and death ( hatches , matches and despatches ) , however , Hygiene Leeds warrants a mention for the five marriages that have taken place over the last three months . |
| 20 | This consensual relationship was revealed in the remarkable absence of overt conflict and the high degree of union co-operation in the major changes in employment and working practices that have taken place on the railways over the past decades ( Hyman and Elger 1981 ) . |
| 21 | The very large collections of rocks , minerals and fossils from many parts of the world demonstrate the succession of changes that have taken place throughout the Earth over the vast span of geological time . |
| 22 | Changes that have taken place in the Highland Zapotec region of Oaxaca , Mexico , are a good example . |
| 23 | This is partly because of a number of important changes that have taken place in the scale of the protest , the targets against which it has been directed , and the tactics that have been employed , but particularly because of some fundamental changes in the broader political social and economic context in which the protest is now taking place . |
| 24 | The legislation was introduced as part of a more general swing in the climate of opinion which has almost certainly contributed to changes that have taken place in the recent past : girls ' achievement , while still below that of boys ' , has nevertheless begun to catch up . |
| 25 | In outlining the main changes that have taken place in the family in industrial society it has sometimes been maintained that one of the most important changes has been the evolution of a more egalitarian or more democratic family structure . |
| 26 | The developments that have taken place in the rural housing market illustrate vividly the paradoxical nature of contemporary changes in village life . |
| 27 | The relatively small amount of movement in the national population total since the early 1970s , however , masks the considerable changes that have taken place in the composition and structure of the population . |
| 28 | Accordingly , we shall now concentrate on describing and analysing the developments flowing from Haycocks I that have taken place in the past three years . |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , had this country adopted the supine , innocents-abroad foreign and defence policies of the Opposition parties , the reforms and changes that have taken place in the Soviet Union would not have resulted in President Boris Yeltsin being the president of Russia ? |
| 30 | When my right hon. Friend is making arrangements for his business in the second week in April , will he please include a visit to Edgware general hospital , where he will find patients , members of staff and doctors highly satisfied with the changes that have taken place in the national health service ? |