Example sentences of "that it [vb past] [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 However , the government demanded a five-year grace period before paying into the UN-supervised compensation fund for Kuwaiti victims of Iraq 's occupation and the ensuing war , on the grounds that it had to meet domestic needs first , including the US$194,000 million cost of reconstruction .
2 The following weekend , the French referendum on Sept. 20 on ratification of the Maastricht Treaty produced a majority in favour , but so narrow that it failed to dispel growing doubts about the integration process .
3 Similarly , in response to the Feb. 19 announcement by the major car manufacturer Autolatina ( the holding company for Ford and Volkswagen in Brazil ) that it intended to shed 8,000 jobs , workers at two car plants in Sao Bernardo near Sao Paulo stopped production and blocked a highway , and leaders of the Sao Paulo Metal Worker 's Union stated that they would not accept the dismissals .
4 Propaganda actions , such as Christmas sales of excess butter , failed to stop the complaints about the policy : that it tended to help large farms , which could adopt intensive production methods , rather than the needy ; that it distorted world markets and upset the US , which threatened a trade war with the EC over CAP in 1986 — 7 ; and that it harmed the environment by encouraging the use of chemical fertilisers .
5 The bronze hair round the triangular face was cut in a short bob so that it curled to razor sharp points like horns on either side of her ears .
6 Her bronze hair , with no trace of grey , was cut in a short bob so that it curled to razor sharp points like horns on either side of her ears .
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