Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Board desires that all lessons in physical exercise … should be thoroughly enjoyed by the children . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The referendum suggested that most Russians will not tolerate attempts to recreate the past . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | However , unemployment and the recession mean that many firms can no longer afford the creches and bonuses , and are reluctantly having to curtail them . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | The story goes that this castle was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , ‘ Redbeard ’ no less . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Of all these pressures , perhaps the most insidious is the emphasis on standardising the curriculum to ensure that all pupils master the basic skills . |
| 16 | In a report published today the Association claims that most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet . |
| 17 | It is clear from the travaux préparatoires that this declaration operates to ‘ extend ’ the assumed meaning of ‘ civil and commercial ’ which therefore must be taken to exclude all such cases . |
| 18 | First , the attempt to suggest that this scope of review is logically demanded is not convincing . |
| 19 | Statutory regulations applying to the industry state that all machines must be fitted with a guard . |
| 20 | However , even though there was a misdirection in this respect , their Lordships agreed with the advocate depute that that misdirection was plainly to the advantage of the first appellant . |
| 21 | The chapter showed that these theories are based on microeconomic foundations . |
| 22 | The witness said that these types of items had been encountered previously in improvised explosive devices and could be used in letter or parcel bombs . |
| 23 | The Brazilian complained that some team-mates shunned him and criticised him behind his back , with Soren Lerby and Kieft the chief culprits . |
| 24 | However , the falsificationist maintains that some theories , while they may superficially appear to have the characteristics of good scientific theories , are in fact only posing as scientific theories because they are not falsifiable and should be rejected . |
| 25 | The MEC assumes that all students will continue for honours , if eligible , unless informed otherwise by the student . |
| 26 | The President stated that all nominations had been on display at the rear of the Hall since the beginning of the meeting . |
| 27 | The result in the figure show that this procedure generated just as much latent inhibition as did exposure to A alone . |
| 28 | When giving evidence to the PCA , the then permanent secretary to the Department agreed that that situation could not be defended , so we decided to put it right . |
| 29 | In 1986 , the Department ruled that this obligation did not extend to the funding of overseas projects . |
| 30 | To counteract this problem , subjects are given sufficient practice tests before the experiment to ensure that this effect has worn off . |