Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the appeal hearing , the defence emphasized that the forensic tests which had helped to form the basis of her conviction had been discredited in a series of appeal cases , most recently that of the Birmingham Six [ see p. 38111 ] . |
| 2 | The majority claimed that the best method for them was simply cutting down on fattening foods , and following healthy eating habits . |
| 3 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 4 | Critics of the change claimed that the new post was earmarked for Lee Kuan Yew , who had retired in November 1990 after 31 years as Prime Minister . |
| 5 | The Board agreed that the maximum amount it could afford to invest in 1986 was £80,000 . |
| 6 | Others had not yet paid and the chairman stressed that the longer the delay , the more money would be needed . |
| 7 | Then followed what was , for the right hon. Gentleman , a period of unaccustomed silence — until , in July last year , The Guardian reported that the right hon. Gentleman and Mrs. Kinnock had allowed their 30-year membership of CND to lapse . |
| 8 | In his view , Washington reasoned that the absence of direct military alliances between Third World states and the West meant that the non-aligned status cherished by the majority of such states was not undermined in the formal sense and their participation in strategic partnerships with the United States was facilitated . |
| 9 | On appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal , the solicitor for the College argued that the mere fact of consulting a solicitor renders it reasonably practicable to present a claim in time . |
| 10 | But the lateness meant that the thrilling descent towards Vancouver , down the Fraser River Canyon , took place in daylight . |
| 11 | The illusion persisted that the British might have succeeded if their diplomacy had been more sensitive and subtle , and if Macmillan himself had been more alive to the timing of the presidential election . |
| 12 | Tracks on the gravel suggested that the local kids used the car park as a skidpan . |
| 13 | The president said that the military government itself would organise and finance two parties under a new ‘ grass roots democratic two-party system ’ . |
| 14 | The study concluded that the economic prospects for the Teifi Valley are very poor . |
| 15 | The study found that the average urban North American generates 30 per cent more CO2 than a European . |
| 16 | The study found that the subsequent increase in tax revenue during the period to 1985/6 could be explained mostly by factors such as employment growth , growth of earnings and growth of self-employment rather than by any ‘ incentive ’ effects . |
| 17 | The study found that the notional replacement of all Cologne 's cars with electrically-driven ones would create an additional electricity demand of 7,000 — 9,000 megawatt/hours a day . |
| 18 | The programme alleged that the living conditions and communal facilities at the resort , built by Billy Butlin in the 1960s to offer a week 's holiday for a week 's pay , were ‘ so squalid and dangerous ’ that no sensible person would spend time or money on a holiday there . |
| 19 | However , in November 1986 , the Leader of the Opposition said that the single market would be ’ a political failure of such magnitude that it may well endanger the future development and cohesion of the Community . ’ |
| 20 | It is extraordinary that only last week the Leader of the Opposition confirmed that the Labour party is still wedded to bodies such as the national enterprise board , despite the fact that , of the 102 companies in which that body invested , about 35 went bust , 38 were sold at a loss and only the remainder managed even to return taxpayers ' money . |
| 21 | The opposition claimed that the active campaign against them had started after the visit of US Secretary of State James Baker in February [ see pp. 38771-72 ] and that Baker had tacitly sanctioned repression against the democratic and Islamic political opposition in exchange for Tajikistan 's not allying itself with Iran . |
| 22 | The Council claimed that the 112-year-old ABA had failed to try to reduce expenditure or increase income sufficiently . |
| 23 | The withdrawal meant that the eastern port of Trincomalee was the only major town still patrolled by the IPKF . |
| 24 | The law stated that the Chechen republic would be considered " after the settlement of the crisis in the republic " , where Dudayev was under pressure from his opponents . |
| 25 | The Council 's decision to scrap the tradition in regard to the diaconate suggested that the same tradition in regard to the priesthood could equally well be abandoned if it was pastorally desirable . |
| 26 | In addition to some longer-run experiments with ‘ off-peak ’ supplies , time-of-day metering and load limiting devices , the committee recommended that the main practicable way of meeting the short-term objective of cutting peak demand was to impose a surcharge on winter purchases of electricity . |
| 27 | In an interim report in July 1972 the Committee recommended that the main aims should be : ‘ ( a ) easier approval or re-approval when this is justified by the strength of a college ; ( b ) the development of a partnership between Council and colleges based on a reduction in the inspectoral function and a development in the advisory role of the Council ; ( c ) less documentation from colleges ’ . |
| 28 | The committee argued that the two main agents for providing social care were the state , local and national , and the ‘ informal ’ sector , families and individuals helping one another . |
| 29 | The Committee recognised that the greatest public concern had arisen as a consequence of the ‘ presence and the visible and obvious presence of prostitutes in considerable numbers in the public streets of some parts of London and of a few provincial towns ’ . |
| 30 | The Committee decided that the two had breached Institute byelaws when , in October 1990 , they accepted the appointment as administrators to the collapsed Polly Peck International , in spite of a ‘ continuing professional relationship ’ between PPI 's chairman , Asil Nadir , and Coopers . |