Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] that [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was irritated to find that one essential item at least was missing , and made a mental note to have someone telephone for it immediately . |
| 2 | A witness at the trial of two men accused of the murder of a police informer has claimed that one defendent drove the victim to a meeting with the other , who them killed him . |
| 3 | A solicitor has claimed that three men found not guilty of the manslaughter of twin girls should never have been put on trial . |
| 4 | A solicitor has claimed that three men found not guilty of the manslaughter of twin girls should never have been put on trial . |
| 5 | One must , of course , always stress the human factor and beware the danger of geographical determinism ; nevertheless , it is revealing to find that 86 per cent of estate villages in Kent had no Dissenting chapel , but that such places of worship were common in the scattered settlements of former forest or wood-pasture zones . |
| 6 | The Humane Society of the United States has reported that two toy gun manufacturers — Ray Plastics and LNJ Toys , makers of the new Gotcha enforcer gun — test their products by firing shots into the eyes of rabbits at distances of five feet , three feet , six inches , three inches and half an inch . |
| 7 | The United Nations has reported that thousands of people have fled the Moslem enclave of Zepa following Serb shelling . |
| 8 | In his excellent review of studies of ‘ what managers do ’ , Hales has argued that three areas of difficulty may be encountered in the published research evidence on managerial work , viz : |
| 9 | His surgeon has said that two years ' rest may improve the problem significantly . |
| 10 | The Swiss Post and Telecommunications authority is going to face competition in paging services : the Federal Communications Office has said that two rival paging networks will be set up — the PTT will get one licence , the other will be put out to tender ; licence applications must be in by the end of April . |
| 11 | A representative of the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors has said that 20 new plants , each with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes , would be needed to deal with clinical waste alone . |
| 12 | On top of the 2,300 jobs tragically lost at British Aerospace today , the textile and motor trade federations are now predicting 40,000 more job losses this year , the Building Trades Federation predicts that 50,000 more jobs will be lost this year , the Engineering Employers Federation predicts that 70,000 more jobs will be lost , and the Confederation of British Industry has said that 200,000 jobs will be lost in total unless Ministers take action . |
| 13 | Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer , who has revealed that two big deals are in the pipeline |
| 14 | In Denmark a study has revealed that 20 per cent of mallard ducks at post mortem had died of lead poisoning from lead shot pellets . |
| 15 | It would seem that Madam ( please call me ‘ Falklands ’ ) Thatcher has decided that 145 local tax collection offices should be closed over the course of the next four years , with the loss of 3000 Inland Revenue jobs . |
| 16 | A recent survey has shown that 74 of California 's 113 native fish species are in need of special protection , with the drought threatening to kill off a number of species which had already been weakened by the introduction of predatory game fish and the diversion of water for agricultural , industrial and domestic purposes . |
| 17 | The trade in plutonium between Britain and the US has shown that two countries that proclaim their peaceful intentions as loudly as any are not beyond suspicion and that it is difficult to believe assurances that nuclear power stations have no weapons connection . |
| 18 | For seventeenth-century Somerset , J. H. Hamer has shown the influence of White Down fair near Crewkerne , and Christopher Gerrard has shown that two fairs at Taunton held only a few weeks apart had a major influence on the trading of cattle and horses in the West Country . |
| 19 | Such research has shown that one group of these creatures had a brain very like that of the living lamprey . |
| 20 | Research has shown that one of the difficulties which pupils face in algebra is the need to operate on the unknown . |
| 21 | Research has shown that 80 per cent of the population would prefer to live in the country rather than in a city or urban town . |
| 22 | Research already carried out has shown that five and six year olds often do not know that to guarantee successful communication , the speaker must identify the intended meaning uniquely from the listener 's point of view . |
| 23 | A recent survey by the National Schizophrenia Fellowship has shown that 45 psychiatric hospitals will close by the year 2000 . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ Research has shown that 70 per cent of us would prefer to die at home and only 30 per cent of us do . |
| 25 | Sir Patrick said detailed analysis has shown that 18 settlements were made in cases where alleged assault inside RUC holding centres was a factor . |
| 26 | The World Cup organising committee has agreed that two white balls shall be used in all the matches . |
| 27 | Engineers were reported to suspect that one of the telescope 's two mirrors had been manufactured to slightly incorrect specifications , resulting in a distortion of images in the visible spectrum . |
| 28 | ‘ One needs to recognise that seven to eight-year-olds are watching up to about 8pm and 12-year-olds until 10pm . ’ |
| 29 | A survey by the Atlantic Salmon Trust ( funded by J&B Rare whiskey ) of 16 rivers on the west coast of Scotland has found that 13 contain salmon originally from fish farms , and salmon fishermen report that 40 per cent of their coastal and estuary catches are farm-type fish . |
| 30 | An internal investigation by the US Interior Department has found that hundreds of species face extinction as a result of gross mismanagement by the government 's Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |