Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't need to plead for long ; soon the authorities realised that this determined woman could look after students better than anyone . |
| 2 | The Hawthorne researchers argued that this does not necessarily follow . |
| 3 | The 1967 Scheme provided that workers should ‘ work for such periods as are reasonable ’ and the employers argued that this made the strike illegal . |
| 4 | The researchers found that this geographical pattern is best matched by that of sugar consumption , in which the leading countries are , in descending order , the UK , the Netherlands , Ireland , Canada and Denmark , and the countries with the lowest consumption are Italy , Yugoslavia , Spain , Portugal and Japan . |
| 5 | Importing jute from India , its merchants found that this could be mixed with whale oil to provide hard-wearing coarse fabric . |
| 6 | The entire programme was due to be finished by April 1997 , but most experts doubted that this would be achieved . |
| 7 | When updated , the authors reiterated that this relationship remains evident in many healthcare settings . |
| 8 | However , plasma triglycerides were elevated in the diabetic animals soon after the induction of the disease and the authors speculated that this may have contributed to the development of the platelet and vessel-wall changes . |
| 9 | The authors speculated that this discrimination occurred in shortlisting for senior house officer and senior registrar posts ( rather than in interviews ) , and today 's study supports that speculation . |
| 10 | the authors speculated that this partisan dealignment reflected a continuing erosion of the class-party tie . |
| 11 | Manners retorted that this had taken place in February and Palmerston was in no position to criticize him for acting independently as he had heard that Palmerston himself had instructed the architect to prepare designs in a different style without consulting the House . |
| 12 | London-based dissidents said that this was the third offensive since the beginning of March . |
| 13 | The authors suggested that this might represent end organ resistance to growth hormone . |
| 14 | In a subsequent series of court cases , however , federal judges ruled that this definition was inadequate . |
| 15 | Brushing aside military and logistical arguments , the Communists claimed that this reflected the continuing influence of the ‘ Men of Munich ’ within the Government , men who wanted Britain to stand on the sidelines while Russia and Germany fought one another to a standstill . |
| 16 | Valladares claimed that this was " an historic moment " which would mark the true re-establishment of rights based on equality under the law . |
| 17 | In 1819 the Board of Kandyan Commissioners stated that this ‘ practice is sanctioned by such long usage that , until by some proclamation it is declared illegal , it might be deemed harsh to visit the act by punishment . ’ |
| 18 | The British and other European countries knew that this would allow US airlines to fly from the USA , pick up passengers in Britain or in Europe , and fly on to any other destination , which would mean complete US domination of civil aviation . |
| 19 | His parents hoped that this might prove a stepping-stone to a painter 's career , but Rosenberg hated the work , only deriving consolation from his reading of such poets as Byron , Keats , Shelley , and , most importantly , William Blake [ qq.v. ] ; from his own writing ; and from evening painting classes at the art school of Birkbeck College . |
| 20 | Brand-name pharmaceutical companies denied that this would happen and promised greater investments in research in return for longer patent protection . |
| 21 | The authorities declared that this was proof that South Africa was supplying UNITA by air [ see p. 39178 ] . |
| 22 | However , plumes are generally enriched in those elements that are enriched in the Earth 's crust , and studies of radiogenic isotopes showed that this enrichment must have occurred hundreds , if not thousands , of millions of years ago . |
| 23 | The individual referred to whose level of participation did not increase until the second datapoint after transfer ( HM ) shows marked increase in use of leisure equipment ; the observers reported that this was very simple manipulation of a guitar and was possibly prompted by staff in an attempt to influence the evaluation . |
| 24 | The riots were put down by the Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) , with support from Serbia , in an apparent rebuttal of the Croatian authorities ; observers noted that this was the first time that the JNA , whose officer corps was dominated by ethnic Serbs , had been used to put down violence outside Serbia itself . |
| 25 | Observers noted that this was the first time that France , which had traditionally followed a strongly independent defence policy , had suggested such a possibility . |
| 26 | Israeli officials estimated that this figure would increase dramatically in 1990 , an appraisal which appeared to be based partly on persistent reports of a threat from anti-Semitic groups to the safety of Jews in the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | The new coalition government gave the Prime Minister an increased majority in parliament , but observers commented that this might not translate into electoral support . |
| 28 | Officials declared that this form of atmospheric pollution was not harmful , but people living within a two-mile radius of the wreck were given liver and respiratory checks . |
| 29 | Subsequent years showed that this was not typical . |
| 30 | Publicity in the local press was discouraged by the regime ; officials insisted that this was " a strictly private visit " to take place " in absolute discretion " , and that the Shah himself had " expressed no desire to see the press " . |