Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] that such " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts ruled that such companies only had the powers specifically granted to them by Parliament , and the ruling was extended to local authorities despite the fact that they were independently elected , not mere private corporations . |
| 2 | Some authors argued that such feedback was the primary signal for hunger while others argued that the signal came from elsewhere . |
| 3 | Liberal Democrat strategists predicted that such a swing would deliver into their party 's hands up to seven Tory seats in the area , including Bath , the constituency held by Mr Patten , Conservative Party chairman . |
| 4 | Its supporters claimed that such an Assembly , composed of members from all walks of life , would and act as a " complementary institution " which would advise Parliament . |
| 5 | However , it was withdrawn after several speakers said that such a call would have little impact on Parliament and might have an adverse affect on the reputation of the federation . |
| 6 | The classicists claimed that such a system was not only inhumane and unfair , but profoundly irrational and inefficient for the task of controlling crime . |
| 7 | Proprietors and employees of transport companies protested that such payments would ruin most lorry and bus drivers , whose monthly earnings averaged the equivalent of $50-$100 . |
| 8 | Later economists argued that such an economy would also be efficient in a precise sense . |
| 9 | Observers doubted that such targets would be achieved ; of 158 clean-up projects ordered in January 1989 only 10 had begun by October . |
| 10 | Some economists predicted that such capital transfers would bring about the collapse of the international monetary system along with the Western world 's bankruptcy and demise . |
| 11 | Critics stated that such measures encouraged further guerrilla reprisals against peasant communities [ see p. 38188 ] . |
| 12 | It supported the new Labour government but many Liberals felt that such a course of action was unwise . |
| 13 | Panamanian commercial lawyers said that such a treaty should be resisted if it contained clauses covering tax evasion , as this would destroy the country 's off-shore banking sector [ see p. 37771 ] . |
| 14 | Their Lordships held that such consent can not be given or implied by a course of conduct over the years as it is important in the interests of both the local authority and the public that consent should not be accidental or informal . |
| 15 | In 1985 , the Prior committee on prison disciplinary systems recommended that such an offence should be created . |
| 16 | Others suggested that such functionality would be integrated at the motherboard level , and that Sun was working on the technology independently to its current emulation partner , the UK 's Insignia Software of High Wycombe . |
| 17 | The magistrates concluded that such conduct was ‘ insulting ’ and the Divisional Court declined to reverse this holding of fact . |
| 18 | The researchers concluded that such an approach might be extended to develop ways of rewarding people fairly for the educational tasks they undertake . |
| 19 | The researchers suspected that such ‘ acid growth ’ could be at work in the fly-trap . |
| 20 | The CBI and other industrial representatives argued that such incentives already existed in the form of the employee 's salary , the training undergone at the firm 's expense , and the provision of a suitable working environment . |