Example sentences of "[vb past] that [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Rutskoy proposed that the 14th army of the former Soviet forces , now under Russian control , should create a buffer zone between the Moldovan security forces and the Russian rebels . |
| 2 | The chairman , Sir Ernest Harrison , promised that the first half loss would be reversed in the second half , but pressure on margins is not going to go away . |
| 3 | Benn promised that the first thing he would do when returning home would be to go straight to see Michael Watson . |
| 4 | It will be recalled that Thales , the first Greek philosopher , was Ionian , and he maintained that the first principle ( arche ) of all things is water . |
| 5 | Fortunately , in my recent meeting with Peter Gordon , in discussing the criticism which the report had drawn from certain sectors , he mentioned that a second report is being prepared for Scotland which is to be launched next June . |
| 6 | When Bath members mentioned that a third of their stand was kept for non-club members , the stewards disappeared , returning several minutes later with tickets which were then issued . |
| 7 | In 1992 George Uhl , of Johns Hopkins , found that a second variant of D2 , known as B1 , seemed peculiarly common in people addicted to tobacco , cocaine , heroin , tranquillisers , marijuana and amphetamines as well as alcohol — almost the whole list of commonly addictive substances . |
| 8 | For some it might be fear of violence ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of the lone mothers in their study said violence was a factor in the marital breakdown ) . |
| 9 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 10 | A survey by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals found that a fifth of eligible students applied for help from the government-funded Access Fund last academic year . |
| 11 | The Civil Justice Review found that a third of banks and building societies , and a fifth of local authorities , did not enquire about the debtor 's circumstances before the hearing . |
| 12 | A survey in 1982 found that a third of the left-wing Labour councillors either worked for another local authority ( including teachers ) or were full-time councillors living off their allowances . |
| 13 | The Government 's investigation found that a third of the timber harvested nearby had been wasted , burnt on site or left to rot . |
| 14 | For example , in York at the turn of the century Rowntree found that the second most common cause of poverty after low wages was the ‘ death of the chief wage-earner ’ , accounting for 28 per cent of all poor households and 16 per cent of all poor persons ( Rowntree , 1902 , p. 120 ) . |
| 15 | In a famous library somebody found that the first two volumes had vanished . |
| 16 | Mendel crossed tall peas with short peas and found that the first generation were always tall . |
| 17 | Bellerophon ‘ slew the Amazons , women peers of men ’ and Heracles , the most popular of Greek heroes , found that the Ninth Labour assigned to him was to seize the girdle of the Amazon queen . |
| 18 | When Lorne and our mother , Lydia , visited the Toraja in 1971 they found that the last great king , Lasso Rinding Puang Sangalla , had been dead for three years , and was still lying in state awaiting his final star-launch . |
| 19 | We were married at home , and one of the reasons why is because we bought a very old house about three years ago and on the top floor it has a , a large room which used to be the ballroom , and we did a little research and we found that the last wedding that we know of in the house took place in seventeen fifty eight , when apparently it was very common in Scotland to get married at home , it was more uncommon to go to church . |
| 20 | Order effects strategy involved the effect of the position of each adjective in the list to the impression formed ; ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ , ‘ when the list ended with several good qualities this tended to affect any answer since they remained more prominent in my mind ’ , and ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ . |
| 21 | In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ . |
| 22 | The Independent of Aug. 19 reported that a second country was known to be developing the missile with Israel , but that its identity was being kept secret . |
| 23 | Although the government reported that the first four days of the war had cost Britain £100m in ammunition and equipment , the cost is so far proving light for Mr Average . |
| 24 | Secretary reported that the first set of four photographs had proved to be very popular and sales to date had covered costs . |
| 25 | Radio Cotonou reported that the first round took place " in a calm and serious atmosphere " . |
| 26 | Russian radio reported that the first group of 14th Army troops had left Moldova on May 26 , and that airborne units stationed in Kishinev would withdraw between June 15 and Sept. 1 . |
| 27 | Erm now erm as regards when it happens to people erm , again going back to this B B C Childwatch Survey um of girls sixty percent reported that the first incident happened when they were ten , forty percent of boys reported the first incident occurred when they were under ten so it seems , if you look at the sort of average , averages are quite deceptive in this area but nevertheless if you look at the average um it seems to happen slightly earlier for girls than for boys . |
| 28 | Charles Wright , Director of Admiralty Scientific Research , prophesied that the first country to develop such a device would win the war . |
| 29 | After the battering the team had taken in Australia , he realized that the first job was to restore morale , and he did manage to instil some of his own determination into his players . |
| 30 | Er , first of all may I give my sincere and abject apology for not being here to chair the Garrick 's A G M , this is due to a longstanding appointment made before I realized that the first Thursday in December is traditionally the day for the A G M. |