Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes that a young king held out his hand , declaring , " I am the commander of the faithfully . " |
| 2 | The story goes that an angry auto body painter noticed his masking tape only had adhesive along its edges and told the salesman : ‘ Take this tape back to your stingy Scotch bosses and tell them to put more adhesive on it . ’ |
| 3 | Three appeal court judges headed by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Taylor ruled that the original sentence on twenty six year old Roger Bartley from Radford was unduly lenient . |
| 4 | Recently , we have seen in the UK , in the Lindop Inquiry , not only a group of academics subscribing to the notion of a ‘ coherent academic community ’ , but also the government in its response accepting that the best safeguard of ‘ standards ’ lies in the maintenance of a ‘ coherent , self-critical academic community ’ . |
| 5 | In the way it is said that the Tour de France does not really begin until it reaches the Alps , the cognoscenti contend that the first 63 holes are jockeying for position . |
| 6 | Belgium , France , Denmark and West Germany agreed that a community-wide ) carbon tax should be applied . |
| 7 | Mr. Gloag revealed that The Famous Grouse has expressed an interest in sponsoring the 1995 World Cup in South Africa . |
| 8 | Most of the fragments detected by the ( T 2 AG 3 ) 4 oligonucleotide are very small in the Mbo I and Alu I digested DNAs suggesting that the telomeric repeats can be as short as 300 bp or even shorter . |
| 9 | Four years later the Union admitted that an annual minimum salary of £150 was still a goal but it was one which was never reached in the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | Both groups argued that the current Palestinian negotiating strategy should be reconsidered since it had failed to achieve its objectives . |
| 11 | Local and environmental groups fear that the new mining activity will turn what is now magnificent scenery into a mud choked ecological disaster . |
| 12 | In 10 out of 12 EC countries , lower taxes mean that the same bottle is sold for less : |
| 13 | Yesterday , Greater Glasgow Health Board announced that the Southern General and the other hospitals under its control must adhere to a new food and health policy . |
| 14 | On June 11 the Central Electoral Board announced that the incumbent President , Joaquín Balaguer , had won a narrow victory in the May 16 presidential election [ see p. 37448 ] . |
| 15 | Unit trusts , building societies and banks would be able to provide personal pensions and Nigel Lawson agreed that a 2 per cent National Insurance incentive should be given to those who joined the new schemes . |
| 16 | One theory is based upon aposematic , or warning coloration suggesting that the bright coloration of the clownfish acts as a warning to predators against approaching too closely to the venomous tentacles . |
| 17 | A recent survey of the international relations literature in the English-language academic journals conducted by Alker and Biersteker revealed that the vast majority of those articles were based on Realist ( including Neo-Realist ) assumptions . |
| 18 | However , to assert that there is a very great deal remaining to be said about the mutual effects of semantics and syntax may seem a bold claim , perhaps even a surprising one , given the number of those who have worked on both areas and the many publications with titles suggesting that the two have been linked inside their covers . |
| 19 | FRESH controversy gripped Britain 's discredited nuclear power programme yesterday after the Central Electricity Generating Board admitted that the overall cost of decommissioning redundant power stations and dealing with spent fuel has nearly doubled to £13.3 billion . |
| 20 | Afghan and diplomatic sources said that the Soviets would provide 2,000 more trucks and fuel tankers , but General Hakim admitted that the real problem will be fuel , which is already in short supply in Kabul . |
| 21 | In December 1969 , after Conservative protests had been disposed of that Parliament was being asked to reach a decision at an unnecessarily early stage ( a General Election was in the offing ) , both Houses agreed that the 1965 Act should not expire . |
| 22 | Michelle contacted the Guinness Book of Records whose compilers agreed that the tiniest of tots deserves a special mention . |
| 23 | Against this background merchants , or factors , trading a long way from their home base realized that the safest form of organization was to set up a factory or small enclave for merchants of the type that the Hanseatic League had maintained in London up to 1598 . |
| 24 | On Dec. 14 Compaoré announced that a national reconciliation forum to consider democracy , human rights and development would be convened forthwith . |
| 25 | A seminar held by Lothian and Borders Police in connection with road safety issues involving the older road user revealed that a key element to ensure enhancement of the safety of this group requires guidance to impress upon them the importance of individual responsibility . |
| 26 | The Board agreed that the maximum amount it could afford to invest in 1986 was £80,000 . |
| 27 | Vaginal ultrasound revealed that the tubal pregnancy had disappeared . |
| 28 | Even Massine 's choreographic genius realised that the old stylised forms were the best way to portray the national dolls sold in the shop . |
| 29 | Ritchie admitted that the offending officer got on his nerves too , and begged me to reconsider and to allow him to intervene . |
| 30 | THE move towards making driver side airbags standard equipment on all United Kingdom cars continued this week when Vauxhall announced that every new Vauxhall Cavalier , Calibra and Astra GSi will be fitted with a driver side airbag from now on — at no extra cost , writes Jim Dunn . |