Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] that [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Some experts say that even if the eruption stopped today , the sheer pressure of lava piled up behind for six miles would bring debris cascading down on to the town anyway .
2 Altman found that even though all the animals fell below ‘ optimum diet ’ , given the food resources available , those that came closest did best in the end .
3 A recent survey by the US Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association reported that more than 90 medicines were being developed to combat AIDS and AIDS-related conditions .
4 The Consumers ' Association says that rather than give half the cover price to retailers , they prefer to sink the money into campaigning work and more investigations .
5 Engineers and electricians recognised that clearly when they voted earlier this year to join together in one union .
6 The United Nations ' World Food Programme says that more than 20m Africans will depend on food aid this year — more , by far , than during the horrors in the Horn of Africa six years ago .
7 Our data show that just as there is functional heterogeneity in the periphery , there is heterogeneity of intermitotic time ( lifespan ) .
8 Research shows that less than 10 per cent of listeners to Radio 1 are regular record buyers , so it would be unrepresentative of our audience 's taste to be ruled by the movements of the singles ' chart .
9 Her research showed that more than 200 prescriptions for such drugs were issued in a three-month period .
10 The action failed , as the defendant proved that even if the safety belt had been provided , the plaintiff would not have worn it .
11 On Feb. 19 a spokesman for the London-based Association for Free Kuwait said that more than 7,000 civilians had been killed and 17,000 detained since Aug. 2 .
12 The industry estimates that more than 100,000 construction jobs have been lost in the recession , and the pace seems to be quickening as projects end without new ones to replace them .
13 Erm we we have actually got data to prove that actually as well in our phase one surveys er so it 's not just as a general statement .
14 One helpful critic suggested that rather than remove the node-link-node triples that they be placed in the margins .
15 The stringent exclusion criteria in trials of antithrombotic therapy ensured that less than 10% of those with AF were actually considered suitable for randomisation , and in one study , being over 75 was itself regarded as a contraindication to anticoagulation until later into the enrolment phase .
16 Authorities estimated that more than 1,000 homes in a five-mile radius of Llandudno were damaged by the torrential storm , which saw five inches of rain fall in just three hours ; Between five and six hundred families spent the night in emergency centres , the main one being the Canolfan Aberconwy .
17 We might extend this in many church investigations to state that even when the statistics prove your point , your next course of action is to gather yet more statistics .
18 Microsoft Corp says that more than 400 software developers are now armed with the NT development kit containing binary code for both ACE 's Intel and MIPS R4000 platforms .
19 Also , Mildred realized that even if Ethel was feeling merciful enough to confess , it was quite possible that no one would realize that Mildred was actually the frog in the jar .
20 In 1985 , a report to the IWC Scientific Committee revealed that more than 40,000 dolphins were being killed each year as a result of incidental catches in set-nets around Sri Lankan coasts .
21 Simultaneously the council affirmed that just as the bishops of the great cities of Rome and Syrian Antioch exercised jurisdiction beyond the confines of their own diocese and province , so also the bishop of Alexandria should hold jurisdiction throughout Egypt and Libya .
22 The ANC estimated that more than 4,000,000 people heeded its strike call , while the South African Chamber of Business estimated that the strike was observed by half that number .
23 However extensive research by The Open Spaces Society has resulted in a concise reference guide that even where detail is lacking , such as the section on obtaining a grant , there are numerous references to further sources of information .
24 The latest Confederation of British Industry survey of manufacturing companies shows that more than six times as many companies expect to maintain or increase their investment in training over the next year than expect to reduce it .
25 The newly-appointed Estonian leader Vaino Valjas complained that more than 90 per cent of the republican economy was in the hands of Moscow ministries , and called for the balance to be reversed in the republic 's favour .
26 Cuba said that more than 2,000 of its soldiers were killed while fighting abroad over the last three decades , nearly all of them in Angola .
27 Cuba said that more than 2,000 of its soldiers were killed while fighting abroad over the last three decades , nearly all of them in Angola .
28 However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women .
29 Burn said that immediately after the assessors were appointed he proposed that each judge should examine the schemes separately and indicate on them which he considered to be the best .
30 The same words were used when Princess Anne 's separation from Mark Phillips was announced , and Penny Junor believes that just as Princess Anne eventually divorced so she could remarry , so Prince Charles and Princess Diana will divorce in time .
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