Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [that] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partnerships were not created in Scotland ; instead , in 1976 , the Secretary of State for Scotland announced that a planned new town at Stonehouse would be abandoned , and that staff and resources were to be directed towards a major regenerative project based in east Glasgow . |
| 2 | The removal of a centre of consciousness to which the narrative discourse could be attached and the self-conscious preoccupation with both the linguistic/ verbal origins of the text and the status of the reading and writing of fiction suggested that a new aesthetic had been evolved . |
| 3 | Similarly , the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany argued that a member state might legitimately adopt appropriate criteria with regard to the grant of flag rights in order to safeguard the objectives of the Community system of fishing quotas ; it considered that , if necessary , the criteria adopted to that end might be contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 4 | If the Certificate of Search discloses that a resolution has been made adopting the provisions of the Clean Air Act , that 's an advantage to a buyer as a measure of protection against pollution . |
| 5 | The first law of thermodynamics says that a small change in the entropy of a system is accompanied by a proportional change in the energy of the system . |
| 6 | His TV appearance followed Iran 's denial of opposition reports that a bomb had exploded in his Tehran home on Wednesday , possibly injuring him . |
| 7 | Strong observational backing from scientists at the University of Arizona shows that a wave of gravitational energy sweeps through the gas clouds in the galaxy , with a mass at least one-thousand times that of our Sun . |
| 8 | A number of authors maintain that a definite need does exist . |
| 9 | At the same time , the Royal Bank of Scotland confirmed that a review of its business might also result in job losses . |
| 10 | A fair number of countries indicated that a response could be given within three months . |
| 11 | This sample of correspondence shows that a great many plants were introduced into England by John Bartram . |
| 12 | Under s 4 of the Charities Act 1992 , the Charity Commissioners have powers which are similar to those of the Registrar of Companies to require that a charity 's name be changed . |
| 13 | The recent growth of population meant that a smaller proportion of the workforce than before could also farm a smallholding in the manner of their ancestors ; many of them were now occupied full-time at their craft and both their cottage and their loom were rented from the manufacturers . |
| 14 | The mobility of officials ensured that a variety of view-points are available for all districts . |
| 15 | The kinetic theory of gases assumes that a gas consists of particles of negligible volume . |
| 16 | The powerful magnetic field of Jupiter indicates that a significant fraction of the Jovian interior consists of an electrical conductor in the liquid phase . |
| 17 | Whether marginal or not , 55 per cent of DGMs believe that a " market is necessary to get the benefits of the purchaser–provider split " , while nearly one-third do not . |
| 18 | Although a number of writers suggest that a full-track bucket is always too large , they are talking of a bucket that has to be transferred as a whole into and out of main storage . |
| 19 | In a letter to Suger , Robert of Montfalcon declared that a case over whether or not a certain man was his serf should be tried either in the royal court or before the archbishop of Bourges , provided that the proceedings were in accordance with the customs of Bourges ; for him , the consuetudines of his native town had assumed the status of a law binding on outside authorities . |
| 20 | of industrialists believed that a Labour victory at the next election would be bad for the economy ? |
| 21 | A 1982 report to the Toronto Board of Education noted that a sense of identity and self-respect were the most important by-products of teaching heritage languages . |
| 22 | Professor J. P. Payne of the Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons insists that a research nurse should always be present when tests are carried out on a patient . |
| 23 | In 1936 , an article in the American Journal of Nursing claimed that a marijuana taker ‘ will suddenly turn with murderous violence upon whomever is nearest to him ’ . |
| 24 | The harmonic effect is dissonant , but not unpleasantly so , and the absence of chromaticism means that a background feeling of unity typical of the diatonic system is retained : |
| 25 | An increasing number of sociologists argue that a value-free science of society is not possible . |
| 26 | The House of Lords believed that a period of exclusivity would be valid and binding on the vendor provided that consideration passed between the parties , that the terms of the period were certain and the parties intended to be bound . |
| 27 | The doctrine of consideration provides that a promise will bind the promisor only if it is given as the price for another 's promise or as the price for an action which involves a detriment to the promisee . |
| 28 | According to a pre-Budget survey of Scotland 's top 300 companies , carried out by System 3 for the accountancy firm , Ernst & Young , 72 per cent of respondents think that a further cut in business rates would have a favourable effect on their company , though , surprisingly , 4 per cent believe it would have an adverse impact . |
| 29 | Another school of thought maintains that a mild form of hyperventilation can be a feature , perhaps a symptom , of food intolerance . |
| 30 | Officials at the University of California estimate that a ban on buying animals from animal shelters or pounds would cost them up to $3 million a year . |