Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [that] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first week of July the Soviet authorities announced that in the third quarter of 1990 its oil deliveries to its European COMECON partners would be reduced by around 30 per cent . |
| 2 | But why do n't the rules stipulate that on a grey you have to wear brown breeches for the same reason ? |
| 3 | An examination of magistrates courts revealed that for the under-21 population , black youth on average received 12 months imprisonment , whilst white youth only 9 months for similar offences . |
| 4 | The experiments using indomethacin to inhibit cyclo-oxygenase activity would support the above concept , since indomethacin suppressed all differences between the three experimental groups suggesting that in the absence of normal prostaglandin generation , there is no beneficial effect derived from the dietary supplement with polyunsaturated fatty acids . |
| 5 | In the parliament of 1371 two Austin friars argued that in a national emergency the prince who has endowed the churches may resume their property for the good of the realm ; about this time Langland was enlarging in Piers Plowman upon Holy Poverty , as were so many friars in their sermons ; before the end of the reign Wyclif , spokesman for Gaunt , especially against his wealthy political enemy , Bishop Wykeham of Winchester , was denying the right of priests to hold any property . |
| 6 | The alchemists maintained that through the correct disciplines such a return might be made . |
| 7 | In 1983 the Soviet media cited a New York Times report that in the absence of an agreement with the United States on the bases Greek officials were prepared simply to liquidate them and were ‘ seriously considering taking up a position of neutrality similar , for example , to that adhered to by Sweden ’ . |
| 8 | The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then . |
| 9 | Researchers found that on a day when an ‘ insular ’ mother reported having an argument with another adult before she was observed at home with her child , she was more likely to behave unpleasantly towards her child ( Wahler and Graves 1983 ) . |
| 10 | As the investigation progressed , the researchers found that on the two-toed species males outnumbered females 3.1 , and on the more common three-toed sloth it was 7:1 . |
| 11 | Candidates say that on the doorstep , education questions concern mainly national policies . |
| 12 | Pundits say that with a proven automatic gearbox and active suspension , Moustache Nightmare could well be world champion for Williams-Renault this year . |
| 13 | Similar considerations show that inside the horizon a separation in radial coordinate only has become time-like . |
| 14 | It is mentioned just once in this book in a pejorative reference to ‘ segregated workshops ’ , yet a dozen pages earlier , the authors complain that in the earlier part of the century ‘ in some areas there were virtually no sheltered workshops at all for disabled people to attend ’ . |
| 15 | Conference , to have a sign in the front and rear of your car may help all new drivers to understand that as a new driver you are entering a system that we are not aware of , speed , which is associated with many other items causes the very things that we work in our day-to-day lives under health and safety to stop . |
| 16 | Such organizations recognize that within the dynamic world in which we all exist , innovation is essential . |
| 17 | These authors argue that in the ‘ brideservice societies ’ , a category encompassing the relatively egalitarian hunting and gathering peoples and those that have a mixed economy of hunting , gathering , small-scale horticulture , the association of sexuality and violence , which is but a particular type of sexual oppression , plays a central role in all political and much social action . |
| 18 | All three Evangelists agree that in the case of Jesus it said ‘ the King of the Jews ’ . |
| 19 | The guidelines envisage that over the period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 85% to just over 20% . |
| 20 | The guidelines envisage that over the 20 year period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 65% to around 45% , despite a net increase in output . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) The authorities show that in a number of situations the ex turpi causa defence will prima facie succeed . |
| 22 | Although there was widespread speculation as to the authenticity of the leaflets , experts believed that for the first time there was fairly solid evidence to show that the group was experiencing internal problems , with the possibility that a moderate faction had appeared to question the cult of leadership of Sendero leader Abimael Guzmán Renoso and his military strategy to bring down the state . |
| 23 | As I have said , counsel for the defendants accepts that in the present case by promising to pay the extra £10,300 the defendants secured benefits . |
| 24 | As a subsidiary argument , counsel for the defendants submits that on the facts of the present case the consideration , even if otherwise good , did not ‘ move from the promisee . ’ |
| 25 | My computer models showed that at the beginning the swing ( about 230 ms before impact ) , the application of wrist torque bends the shaft backwards . |
| 26 | The optimists feel that in the absence of war Russia would have continued on the road to progressive modernisation . |
| 27 | The high quality of the Gulf pearls and the fact that the fisheries were controlled by Arabs ensured that from the market at Bandar e Lengeh on the Iranian coast not far west of the Gulf of Hormuz they entered into the trade network of the Indian Ocean and adjacent areas . |
| 28 | Of course , differences in wealth between peasant families were not new ; the evidence of the poll tax returns shows that by the last quarter of the fourteenth century peasants might employ labour on their own account and even have a servant living in their household , although it is difficult to say how common this was ( 81 , pp.30–3 ; 83 , p.31 ) . |
| 29 | Half a century later the 1851 census provided clear evidence that an historic turning point had been reached ; the returns showed that for the first time more people lived in towns than in the countryside . |
| 30 | Market researchers predict that within the next two years the High Street will have changed beyond all recognition as customers ‘ go shopping ’ from their armchair . |