Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The courts ruled that such companies only had the powers specifically granted to them by Parliament , and the ruling was extended to local authorities despite the fact that they were independently elected , not mere private corporations .
2 Interestingly the clinical diagnosis of colonic carcinoma made at the first attendance was correct in four of five cases and incorrect in nine of 88 cases suggesting that clinical features are of help in this diagnosis .
3 On Jan. 30 , the US authorities revealed that two members of a Cuban family were wounded by Cuban security forces while attempting to flee to the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay .
4 A study in one polytechnic found that 11% of the bookstock was in circulation , while in another two samples taken from law and the humanities revealed that three issues per volume was the average use per annum , and that two-thirds of the items were loaned in a two-year period .
5 These values highlight that some tissues are more susceptible to damage than others .
6 Even some Keynesians argued that higher rates or local taxes could reduce the level of private savings , thus boosting demand above the expected levels .
7 He was obliged to reverse his decision yesterday , however , when the Northern Ireland Football Association pointed out that FIFA rules insist that international managers have first claim on players for World Cup matches .
8 Environmental Health rules insist that designated dumps must be covered with at least 4 ’ of soil every night to avoid any danger of interference from animals or seagulls .
9 An internal management machinery for the handling of individual grievances exists in RENFE ( the procedure of ‘ reclamación previa ’ , or prior claim , characteristic of the public administration ) , but time limits for application to the courts mean that many grievances are the subject of concurrent actions by employees in the labour courts .
10 The proliferation of data and the increasing need for multiple datasets by researchers mean that online catalogues , navigation systems to link different catalogues and software for catalogue searching are of critical importance .
11 These alignment rules mean that such computers do not in fact operate as pure byte-oriented machines , and are a consequence of a way in which the architecture of the computers has been implemented .
12 Robin Lee in The Times maintained that both books were beneath criticism , Faludi 's for using the ‘ low-brow , flirtatious idiom of Cosmopolitan magazine ’ , French 's for being ‘ aggressive and intemperate ’ .
13 Experts say that two glasses of red wine a day — taken with meals — helps prevent heart disease .
14 The revenue authorities maintained that these persons were ‘ male servants ’ in respect of whom licence duties were payable under the Revenue Act 1869 ( 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14 ) .
15 If it were abolished , that would have the blessing , as far as I am aware , of every local authority association , the Institute of Revenues , Ratings and Valuation , and the Child Poverty Action Group , the very strong blessing of the citizens advice bureaux — and the enormously authorititative support of the Audit Commission , which , in its report , had this to say on the subject : ’ Local authorities say that large numbers of income support recipients are in arrears with community charge payments for 1990/91 .
16 The next day the Irish Times reported that 711 ex-workers of Raybestos Manhattan in New Jersey in the US were sueing the company and its asbestos supplier , Johns Manville , for $2 million each in workers ' compensation and punitive damages awards .
17 It should be added ( see Appendix II ) that the discussion groups suggest that Asian borrowers may be particularly well informed about credit cost comparisons , while West Indian borrowers may be relatively badly informed .
18 The research into investigation of possible child abuse cases demonstrated that these ideas did tend to influence the kinds of questions that were asked , and the way in which ‘ evidence ’ was interpreted .
19 The new rules say that all toys made after January 1990 must carry a European safety tag .
20 His 1911 book Political Parties argued that these organizations supposedly committed to ushering in democratic organization in fact showed all the essential characteristics of bureaucratic organizations , and a separation between leaders and led every bit as pronounced as that prevailing in industry or state agencies .
21 But DES Circular 11/87 exhorts schools to acknowledge that some parents have strong religious or cultural objections to the imparting of sex education by schools and to comply with a request to withdraw a child in such circumstances .
22 CVCP had maintained that ‘ an expansion driven wholly by the recruitment of extra students , many of them at marginal cost , could threaten research ’ , but says that the research funds mean that some universities can ‘ increase their income without recourse to student recruitment alone ’ .
23 Post guards to see that those instructions are obeyed . ’
24 All parties agreed that UNTAC-supervised elections would take place , but there was strong disagreement between the SOC and the Khmers Rouges over the actual electoral system to be adopted .
25 I wonder how many readers realise that new regulations from the Department of Health might make certain foods less available .
26 The Speeches suggest that these phrases refer to Hansard reports but , particularly in respect of contextual material , this may not be so .
27 Also , the subjects found that certain traits which they felt strongly about were important to whether they were likeable or not .
28 The maker 's marks on some English watchcases suggest that some manufacturers continued to make their cases from sterling silver and this has been confirmed by analysis .
29 However , some authors suggest that governmental elites , by which is meant the permanent officials within a government bureaucracy .
30 The authors suggest that these changes may reflect the publicity surrounding the Ford Pinto car scandal , and the various price-fixing conspiracy trials including the Folding-Carton industry trial in 1976 .
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