Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] that [noun prp] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same line of attack was used against Massachusetts ; the charter had already been under examination , and in 1684 the courts ruled that Massachusetts had exceeded its authority and the charter was forfeited . |
| 2 | On Nov. 18 the Australian authorities announced that Australia had refused refugee status to Ari Ben-Menashe , a self-described former Israeli agent whose accounts of Israeli government arms dealings had been cited in a recent book by Seymour Hersh [ see p. 38550 ] . |
| 3 | Peter Holman 's exemplary notes suggest that Jenkins composed these works in his 20s or 30s , but the quality of the music seem to belie that generally accepted claim : it is difficult to imagine such depth of repose in so young a man — though that in turn gives the modern listener a clue as to why Jenkins was such a respected and well-loved figure in his day . |
| 4 | The Jews believed that God controlled everything : the forces of nature , Israel as his chosen people and also the destiny of all other nations . |
| 5 | The tombstone inscriptions and the parish register entries reveal that Abigail had married a William Scott , who died in 1655 , and that three years later she had taken John Pilmay as her second husband . |
| 6 | The Jews believe that God promised Israel to them because they are Abraham 's heirs . |
| 7 | The Scots claim that Malcolm offered homage only in respect of his holdings in Cumbria and the largely anglicized Lothian ; William and his successors chose to interpret the acknowledgement as embracing all Scotland . |
| 8 | But last night other umpires stressed that Oslear had not been sacked as chairman because of his battle to support Lamb . |
| 9 | It was inhabited by demons convinced that Satan had their best interests at heart . |
| 10 | She still wore her shirt , but it had ridden up over her thighs , while all her senses registered that Travis wore nothing save his skin . |
| 11 | Extant charters show that Arnulf served as a testator to Henry 's acts at least 121 times between 1154 and 1179 . |
| 12 | Initially there appeared to be little to choose between them , but careful comparative trials showed that Marsilid made more contribution than isoniazid to the improvements in appetite and the weight gain . |
| 13 | For their part , the Khmers Rouges claimed that UNTAC had failed to implement major aspects of the 1989 peace agreement , namely the full verification of Vietnam 's troop withdrawal from Cambodia and the strengthening of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) . |
| 14 | In December 1973 the oil companies claimed that OPEC had cut supplies by 17½ per cent . |
| 15 | Except that the first time round the Indians saw that Firmin survived and they ran away because they were afraid , and the second time round they saw they 'd killed Antonio , which was quite the wrong result for them so they ran away because it had all gone wrong . |
| 16 | For about a hundred years following the publication of Lamarck 's book , the common dog-whelk was known as Purpura lapillus ( L. ) -the brackets to show that Linnaeus had described his type under a different generic name . |
| 17 | As for the state-by-state count which actually decided the race , projections showed that Clinton won 33 states with 370 of the key Electoral College votes to Bush 's 18 states and 168 votes . |
| 18 | Numerous X-rays showed that Joanna had a broken left leg and had fractures to several ribs as well as her spine . |
| 19 | Exit-poll findings and election returns showed that Tyminski had been most successful in the countryside and small towns , where the benefits of the economic reforms had so far been negligible , and among young people waiting for housing and workers concerned about their jobs . |
| 20 | Raven Thomson was deemed not to be insulting when he said at Bethnal Green in March 1937 that he had the utmost contempt for the Jews and that they were ‘ the most miserable type of humanity , ’ but an Inspector Jones was overruled when he reported that Mick Clarke had used no inflammatory language at the same venue in June 1937 , when other police shorthand notes stated that Clarke had called the Jews ‘ greasy Scum ’ and ‘ the lice of the earth ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Indeed these digs reveal that Macedonians worshipped the same gods and practise the same rites as the Greeks ’ . |
| 22 | Amplifying this statement , Washington officials claimed that Libya had tried in various ways to implicate Syria and Iran — by using a Toshiba radio-cassette recorder , for instance — but there was no evidence of their involvement . |
| 23 | Reports quoting French officials indicated that France had refused a last-minute Iranian demand for supplies of enriched uranium from the European consortium Eurodif . |
| 24 | Christians believe that Jesus had not only a human body but also a human mind and spirit . |
| 25 | For instance you probably know that Christians believe that Jesus came alive again after being dead and buried for three days . |
| 26 | Christians believe that God sent Jesus into the world to show all people a way back to himself . |
| 27 | Christians believe that God entered the world in Jesus at Bethlehem . |
| 28 | It is easy in the quest for grave scholarly judgements to forget that Leapor wrote for pleasure . |
| 29 | British officials stressed that Major met the Dalai Lama " in his spiritual capacity as a man of peace " . |
| 30 | In the 1980s , when Stamford officials learned that Hoelzer held the work , they wanted it back and a legal battle for ownership between Stamford and Hoelzer emerged . |