Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] that [det] [noun] " 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 | Deputies from Estonia 's Russian minority boycotted the vote on the new law , describing it as discriminatory and claiming that it violated the constitution of Soviet Estonia , although Estonian nationalist deputies countered that that document had ceased to be valid since the March 30 declaration of a transition to independence [ see pp. 37322 ; 37461-62 ] . |
| 3 | By May 18 the development ministers of the EC member states agreed that some $5,000,000 of emergency aid would be granted to Somalia , to be channelled through European non-governmental organizations as well as through the UNHCR . |
| 4 | All the small states fear that any strengthening of the European Parliament , where they have relatively few seats in comparison with big brothers like Britain and Germany , will lead to a weakening of their influence by comparison with the Council of Ministers , which they attend as equals . |
| 5 | These values highlight that some tissues are more susceptible to damage than others . |
| 6 | But in practice some authorities judge that this relationship has meant that loans should be repaid quickly . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Whinges about the black market for centre-court tickets are as much a part of the Wimbledon tennis championships as thunderstorms are — but this year 's new rules mean that any tout reselling tickets at Wimbledon next month could end up in a magistrate 's court . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The new rules say that all toys made after January 1990 must carry a European safety tag . |
| 14 | The rules say that any beam-line must be available for general use at least one third of the time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You do n't usually think of buying washing powder at Marks and Spencer , but they pioneered concentrated laundry products two years ago , before other manufacturers realised that less packaging was eco friendly and easier to carry . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Some authors argued that such feedback was the primary signal for hunger while others argued that the signal came from elsewhere . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | Post guards to see that those instructions are obeyed . ’ |
| 21 | The Speeches suggest that these phrases refer to Hansard reports but , particularly in respect of contextual material , this may not be so . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The authors suggest that any child who achieves a score of less than 85 should be regarded as in need of further assessment and , possibly , structured intervention . |
| 25 | On the basis of these figures , the authors suggest that any test score can be regarded as falling within seven points of the true score for the short form , and within five points of the true score for the long form of the test . |
| 26 | Slightly different considerations show that some reasons for recognizing the authority of another are secondary . |
| 27 | Comparisons of pre- and post-First World War parent-child relationships show that such relations have become more informal , and that parents put , or intend to put , fewer formal restraints on their children . |
| 28 | When updated , the authors reiterated that this relationship remains evident in many healthcare settings . |
| 29 | The authors speculated that this discrimination occurred in shortlisting for senior house officer and senior registrar posts ( rather than in interviews ) , and today 's study supports that speculation . |
| 30 | Liberal Club supporters protested that these moves would call into question the mandate of elected Civic Forum parliamentary deputies , and would thereby provoke a constitutional crisis . |