Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun sg] [verb] [that] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | enable your opponent to abandon a commitment by : describing all the concessions you have made so far suggesting that the circumstances have changed blaming some other party or situation for the present position , such as the government , another union , the economy , the personnel department suggesting that somehow there has been a misunderstanding referring the whole matter to another individual or group . |
| 2 | A recent survey by the US Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association reported that more than 90 medicines were being developed to combat AIDS and AIDS-related conditions . |
| 3 | The scaly monster of a dragon , coil 'd full in the central field — unspeakable , with eyes oblique retorted that aslant shot gleaming fire … |
| 4 | Thus in 1988 the Tanzanian Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee reported that about $5 million had been taken in 1987 in the form of ‘ outright theft ’ from parastatal companies . |
| 5 | A Tuesday creditors meeting heard that only around £40,000 could be realised by the sale of its assets . |
| 6 | A report by the European Regional Airlines Association says that only 2 per cent of transport emissions come from aircraft , compared to 94 per cent from motor vehicles . |
| 7 | After talks in Moscow on Nov. 27 between President Gorbachev and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz , described by Gorbachev as " difficult , I would even say harsh " , the Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry estimated that only 350 Soviet nationals had thus far been allowed to leave Iraq . ) |
| 8 | On applications , a survey by the Policy Studies Institute showed that only 49 per cent of industry is seriously considering microelectronic technology or using it already . |
| 9 | A Far Eastern bank 's personnel spokesman agreed that generally good candidates had been found but , in common with two anonymous respondents , he would not comment on specific firms and expressed a lack of confidence in many of them . |
| 10 | In a briefing document presented by the employment spokesman , Mr Henry McLeish , at Westminster , Labour challenges Government claims that nearly a million jobs were created in 1979-89 . |
| 11 | The cities MP says that simply is n't fair . |
| 12 | Figures for the first half of the year from the Building Societies Association showed that only around 54,360 people were in arrears with their mortgages . |
| 13 | The 1948 Children Act suggests that perhaps it can , though the task for the post-war reformers was a far simpler one . |