Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] that this [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Importing jute from India , its merchants found that this could be mixed with whale oil to provide hard-wearing coarse fabric . |
| 2 | The entire programme was due to be finished by April 1997 , but most experts doubted that this would be achieved . |
| 3 | However , plasma triglycerides were elevated in the diabetic animals soon after the induction of the disease and the authors speculated that this may have contributed to the development of the platelet and vessel-wall changes . |
| 4 | The authors suggested that this might represent end organ resistance to growth hormone . |
| 5 | The British and other European countries knew that this would allow US airlines to fly from the USA , pick up passengers in Britain or in Europe , and fly on to any other destination , which would mean complete US domination of civil aviation . |
| 6 | His parents hoped that this might prove a stepping-stone to a painter 's career , but Rosenberg hated the work , only deriving consolation from his reading of such poets as Byron , Keats , Shelley , and , most importantly , William Blake [ qq.v. ] ; from his own writing ; and from evening painting classes at the art school of Birkbeck College . |
| 7 | Brand-name pharmaceutical companies denied that this would happen and promised greater investments in research in return for longer patent protection . |
| 8 | The new coalition government gave the Prime Minister an increased majority in parliament , but observers commented that this might not translate into electoral support . |
| 9 | The Company , from its very first voyage , exported bullion rather than English products and , when economists complained that this would lead to a loss of bullion which would cause deflation and depression in England , the Company replied that it exported between 50 and 90 per cent of its pepper to countries in northern Europe which paid four or five times as much silver as the Company paid in India , so that on balance its activities substantially increased the amount of bullion in the country . |
| 10 | The 10-page document aimed to maintain Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , and contained no offer for a redeployment of Israeli troops stationed in the territories , although Israeli officials said that this could be considered later . |
| 11 | Thermal mass was discussed and applied and many entrants appreciated that this might not be appropriate for those parts of the building having only occasional use . |
| 12 | Semerdzhiev claimed that the UDF had organized the gathering outside the National Assembly of demonstrators protesting against a parliamentary commission 's recommendation that Zhivkov 's testimony should not be broadcast live ; the protesters assumed that this would allow for statements incriminating BSP leaders to be edited out . |
| 13 | Olechowski warned that this would add 20,000 to 30,000 million zloty to state expenditure . |
| 14 | One obvious way out was to charge richer patients a fee , but the hospital governors feared that this would deter charitable donations . |
| 15 | ‘ Members saw that this would result in a significant increase in the value of qualifications to employers and members , ’ he said . |
| 16 | While some respondents recognized that this could be used to advantage — ‘ Would like to organise more internal courses within the department . |
| 17 | Having noted that the suicide rate is markedly higher in Denmark than in England , Atkinson and his colleagues hypothesized that this might be the result of different procedures for certifying deaths as suicides . |
| 18 | Khafji was reported to have been retaken on Jan. 30 , and allied military briefings emphasised that this should be regarded principally as a victory for Saudi units in the coalition . |