Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The withdrawal of their support mean that only 13 of 31 senators backed the privatization bill , with 15 ( PC and left-wing parties ) opposed and three , from the Movimento Nacional de Rocha faction of the Blancos , still undecided . |
| 2 | For example , in 1979 a French survey of the world literature reported that only 430 cases of ocular , and 350 cases of visceral , larva migrans had been recorded . |
| 3 | It is a pleasure to see that so many museums still have free admission and free events but if you are dropping in on a favourite , remember that many close at Christmas and New Year and booking is advisable . |
| 4 | One study found that nearly two thirds of patients had had their incontinence for over two years before they first sought professional advice . |
| 5 | The study found that almost 20 per cent developed significant problems including anxiety , depression , fear of driving or being a passenger and many continued to have vivid memories of the accident months after the event . |
| 6 | Furthermore , by 1980 one study found that almost 60 per cent of bank lending to the industrial and commercial sectors constituted ‘ medium-term finance ’ . |
| 7 | In 1982 , a study found that only 2 per cent of sales in the previous six years had been flats ( General Household Survey 1982 , 1984 , Table 5.44 ) . |
| 8 | In 1988 the Consumers ' Association found that only 25 per cent of parents had attended a parent-teacher association meeting in the past twelve months and only 9 per cent had attended a school governors ' annual meeting . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( The NEDC says that already 16 000 more programmers are needed . ) |
| 11 | It is therefore CPRW 's long term hope that aesthetically unacceptable sites , such as that at Meadow House , will eventually be removed . |
| 12 | The president claimed that only defensive weapons had been supplied to Iran and that it had all been legal . |
| 13 | Assuming a lead-time of approximately six years , i.e. the time taken between starting to train and ultimately being elected a full member of the Division , this figure shows that over half of those building surveyors now practising started their education during the period 1967–75 . |
| 14 | Recent research shows that only one in ten spinal fractures is being seen by a doctor . |
| 15 | Indeed it is a very good thing that this is so , because research shows that very few pupils leave school with any competence at these skills . |
| 16 | Dutch research shows that as many as 79 per cent of young people experience difficulties following discharge from residential care ( Meulen and Uhm , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | RESEARCH shows that as many as a third of all break-ins happen after entry has been gained through glass — often simply smashed with the nearest thing that comes to hand . |
| 18 | ‘ Our research showed that over half our customers were using a Windows operating system , ’ commented , managing director of HTFS , a joint venture between AEA , NEL and the Atomic Energy of Canada . |
| 19 | Research showed that nearly one in ten pints drunk at home last month was imported for personal use , resulting in a loss of revenue of almost £100 million , the society told the Paymaster-General , Sir John Cope . |
| 20 | Market research showed that only 15 per cent of US adults had made a ‘ foreign ’ trip in the three years prior to 1989 — and that included trips to Hawaii and Alaska . |
| 21 | Church-going was being abandoned in favour of the new religion of DIY and other time-consuming pursuits , and research showed that only 3 per cent of the population still indulged in the great British institution of the Sunday lie-in , paper included . |
| 22 | New research showed that as many as two-thirds of babies are smacked before the age of one , 83 per cent of mothers of four-year-olds believe in smacking , and 18 per cent of children were still being smacked by their 11th birthday . |
| 23 | A follow-up study showed that very few of them ever had any higher ambition for using the money than buying a house or two for the family and perhaps a shop or pub . |
| 24 | One study showed that about half of teenage mothers did not go to the antenatal clinic until the third or fourth month , almost one in five had waited until the fifth month of pregnancy , and a few did not go at all . |
| 25 | The most recent Powys figure of an average 1.93 LUs/hectare of permanent grassland is the equivalent of 12.9 sheep/hectare , a high overall stocking figure considering that nearly half of the total permanent grassland area in Powys is categorised as rough grazing . |
| 26 | A famous American study indicated that as much as 28% of Medicare expenditure was spent on those in the last year of life . |
| 27 | Or alternatively , that the Judiciary fears that too much intervention in the area of protecting individual rights , may result in a revival of pre-war encroachment by the executive in legal affairs . |
| 28 | In particular the on- loan flag serves as a lock to ensure that only one lexicographer may modify the contents of an entry at any given time . |
| 29 | The ministry of labour suspects that about half of the unemployed have indeed been laid off , but other evidence suggests that at least in some parts of the country the proportion is much lower . |
| 30 | What message would my right hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire give us to take back to our constituents in the light of recent research showing that nearly 200 of the top British firms believe that the best way to increase unemployment and inflation and decrease investment would be the calamity of a Labour Government ? |