Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subodh Kant Sahay , Minister of State for Home Affairs , in a statement on Jan. 2 to the Indian parliament announced that 890 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured in 15 weeks of Hindu-Moslem riots triggered by Hindu agitation around the disputed sacred site where a mosque currently stood in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh . |
| 2 | Scientists , publishers , students and government officials meeting last week at a colloquium organised by the research ministry agreed that poor quality produces a downward spiral of falling circulation and a further loss of contributions from respected scientists . |
| 3 | The chairman of the board ruled that certain witnesses which a prisoner had requested to attend should not be called . |
| 4 | On Dec. 6 the Foreign Ministry announced that Soviet citizens would be allowed to subscribe ( in hard currency ) to foreign papers and magazines , more of which would also be available in public libraries . |
| 5 | On June 10 the Interior Ministry announced that 2,000 detainees had been recently released , in addition to those released gradually since March . |
| 6 | By the end of the three days of what one eyewitness described as a " vigilante rampage " , the Health Ministry announced that six people were dead and 502 hospitalized , seven in a serious condition . |
| 7 | Also on April 23 the Netherlands Foreign Ministry announced that three journalists and a trade attaché at the Russian embassy in The Hague had been asked to leave the country a month earlier . |
| 8 | In July , 1989 , the Daily Express reported that ex-Beatle Paul McCartney was funding a Fame-type school on Merseyside through remarks a black friend made to him about the Toxteth riots being mainly caused by police harassment . |
| 9 | Yet a survey study of the 1983 election found that this section of the electorate was the most right-wing of all on issue questions about privatization , incentives versus equality , trade union rights , and comprehensive schools , and that over 70 per cent of them voted Conservative in the election . |
| 10 | The fact that Parliament used that composite phrase — ‘ dishonest appropriation ’ — in my judgment casts light on what is meant by the word ‘ appropriation . ’ |
| 11 | By June 17 the police chief responsible for the Tehran section of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( Pasdaran ) force announced that special squads had been formed for rapid mobilization as necessary to control urban unrest . |
| 12 | When autotomy was first observed it was thought that the killer simply ripped off the tail by brute force , but closer study revealed that many lizards , especially geckos , have evolved special break-points in their tails — weak spots that fracture with great ease and make the sacrifice a simple matter . |
| 13 | On the issue of business confidence , the study revealed that economic confidence was returning , with 77 per cent of companies surveyed believing that they were well placed to lead the country out of recession . |
| 14 | When giving evidence to the PCA , the then permanent secretary to the Department agreed that that situation could not be defended , so we decided to put it right . |
| 15 | The opposition argued that any delay would disrupt local government , claiming that this was the only part of the old democracy still functioning since April . |
| 16 | WACC 's folk media programme revealed that traditional forms of communication can be harnessed for effective social change when adapted and backed by a strong motivation and social consciousness . |
| 17 | After the first ballot , Prime Minister Casimir Oye Mba announced that 58 deputies had been declared duly elected , of whom 36 represented the PDG . |
| 18 | On Feb. 13 a senior German foreign policy adviser announced that low flying ( severely restricted since September 1989 — see pp. 37226 ; 37677 ) would be permitted for UK aircraft en route for the Gulf . |
| 19 | The defendant argued that any liability which he had , extended only from his breach of duty until the armed robbery . |
| 20 | The Department admitted that seven questions in the original specimen were ‘ too difficult ’ . |
| 21 | To many a caddie 's relief , in the 1930s the Royal & Ancient Golf Club ruled that fourteen clubs were the maximum , and at the 1939 British Open at St Andrews many a caddie was seen burrowing into his player 's bag before tee-off to check the requisite number of clubs . |
| 22 | The Reagan administration ruled that two films , produced by the Canadian National Film Board that portrayed the effects of acid rain on the country 's lakes and forests should begin with a warning that they are the opinion of a foreign agency and do not please the US government . |
| 23 | The Paris Club agreed that individual members could make further cuts of 10 per cent or more on a bilateral basis . |
| 24 | The action lacked that forceful superiority which had characterized Carolingian capitularies , at least in the time of Charlemagne ; but it revived the tradition whereby the crown was seen as the author of society 's moral norms . |
| 25 | In 1986 , the Department ruled that this obligation did not extend to the funding of overseas projects . |
| 26 | Cooper , at the inaugural meeting of the Stratford Ratepayers ' Association argued that high rates were forcing manufacturers to leave the district , necessarily increasing levels of unemployment ( SE 25 March 22 ) . |
| 27 | Ethidium bromide staining revealed that each lane contained a similar amount of DNA except for monkey DNA , which was under represented . |
| 28 | The UGC Earth Science Review found that many research students learn as much from each other as they do from the academic staff . |
| 29 | Researchers for the Lord Chancellor 's Civil Justice Review found that three quarters of local authority tenants , half the private tenants and two-fifths of mortgage borrowers failed to go to court . |
| 30 | ALL THE PRESIDENT 'S TAXMEN On the campaign trail , the next US president promised that high earners could expect to pay more tax — and foreign-owned companies much , much more — if he won the election . |