Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] that [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fitzgerald found that for some books , an increase to six or even nine samples actually produced means which systematically departed even further from the population mean — the true overall difficulty level , Only after the number of samples taken approached or exceeded the critical number did the mean of the samples agree with the population mean . |
| 2 | Michel reported that in 1989 the cost of debt servicing had surpassed the funds available in loans and grants and would have to be paid for out of foreign exchange . |
| 3 | Charles Martel had them out in 737 , but the island was laid waste and largely abandoned for three centuries , the Bishop and clergy fleeing and the Counts of Melgueil , of evil repute , appropriating the see and its revenues ; yet in 798 St Theodulph of Orléans reported that despite this , and pirates , there were still four chapters there . |
| 4 | As late as January 1923 Pravda reported that in some villages in the Saratov guberniia 80 to 85 per cent of the population were still starving . |
| 5 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 6 | Doctors at the Johns Hopkins medical school in Baltimore say that after intensive tests they believe for the first time the Aids virus had been eradicated from the patient 's body before he died from a separate lymphoma cancer . |
| 7 | Counsel maintained that in any situation where the facts , as here , would give rise to such a verdict , the death should be regarded as ‘ unnatural ’ within the meaning of section 8 . |
| 8 | This is the truth manifest in the Incarnation , and Dionysius says that at such a moment the mystic is like St Paul who said : " I live and yet not I , but Christ lives in me " . |
| 9 | General Roberts stated that on 6 May a unit of the ROK army had advanced north of the 38th parallel to a depth of 2.5 miles ( 4 km ) and had attacked several settlements . |
| 10 | I think that er Mr Gorbachev has er seen that Mr Bush has only a few firmly held points of view , I mean that 's one of the criticisms of George Bush that he does seem to have only a few firmly held points of view on emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe , but having said that , er I think he really does believe that a unified Germany in NATO is a key part of stability in that region , and I think that Mr Gorbachev recognises that on this one Mr Bush is not er capable of being moved . |
| 11 | It was a complete caricature of Schleiermacher when Hegel remarked that on this account a dog must be more religious than his master , because even more completely dependent . |
| 12 | Rabbi Moishe felt that at last the past was about to bear sweet fruit . |
| 13 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 14 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that since 1979 the Government have introduced more training places and a wider range of training courses both in width and in depth , in a way that has never been attempted before ? |
| 15 | In addition , the UTA admits that for basic rate taxpayers the benefit of a PEP is slightly reduced because the amount of tax that can be recovered reduces from £25 per £75 of income distribution to £18.75 . |
| 16 | Bill Webster of Hilton said that at first it might be voluntary for guests to use their towels twice . |
| 17 | Moynihan said that between 1974 and 1988 the USA had given more than $80,000,000 in aid towards opium eradication in Myanma " to absolutely no avail " . |
| 18 | The study by Taubman and Wales of males in the top half of the IQ distribution in the United States concluded that for high school graduates ‘ ability is a more important determinant of the range of income distribution than is education . ’ |
| 19 | Durkheim recognized that in modern societies social solidarity was no longer based on widely shared social values and that government and law had important functions to perform in organizing the ‘ collective conscience ’ of the new order and acting as an integrative mechanism respectively . |
| 20 | Realeat founder Greg Sams predicts that within 20 years half of us will have a vegetable-based diet , and the greatest swing has been seen among the young . |
| 21 | Hilton stresses that without this death there is no entry into the City of God , the contemplative state — " is no gate bot on " ( 27.96v. – 245 ) . |
| 22 | Dowie claims that between 500 and 900 burn deaths resulted from ensuing explosions . |
| 23 | Sartre records that by 1920–21 , the personal predicament of Nizan 's father had become so desperate that he had taken to disappearing at frequent intervals from the family home at night , disappearances which Sartre interprets as " attempted suicides " . |
| 24 | In a 1975 survey on library lectures and their evaluation , Hernon found that about two-thirds of the responding libraries were not evaluating their library lecture programmes . |
| 25 | Most damningly of all , Sir Anthony concludes that in 1985 the Department already knew that Barlow Clowes did not maintain proper records , that it had been trading without a licence and that investment watchdogs were worried about the group 's activities . |
| 26 | Pat McGeough says that with fixed term contracts , people are wondering whether their contract will be renewed at the end of the season . |
| 27 | Peter Paterson says that at first he was reluctant to write this biography . |
| 28 | Pete says that on one flight recently he was up in the air for nine hours so you have to take food and drink with you to keep going … in this country survival is not a problem but it can be hard when you 're flying across deserts and things like that |
| 29 | Newly-independent McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Ltd , Hemel Hempstead says that in 1992 , operating profits rose 23% to £19.4m on turnover that fell 8.8% to £159.7m . |
| 30 | In fact , Hoskins says that at first the film role did n't appeal to him . |