Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] that [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Howell accepts that in the present case the governors did consult the local education authority on the admissions policy and that such policy was a reasonable one for a Roman Catholic school to adopt were it not for the duty to comply with parental preference imposed by section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
| 2 | Dr Clay writes that during the middle years of the seventeenth century customary tenures were still widespread and important , especially for the smaller properties , but that much less land was held in this way than was the case 100 years earlier . |
| 3 | Exactly yes we 'll take a breathing space until the new year I mean Neil says that at the moment he 'd be quite happy to get into a job where if he was a good worker he could progress in the job and I said an what about doing your radio repairs in the evening , but he just , he said yes . |
| 4 | Bede says that after the defeat and death of Oswiu 's son and successor , Ecgfrith , in the battle of Nechtanesmere in 685 , the Picts recovered their land which the Angles had held and the Scots who lived in Britain and certain of the Britons ( perhaps of Strathclyde ) their independence ( HE IV , 26 ) . |
| 5 | Benazir Bhutto says that after the summer of turmoil in Pakistan , this could be the last chance for parliamentary democracy . |
| 6 | While Crescendo has not firmed up its plans enough to announce what specific products are to follow , SynOptics says that in the third quarter of the year it will launch two FDDI unshielded twisted pair hub products : the Model 3905 FDDI UTP Host Module is claimed to be compatible with all existing SynOptics System 3000 modules , and will list for £3,630 . |
| 7 | A note on the file at St Martin's-le-Grand shows that for the year ending 31 December , 1920 , the Electrophone Company 's income from subscribers was £11 868 , its operating expenses were £5866 , and its royalty payment to the Post Office was just £496 . |
| 8 | Conran acknowledges that in the face of-City rumour it is important for a group such as his to communicate to the outside world what its overall strategy is and to spell out the logic of its master plan — something he feels Storehouse might have done to better effect prior to becoming besieged by unwelcome take-over bids . |
| 9 | Scott claims that in the nineteenth century there were three overlapping , but not united sections of the upper class : landowners , financiers ( mainly in the City of London ) , and manufacturers . |
| 10 | From his analysis of Soviet commentary , Zimmerman argues that in the period October 1961 to March 1962 these developments ‘ exacerbated the ongoing dialogue within the Soviet ruling group concerning the adequacy of the Soviet deterrent ’ and ‘ suggested grave misgivings on the part of –ome Soviet observers lest the defining characteristics of imperialist international relations be restored ’ ( Zimmerman : 1969 , p. 187 ) . |
| 11 | On the matter of emphasising obligations rather than rights , Wringe argues that in the liberal tradition the citizen 's most important obligation is in fact the defence of rights . |
| 12 | Sunderland motor dealer Reg Vardy says that in the past month it has sold £1.1m worth of luxury cars to local businessmen . |
| 13 | Nonetheless , Shandell says that by the end of August the company will have versions ‘ for most versions of Unix ’ , by which he means implementations for Unix System V.4 , and Motorola Inc 's 88open standard plus versions for Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Data General Corp , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG and ICL Plc Unixes and IBM 's AIX . |
| 14 | Legal & General 's Michael Payne says that over the next few years he expects his fund ‘ will grow more in Europe at the expense of UK equities , ’ particularly now that entry into the ERM has reduced the currency risk . |
| 15 | Mr. Diamond asserts that under the Visby Protocol tort liability would be precluded in at least two of the examples . |
| 16 | Finally , Portes suggests that in the struggle , the groups rarely come into direct confrontation with the dominant class , but usually with members of the bureaucratic-technical class who staff the agencies of the state ( Portes 1985 ) . |
| 17 | Reworking of her indices by Deane and Cole suggests that between the quinquennium 1750 – 4 to 1785 – 9 money wage rises in the South varied between less than 4 per cent for London labourers and 19.4 per cent for those of Kent , whereas in Lancashire labourers gained 64 per cent and craftsmen 40.5 per cent over the period . |
| 18 | Sir Bernard complains that in the case of the Biffen and Pym briefings , his comments ‘ were dragged out of me . |
| 19 | In his Life of Hooker Walton states that in the original lost manuscripts there was no mention of kings being accountable to the people ; and he relates how Charles I , in a discussion with the Parliamentary leader Lord Saye , refused to accept any arguments based on the last three books , because it was doubtful whether they were authentic , although he gladly accepted Hooker 's judgements in the first five . |
| 20 | Pinchbeck acknowledges that in the five years since he left , Magnus has undergone interesting change . |
| 21 | Geneva states that in the 1980s , ‘ IVF and allied procedures changed from being purely experimental in character to become accepted treatments for certain types of infertility and the numbers of centres offering them increased rapidly ’ . |
| 22 | County NatWest calculates that in the first half of the year to September 1991 , Hanson made £150m interest on its cash pile and £60m-70m from selling a subsidiary — in all , 37% of its total pre-tax profits of £588m . |
| 23 | Olwen Hufton maintains that in the eighteenth century the stereotypical spinster was ‘ … one to be despised , pitied , and avoided as a sempiternal spoilsport in the orgy of life ’ . |
| 24 | When we talk about how camp they are now — Fred considers that on the official pop campness scale ‘ out of ten we 're about eight : Erasure are ten ’ — the non-singing brother also explains that there was no other way . |
| 25 | For this reason , the FRED proposes that on the expiry of a warrant the amount previously recognised in shareholders ' funds be recognised in the statement of total recognised gains and losses . |
| 26 | They built a separate development area , and Wilkinson reports that at the time he was writing his book three major new projects were being developed within it , but as none had reached completion there is no data about the effects of this new pattern of introducing new technology in that company . |
| 27 | Mr Knight anticipates that over the next few years manufacturing capacity will expand and business may be further developed via a joint venture . |
| 28 | Nuttall concludes that in the end ‘ the only criterion for judging the adequacy of the reports ’ findings is one 's faith in HM Inspectorate' . |
| 29 | Mr. Karsten submits that on the face of it that passage in the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. should be considered as obiter , but in any event he submits that it does not bear the meaning contended for by Mr. Wall . |
| 30 | Mr Phillipson wrote : ‘ Hancock recalls that in the less traumatic moments he was struck by the rich red colour of some of the massive formations as they slipped by barely a metre from his wing-tips . ’ |