Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitlock suddenly noticed that a member of the Zimbalan mission had been watching them . |
| 2 | Sylvia Plath once said that a story should begin with your main character up a ( metaphorical ) apple tree being pelted by someone — and then you deal with the problems arising . |
| 3 | At a summit meeting in June US President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev formally confirmed that a START treaty , which they expected to be completed by the end of 1990 , would be based on a 30 per cent overall cut in long-range nuclear missiles over a seven-year period . |
| 4 | Ken sincerely believed that a separate-bedroom marriage would be the perfect relationship with someone for whom he cared so much . |
| 5 | Kahn also claims that a new and superior Velcro product , Ultra-Mate , had not been mentioned in the original proxy statement outlining the Velcro reorganisation . |
| 6 | The educationalist Sir Robert Gould once said that a child being educated in Great Britain could not possibly understand his own environment without understanding something about Christianity ; and he was right . |
| 7 | Sister Hope always said that a sympathetic nurse-patient relationship was essential in any severe illness . |
| 8 | Lenin once argued that a political leader is responsible not only for policy but for the action of those who execute it . |
| 9 | Menem also announced that a newly created Justice Ministry under Leon Carlos Arslanian would introduce fresh legislation in order to " fight corruption effectively " . |
| 10 | Mr Justice Turner also said that a regulatory body — existing alongside the law — could be considered in dealing with some wrongdoers in the commercial field . |
| 11 | Eventually , on June 12 , the RPR and the UDF also agreed that a joint presidential candidate would be selected by holding primaries [ see p. 38299 ] . |
| 12 | González also promised that a " strict schedule " for the privatization of state companies would be announced within 60 days . |
| 13 | In 1987 perhaps the Prime Minister 's pre-election visit to Moscow and her eve-of-election trip to the Venice summit of Western leaders were favourable to her re-election , but ‘ Harold Wilson always asserted that a bad set of trade figures a few days before polling cost him an election , while the effect of being centre-stage during the Iran hostages affair may have been devastating to Jimmy Carter 's fortunes ’ . |
| 14 | Wilson also announced that a new Hong Kong Technology Centre was being planned as part of the overall strategy to boost the economy , that an International Business Committee would be set up as a means of tapping the talents of overseas businesspeople for the benefit of the whole community , and that £1,600,000 would be spent to bring pollution under control . |
| 15 | Mr Knight also acknowledged that a suitable high-speed pick-up machine was not yet available from a commercial manufacturer although they had shown their own adaptation with a high speed paddle rotor swept up all materials including small particles . |
| 16 | Commenting upon their total experience of Minor award schools , DCSLs also noted that a few schools had misconstrued the long-term intentions of the project and had cut library capitation in years following external funding . |
| 17 | It is worth noting how paternal authority overrode differences in occupational status and in income : in this particular case the father was a canteen cook , and Zuwaya generally considered that a lower occupation than one deemed intellectual . |
| 18 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 19 | Reagan also ruled that a third film , on nuclear war , should bear the same ‘ propaganda ’ label and that anyone who hires the films should be reported to the government . |
| 20 | Locke also suggests that a man 's presence in a particular state implies tacit consent to its political system . |
| 21 | Ironically , Beveridge actually hoped that a pension which reduced income and gave a higher pension to those who stayed at work , would encourage people to defer retirement : ‘ Making receipt of pension conditional on retirement is not intended to encourage or hasten retirement . |
| 22 | If you 're driving to Brighton please note that a parking voucher scheme operates in the centre of the town . |
| 23 | The area of suggested centuriation lies well to the north of the town on Cliffe Marshes , and Nightingale even claimed that a plot measuring 2 by I actus ( =1 iugerum ) , which features on the 1840 tithe map and is still in the possession of a single owner , was a survivor of the Roman survey . |
| 24 | Some students felt they had been rather hard pressed in relation to their knowledge of chemistry , but Coleman rightly said that a properly educated gentleman could be expected to understand the general principles and applications of chemical science . |
| 25 | Britain still hoped that a Commonwealth front could be achieved , with considerable internal control of Empire air routes . |
| 26 | Thomas Aquinas indeed thinks that a woman can not receive the character of ordination . |
| 27 | It being reported to this Meeting that the Peck Measures of the different corners of Islay do not agree in size , & that many of them are deficient of the Legal Standard Measure of this Country-In order to remedy this evil it is recommended that in place of the Heaped Peck commonly used that a streak measure answering exactly to the standard measure of Islay shou 'd be substituted in place of the Heap measure , & in order to carry this Resolution into Execution the Meeting do hereby appoint the following Committee … it is earnestly recommended to these Gentlemen to have the different Pecks of the different Parishes brought to the proper Streak measure , and to have these pecks Branded with Shawfield 's Iron , and this being once done it is recommended to the said Committee to cause publish at the Parish Churches that if any person within their Bounds shall Sell or Buy with any other peck than the Peck so ascertained & stamped , that they shall be Fined at the discretion of the Baron Baillie of Islay |
| 28 | Many possible direct effects were ruled out by the test program and Mayo eventually concluded that a complex emotional chain had been behind the productivity changes . |
| 29 | Havel also proposed that a new constitution should first be initialled by the republican parliaments , and called on the federal government quickly to draft its proposals on executive authority [ see above ] . |
| 30 | Fryer also alleged that a fellow prisoner , Ronnie Bolden , a car dealer , was claiming his alleged confession to two armed robberies was fabricated . |