Example sentences of "[num] [vb past] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and et all ( 362 , 355 & 359 ; 1993 showed that these organs ( among others ) are sites at which the virus multiplies during the often long latency period in AIDS , but more will have to be known of this process before it can be the basis of a routine assay . |
| 2 | A Ukrainian Defence Ministry statement of Jan. 2 said that all troops in Ukraine , except strategic nuclear forces , were directly subordinate to the Ukrainian President . |
| 3 | Interim results for the first half to July 1991 revealed that this revamp was the only operation to increase sales and profits . |
| 4 | However , the Supreme Council of National Security ( SCNS ) on Jan. 26 announced that all aircraft would be " confiscated " and their pilots kept in custody , stressing that " this policy would be applied to all parties which violate Iranian air , land or sea spaces " , and on the same day Baker confirmed that " we have been assured that Iran intends to remain totally neutral " . |
| 5 | An analysis by Reddaway ( 1977 ) of the period 1961–71 showed that this view was wide of the mark ; only 3 per cent of the purchase of motor cars and television sets in this period was attributable to population increase . |
| 6 | A minority of three recommended that all equity shareholders should have a right to attend and speak at meetings and that there should be a prohibition on the listing of non-voting or restricted-voting equity shares . |
| 7 | ( The Financial Times of June 21 noted that these countries had in any case serviced only about 5 per cent of these debts in 1989/90 . ) |
| 8 | A survey of welfare spending by all private firms conducted by the Ministry of Labour in 1975 estimated that such payments yielded benefits equivalent to 10–15 per cent of annual earnings , but did not distinguish very clearly how this differs according to size of firm . |
| 9 | Watkins LJ in Seymour in the Court of Appeal ( 1983 ) 76 Cr App R 21 stated that this direction must not be used : " It is no longer necessary or helpful to make reference to compensation and negligence . " |
| 10 | A headmistress in 1946 said that same thing at greater length , but in doing so collapsed into meaninglessness : In my opinion , such a school should not be an imitation of the old Secondary School ( that is , of the grammar school ) … |
| 11 | The Census of 1981 revealed that this figure had dropped to one in five residents in Wales . |
| 12 | However , the People 's Daily of Nov. 11 noted that some people did not have " a good understanding " of the need for austerity measures , and that such an attitude should be " resolutely rectified " . |
| 13 | Large regional studies of children 's smoking habits during the 1960 's and 1970's showed that more boys smoked than girls and that boys started earlier [ 3 ] . |
| 14 | In Norway , a re-survey of 1,000 lakes studied in the 1970s showed that many lakes have actually lost more of their neutralising capacity in recent years , although sulphate levels are falling . |
| 15 | Ministerial caution and the General Election of 1964 ensured that these proposals were not implemented . |
| 16 | A survey of employers in 1981 suggested that most employers believed age discrimination was an admitted problem in many companies . |
| 17 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of April 25 reported that some government officials and members of the armed forces had welcomed the creation of the Forum , provided that it complied with strict government guidelines on political behaviour . |
| 18 | Our opinion survey in Chapter 6 showed that most voters felt television news on both networks was unbiased ; but amongst the minority who felt it was biased a majority thought it was biased towards the Conservatives and against both Labour and the Alliance . |
| 19 | A sample survey carried out for the NCC in 1978 showed that most country-dwellers go to town or out-of-town shopping centres to buy things like furniture or clothes . |
| 20 | In 1724 Peter I ordered that all papers relating to foreign policy should be brought together in the college archive ; and work on this continued for the next two decades . |
| 21 | For studies of ICJ transit , with this method , a value of 1 indicated that all the isotope was in the first 4 cm of ileum ; a value of 6 indicated that all isotope was in the caecum or colon . |
| 22 | In both cases the MMC held that these companies were efficiently run and had contributed to substantial cost savings , the Schumpeterian view of monopoly to which we referred in Chapter 9 and illustrated in Figure 17–2 . |
| 23 | The Independent of April 8 noted that this Luxembourg meeting of the European Council would be the fourth special meeting in 18 months [ see pp. 37028 ; 37363-64 ; 37782-83 ] and detected " a subtle but important change in the character of the Community , away from supranational roots where the European Commission holds sway , towards a more intergovernmental future under the guiding hand of the European Council " . |
| 24 | Some African coins used to be attributed to the Numidian King Jugurtha ( 118–105BC ) , but the discovery of a hoard at Enna in Sicily in 1966 showed that these coins were actually contemporary with the period of democracy at Syracuse in 214–212BC , and the coins could therefore be redated and attributed to the Carthaginian expedition against Sicily in 213–210 BC . |
| 25 | The government on Oct. 13 ordered that all identity cards in future should indicate the holder 's religion . |
| 26 | A joint ANC-government statement issued after a meeting between President F. W. de Klerk and ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela on Nov. 27 indicated that both sides were committed to peaceful negotiation , and confirmed that their dialogue was to continue . |
| 27 | Brightman J in United Sterling Corporation Ltd v Felton and Mannion [ 1974 ] RPC 162 suggested that such control would be implied . |
| 28 | Chinua Achebe 's novel , Anthills of the Savannah published in 1987 suggested that such leadership had still not emerged almost twenty years later . |
| 29 | The Census of 1951 showed that many houses lacked amenities with which the council house since 1919 had been equipped . |
| 30 | The Prayer Book debates of 1928 and the arguments over tithes in the 1930s showed that many Unionists still counted the interests of the Church high in their priorities , but the battles were no longer party ones . |