Example sentences of "[vb past] that [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many years ago Fathalla proposed that repeated minor trauma to ovarian epithelium caused by ‘ incessant ovulation ’ increased the risk of cancer . |
| 2 | However , Johns found that translated Brazilian abstracts tend to follow textbook rules of grammar which favour ‘ consistent ’ use of tense and aspect . |
| 3 | Against this , some studies in the United States , where formal study of " civics " is more extensive than in Britain , found that taking such courses had little impact on political knowledge and attitudes . |
| 4 | And instead of finding it miserable and increasing the fear , we found that taking vigorous action to make the best of what we had made us feel proud . |
| 5 | When he did , he found that to acknowledge these events in writing became a sort of therapy for him . |
| 6 | ( 1986 ) and Vernon and Fruin ( 1986 ) all found that field social workers , and sometimes residential workers , associated the provision of care for children and young people with failure , and thought that good social work practice meant avoiding the use of care , especially residential care . |
| 7 | They found that field social workers were on the whole critical of the residential experience . |
| 8 | Always a determined character , he gave up alcohol and smoking the day he pulled on his running shoes , and he quickly found that running long distances was his forte , and that it provided a challenge to fit his temperament . |
| 9 | They soon found that running Easy FM was n't as easy as it sounded . |
| 10 | In support of this we also found that PGE 2 synthesis was increased in patients with dyspepsia compared with patients without symptoms although this did not reach statistical significance . |
| 11 | In advanced diabetic nephropathy Björk et al reported that enalapril reduced proteinuria more effectively than metoprolol , while the hypotensive effect of both drugs was similar . |
| 12 | Last week , Col. Digby was re-elected chairman of the EHIPA and reported that following last year 's district council elections the Independents now held the balance . |
| 13 | Saxon et al reported that IgG perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies could be detected in the sera of the majority of patients with ulcerative colitis and in a much smaller percentage of the sera of patients with Crohn 's disease . |
| 14 | In the light of these concerns , and the dismal outlook of many , it is perhaps unsurprising that only 28 per cent agreed that helping older people to live as long as possible should be a priority issue . |
| 15 | The other participants from Japan acknowledged that the country 's CATV regulations make it difficult to obtain public access , but agreed that awakening public interest through seminars and publications is an important first step . |
| 16 | Under the chairmanship of Prince Norodom Sihanouk , the SNC agreed that UN-supervised regional elections in Cambodia 's 20 provinces should be held on the basis of proportional representation . |
| 17 | And then , as Morrison Halcrow describes it in his new biography of Lord Joseph , Sir Keith ( as he then was ) made that celebrated 1974 speech which created such a storm . |
| 18 | Opponents argued that teaching other languages , especially those spoken at home , would impede the ability of children to speak and write English . |
| 19 | Writing in the late 1960s and early 1970s , he argued that advanced capitalist societies were caught up in a major contradiction . |
| 20 | While the Treasury was warning of a " continuing mountain of difficulties " for some years to come , the Foreign Office argued that to reduce overseas commitments would only make matters worse . |
| 21 | DARWIN believed that elaborate ornamental traits expressed in both sexes might be favoured by mutual sexual selection driven by both female and male mate choice . |
| 22 | He promised additional internal measures , including special courts , secure prisons and special protection for judges , but added that increased international co-operation was needed to spread the financial cost of drug enforcement in order to ensure stricter controls on drug distribution networks , money laundering , and the sale of arms and chemical components . |
| 23 | First of all we SUFFERED that defeat last Saturday next I knacker my ankle playing on Sunday and lastly I arrive in Northampton on Monday morning to find that we could only get tickets for Arsenal end on Tuesday ( So Gavin it was n't me being escorted away by the men in black , even though it the current season does n't improve quickly I might be escorted by mem in white . ) |
| 24 | She imagined that to walk that track , and to climb the rough hewn rock around the mouth of the cave , would bring her to the top of the canyon . |
| 25 | Acting on the advice of the Greek astronomer Sosigenes , Caesar directed that to correct this anomaly the year 46 BC should be extended to 445 days . |
| 26 | The group estimated that bringing coaxial links into the average British home would cost between £200 and £300 . |
| 27 | In a statement on April 22 designed to convince a visiting fact-finding mission from the Organization of American States ( OAS ) [ see below ] of his democratic intent , he promised to submit his decision to a plebiscite on July 5 , and pledged that proposed constitutional reforms would also be subjected to the popular vote on Aug. 31 . |
| 28 | One senior consultant stated that taking this hour to reflect on his role as a teacher and trainer was a unique experience in his career . |
| 29 | While the then UK Environment Secretary Chris Patten claimed that importing toxic waste prevented it being dumped in less industrialized countries which lacked the appropriate waste disposal technology , Greenpeace said that 80 per cent of the waste came from highly developed countries such as Switzerland , Belgium and the Netherlands . |
| 30 | The Minister will recall that during the first Tory recession , Ministers claimed that making many people redundant was a price worth paying to make British industry leaner and fitter . |