Example sentences of "[that] it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] .
2 To the extent that the purchaser is willing to accept this reduction of the absolute nature of warranties , it should be on the basis the vendor acknowledges that in all circumstances it has made full and proper enquiries and investigations ( see clause 13.6 of the standard sale agreement — Appendix III ) ; ( i ) to provide that the vendor shall not be liable if the purchaser completed the sale at the full purchase price despite the fact that it had knowledge of a particular breach of warranty .
3 The plane was loaded down so much that it had difficulty in skimming the tops of those large mountains , but I was not troubled , thinking that the pilot was a well-trained American , until after an hour of this mountain hopping a small Chinese face appeared at the cockpit door and said , ‘ Is you all all-lite ? ’
4 The shareholders of the holding company entered into a shareholders ' agreement which stated that it had precedence over the Articles of Association , and clause 3 of that agreement provided that " no further share capital shall be created or issued in the company … without the written consent of each of the parties hereto " .
5 And eventually you 'd notice that it had petals around the horizon .
6 She did not add that it had blood on it , although she knew that too , having just read the forensic report .
7 In a later phase in the same litigation , the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction in appropriate cases to order the transfer of assets subject to a Mareva injunction from one foreign country to another , enforcement considerations being especially relevant .
8 Documents discovered in a raid on offices of the Salsabeel computer company in Heliopolis showed , he said , that the group was financed from abroad and that it had links with Islamic investment companies in Egypt and the Moslem Brotherhood .
9 The only difference was that it said Phd at the end of it
10 When chemists vapourised potassium nitrate and trapped it an argon matrix , however , they were surprised to discover that it contained molecules with the chemical formula KNO 3 .
11 As was noted earlier , proponents of specialization claim , among other things , that it permits a greater development of knowledge and/or skills , and that it facilitates liaison with other agencies through increased awareness of how other disciplines work .
12 Although Jonadab did not believe in the old country superstition that an elder bush planted by a house kept away witches , he was a firm believer that it deflected lightning during a storm .
13 A more serious objection to Anderson 's account is that it assumes consistentalignment between left and right in politics , and ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ traditional ’ in intellectual life .
14 Although the desire to become a home-owner may represent a genuine social aspiration for these women and their families , there is no evidence that it guarantees satisfaction with housework : the housewives in the sample who did own their homes were no more satisfied than those whose homes were rented .
15 The decreased healing rate associated with excess dietary intake , assessed after ulcer healing , may inducate that food alleviates ulcer symptoms or that it slows healing by stimulating acid secretion .
16 All the GIST schools were mixed comprehensives , and at first teachers were most unwilling to separate boys and girls at all , on the grounds that it ran counter to their co-educational comprehensive philosophy .
17 The Middle East Economic Digest of Oct. 23 was also sceptical of the Sunday Times report , claiming that it ran counter to the " general view in Damascus that it is the president 's son Basel al-Assad> who is now favoured for the succession " .
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19 It has been suggested ( 78 Law Notes 177 ) that it validates agreements for maintenance even if there is no other consideration for such agreement than the abstention from application to the court ; the words ,
20 But it was the unanimous view of the board that it manifested contempt towards the divinity of Christ by presenting him as a living man , not a symbol , and as the object of overt sexual passion .
21 IBM notes that it announced intent in September to make AIX/ESA source code available as a separately orderable option .
22 Thames exercised the clause by hiring one piece of plant for £40,000 less than the contractor had paid — and found that it eased tensions between them .
23 This Act was important in that it eased restrictions in the field of public service transport , but critics felt that it would weaken the protection necessary for essentially unprofitable bus routes , mainly those in rural areas .
24 It is really one of the foundations of any executive power group that it maintains secrecy about its activities and avoids the possibility for its antagonists to subsume that power .
25 Earlier , East Germany had announced the solution as a ‘ humanitarian act ’ by the government , adding that it hoped Bonn in future would run its embassies ‘ in normal manner according to international usage ’ .
26 Those policyholders without index-linked policies have had to frequently increase their sum insured so that it keeps pace with inflation and continues to cover the full cost of rebuilding their homes .
27 It is typical of the Labour party that it loses sight of the possibility of being able to get better value for money and of being able to improve the extent to which and the way in which we can help people without always asking the taxpayer to fund more .
28 Statements by the Iranian government made it clear that it saw ECO as the basis for a future Islamic common market which might ultimately embrace some 300 million people — a quarter of all Muslims — and rival the European Communities in importance .
29 Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said .
30 With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today .
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