Example sentences of "that [noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bell said that contract printing in the UK had been ‘ an absolute disaster ’ . |
| 2 | The robust nature of the Acrylix brush also means that colour mixing on the palette is easy to do . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) In defending the ‘ flocculus hypothesis ’ , Ito fails to cite a study done in rabbits showing that motor learning in the VOR can be acquired without vestibular stimulation . |
| 4 | It relies for new blood on people aggrieved by the state , and the move towards gloves-off repression that army backing for the coup represents will boost recruits . |
| 5 | National Savings were particularly competitive in the 1980's when emphasis was placed on raising government funds from this source , largely because it relieved the need somewhat to borrow from the banking system which created credit and therefore inflationary conditions , and because of the fear that government borrowing in the long-term capital markets would tend to ‘ crowd-out ’ industrial and commercial companies from that market , and impede their ability to raise funds for capital investment and long-term growth . |
| 6 | There is a general feeling in published studies that colitis extending beyond the splenic flexure can be regarded as extensive in terms of cancer risk . |
| 7 | ‘ How old would you say that man standing in the window of that house was ? ’ asked Penelope tentatively . |
| 8 | Metropolitan Area Networks could form a market worth $2,000m worldwide by the end of the century , Siemens AG reckons : the company believes that hardware spending on the systems could soar , while customers using the systems could generate a further $10,000m of business : the remarks were made at a conference to announce a £3m order won by GEC Plessey Telecommunications Ltd , in which Siemens owns 40% , to supply metropolitan area equipment to British Telecommunications Plc , Reuter reports . |
| 9 | Fleming concluded that information relating to the elderly worker did not readily reach the attention of management ( Fleming 1963 ) . |
| 10 | Insert the cuttings by pushing each one down into the sand about 4–5 inches ( 10–12cm ) apart and with the leaves at right angles to the line of the slit , so that growth emanating from the axillary buds grows out into free space between the rows , not into the cutting next door . |
| 11 | David notes that it is interesting that currency flying on the Vulcan — see news item — has been maintained . |