Example sentences of "that [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He added , ‘ The United States Consul General and Dr Bunce , head of the State Department 's economic mission , consider that it was largely Hodge 's convention-rooted antagonism toward the left during the early stages of the occupation that led Korea into the impasse in which it stands today . ’
2 We believe it right that , as a member of the coalition that defeated Iraq in the Gulf war , the United Kingdom should stand ready to do what is necessary to guarantee the peace .
3 Soon I came to a strange place where the river divided , one part of it compressed as a hurling white torrent between steep artificial banks , the other part let into a tranquil canal that entered Galway from the countryside .
4 TAG creates a specific workshop programme for each production which offers pupils a platform for creative expression while investigating one man 's account of Scottish rural and town life and some of the issues that affected Scotland in the early part of the century .
5 Gaunt showed consistent loyalty to his father and , after 1377 , to his young nephew Richard II , but he lacked the charismatic authority of his father and eldest brother , and he was widely if unfairly blamed for the misfortunes that befell England in the last years of his father 's reign .
6 But I hardly like to tell you about the disaster that befell Angela within the next few minutes .
7 It was Mr Duggan 's vision that secured Eurovision in the first place for Millstreet , against the odds .
8 As she got into her car , she pushed away the worrying question of what she would do if she found evidence that implicated Veronica in the murder of Hugh Puddephat .
9 In short , there was not much in the end that separated Churchill from the official British position .
10 Only two of the side that walloped Maesteg in the SWALEC Cup last week have been included — full-back Paul Armstrong and wing Steve Ford .
11 Third , Paul prays that they may perceive ‘ the extreme greatness of his power to aid believers , the very power that raised Christ from the dead of God 's right hand ’ .
12 So he has given , God gives this power within , power of the holy spirit , the indwelling Christ , in you and in me , so I 've got no advantage over you , and you have no advantage over me and the person who 's been a Christian for fifty years has n't got an advantage over the Christian who 's been a Christian for one day because that same power that raised Christ from the dead , hear that , the same power that God used to raise Christ from the dead , that is the same power that dwells in you and in me , that 's what the bible says .
13 Making the engine that powered Williams to the Formula 1 constructors ' championship ca n't be bad for business , either .
14 The Basques went into fishing , navigation , and finally into iron ; the Caracas Company that developed Venezuela in the eighteenth century was a Basque concern , the Economic Societies were a Basque invention and it would seem that the Basques were the best-read Spaniards of the late eighteenth century .
15 We 've a long day ahead of us tomorrow , ’ Travis agreed , but there was something in his voice that alerted Paige to the fact that he had more to say , and that it was n't particularly good news .
16 Suspended for a week by the club , fined £2,000 and dropped following misbehaviour at a supporters ' dinner , Merson spoke of the 89th-minute winner that restored Arsenal to the top as a personal thankyou to Arsenal 's players and staff for assisting him on the road to recovery .
17 Not surprisingly Galway boss Jarlath Cloonan has given a vote of confidence to the side that shocked Tipperary at the semi-final stage .
18 It was this thought that started Einstein on the road to his theory of gravity — still the most beautiful way of organizing how we think about the Universe .
19 But it was not an impressive performance ; indeed , recalling the swashbuckling victory in Yugoslavia that sent England to the European Championship , one questions whether any genuine progress has been made .
20 He also carried out fibre and hair tests , but found nothing that connected Nichol with the crime .
21 Ironically , it was Doncaster 's defeat at Torquay that kept Hartlepool at the bottom .
22 It is reported by collectors of folk customs , like George Ewart Evans , as a joyful pagan procession that reached Britain in the eighth century , and was later Christianised and celebrated at Rogationtide , the fifth Sunday after Easter .
23 Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) .
24 ‘ That was the star that brought Cook into the Pacific — the transit of Venus .
25 He was off target with four penalty attempts and it was his mistake that presented Malone with the second of their two tries .
26 Although both were impeccably dressed in dark suits , there was just something about them that reminded Fran of the old wolf in sheep 's clothing story .
27 They entered the train confidently , in a way that put Jarvis on the alert ; they looked immediately to right and left , then having exchanged whispered words , split up , two going to one end of the car , two to the other .
28 Welcome back … later on … the Beatrix Potter story that put Gloucester on the literary map …
29 Young Swift stole the show with his medium pacers that had Formby on the rack .
30 Moszkowicz was a key figure in the consortium that rescued Middlesbrough in the 1986 liquidation crisis but resigned the following year after boardroom differences .
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