Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [that] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following month , however , the President announced that plans for a multiparty system were to be implemented and that elections would be held in February 1991 . |
| 2 | OSF admitted that calls from big industry players such as Novell Inc , who 've shied away from committing to DCE until now , persuaded the organisation to reconsider its pricing policy ( UX No 424 ) . |
| 3 | Journalists reported that forces loyal to General Noriega were holding the northern border regions of Panama . |
| 4 | One study showed that trades union representation was the major type of representation followed by relatives and friends with lawyers representing only three per cent of those represented , about the same number as social workers ( Bell et al. , 1974 ) . |
| 5 | ( It is , by the way , exactly the implicit reference to an extraction set that distinguishes English superlatives from forms considered broadly equivalent in some other languages , for instance those designated by the same term " superlative " in Latin . ) |
| 6 | The revision proposed that works councils should be set up in order to vest in the workers a measure of control as against the bureaucratic command of the central planning authority . |
| 7 | On Nov. 7 a government spokesman in Khartoum complained that splits in the SPLA would make it difficult to resume the Nigerian-mediated Abuja peace negotiations which were due to take place in December [ see pp. 38901 ; 38952 for previous peace talks ] . |
| 8 | Went into the supermarket and it said and it said pour , not it said erm pour le animal , well any fool would have thought that was poor the animals , and Carol said that looks nice , we 'll , we 'll have a pile of that ! |
| 9 | An investigation found that accesses should remain clear , headlights on the fork-lift truck should be mounted on the roof and the cabin should be fitted with demisting equipment . |
| 10 | One finding of interest provided by the test with a calendar was that a high proportion of pupils in all attainment bands knew that dates in the following year fell a day later than the previous one . |
| 11 | Delegates agreed that points to be discussed at the December meeting would include ( i ) the creation of a climate for free political participation ; ( ii ) constitutional principles ; ( iii ) the nature of the constitution-making body and arrangements for a transitional government ; and ( iv ) the future of the bantustans . |
| 12 | The Software Foundation admitted that calls from big industry players such as Novell Inc , which have shied away from committing to Distributed Computing Environment until now , persuaded the organisation to reconsider its pricing policy . |
| 13 | Just three agencies reported that records management staff have a major role in setting policies … |
| 14 | This conflict showed that judges , no less than physicians and surgeons , churchmen , academics , and practising lawyers would seek , for a variety of reasons ( some being more elevated than others ) to defend their professional status with much vigour and little subtlety . |
| 15 | Official figures showed that increases in petroleum prices [ see p. 39099 ] had pushed inflation to an annual rate of 10.03 per cent in the week ending Oct. 24 , up from a low of 8.8 per cent in mid-September [ see p. 39145 ] . |
| 16 | In addition to that , direct Murdoch promotions are boosting sales , but Granada warned that estimates for total demand should be taken ‘ with a certain pinch of salt . ’ |
| 17 | Sachs J said that mens rea was an essential part of this type of manslaughter . |
| 18 | The draft is still officially secret , but church sources said that leaks about it in the Italian press were generally correct . |
| 19 | I refer to the estimated twenty five percent of all water pumped that leaks away in broken mains . |
| 20 | The vision is to see a ministry established that reaches out to working girls . |
| 21 | The High Court granted a reprieve to the coal industry — and 30,000 miners — when Lord Justice Glidewell and Mr Justice Hidden ruled that plans to close 31 pits were illegal . |
| 22 | Inner Cities Minister Sir George Young announced that plans to develop the former Herculaneum Dock in south Liverpool will get government backing . |
| 23 | My local bank manager said that means she 'd been renting a deposit box . |
| 24 | Slovene LC leaders announced that links between their party and the LCY were suspended . |
| 25 | On July 23 , following Baker 's departure , the Israeli government announced that contracts already signed for 6,681 homes would be cancelled , as they concerned " political " rather than " security " settlements . |
| 26 | In the 1950s many teachers found that exercises in grammatical analysis did not help children to raise their standards in the use of English . |
| 27 | In 1630 a jury declared that swanimotes in Essex ‘ hath bin discontinued for many yeares ’ . |
| 28 | Although retaining its majority shareholding in development banks offering specialized loans , the government claimed that proceeds from the sale of its majority shareholding in others would be used to reduce the fiscal deficit and the burden of internal debt while consolidating the recovery of the economy . |
| 29 | This is a kind of life and health insurance combined that covers replacement cost through death ( which can be up to £3000 in the case of a horse ) , theft or straying , and the cost of veterinary bills . |
| 30 | At the press conference when the Bill was published , the Secretary of State said that cuts in the mining industry are part of a plan for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions . |