Example sentences of "[verb] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only afterwards transpired that the seedy man was not a reporter but his tutor , with whom he was not otherwise acquainted . ’ |
| 2 | It transpired that the other two had nothing to do with the post office and knew hardly any French . |
| 3 | It transpired that the left side of the nose splitter has been damaged , perhaps when Baldi had clipped Brundle 's Jaguar in one of his passing attempts , perhaps as a result of ‘ trapped ’ vibration from a high-speed engine misfire . |
| 4 | So it transpired that the elusive Zephro Carnelian was a trusted roving agent for the Ordo Hydra . |
| 5 | It transpired that the previous day he had been in Liverpool and given an interview to the Daily Telegraph which had been interpreted to mean that we were about to call in the troops . |
| 6 | It transpired that the previous evening students from the Asrama Merdeka led by Wikana along with student followers of Sjahrir presented an ultimatum to Sukarno : you must proclaim independence immediately . |
| 7 | It transpired that the whole street had been summoned to hear the declaration . |
| 8 | Praying that the real me is in touch with the real God . |
| 9 | Athelstan blessed Meg , sprinkling the open coffin with hob water and praying that the sweet Christ would have mercy on her soul . |
| 10 | I beg to move , That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Adjudication ) Amendment ( No. 2 ) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 1950 ) , dated 30th August 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 30th August , in the last Session of Parliament , be annulled . |
| 11 | That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Attendance Allowance ) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 2740 ) , dated 5th December 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th December , be annulled . |
| 12 | That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Claims and Payments ) Amendment Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 2741 ) , dated 5th December 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th December , be annulled . |
| 13 | Foreign investors are beginning to worry that the Mexican peso is less solid than it looks . |
| 14 | All of this leads Fred and Beth to worry that the fatal combination of an explosion of ‘ free time ’ with a booming global market in consumer goods and leisure industries will spell the death of their great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long — individual self-realization , mutuality in work and levelling out of global economic inequalities . |
| 15 | I would have wished that the Liberal Democrats might have remained in their place , especially as their amendment is now before the House for debate . |
| 16 | There was no denying that the new corset had an impressive effect on her waist , but the dress disconcerted her — the first true evening dress she had ever had — because it left her shoulders quite bare as well as a considerable amount of — of , well , upper bosom , and all her arms . |
| 17 | ‘ It led us to speed it up , ’ he said , while denying that the alleged single market would of itself promote business . |
| 18 | The second point that I want to make is I 'm not denying that the western relief road would bring some improvement and if the western relief road did not damage did not cause serious environmental damage , I would not be arguing against it . |
| 19 | There is no denying that the present government has done something to influence both sides of this equation . |
| 20 | By now denying that the arm's-length principle applies to national museums Lord Armstrong makes me wonder how he interpreted his new role when he moved from being Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet Secretary to being her choice as Chairman of the V & A. If he saw himself as dutifully executing government policy over the V & A 's restructuring it is understandable that he did not subsequently feel constrained to resign , nor to dismiss his director , when it had become clear to the museum 's staff that the essence of the restructuring separation of research from ‘ object-management ’ had been abandoned as unworkable . |
| 21 | There was no denying that the Soviet Embassy was large , enormous , one might say , making lilliputian a convoy of Russian lorries parked outside from which , mysteriously , soldiers in olive green and red were taking canteens of food . |
| 22 | Bentham was willing , however , on the basis of his version of the command theory of law to take the heroic step of denying that the common law was law . |
| 23 | As King Hassan celebrated the 30th anniversary of his accession to the throne on March 3 , officials disclosed that the eight members of the family of the late Gen. Mohammed Oufkir had been released on Feb. 27 after over 18 years in detention . |
| 24 | In July it was disclosed that the Soviet Union was owed the equivalent of 87,500 million ( 25 per cent in convertible currencies ) , but much of this was believed to be for arms sales to poorer countries who were unable to repay it . |
| 25 | To give an example of how inadequate official testing can be , at Swansea , where a hell of a lot of people use the sea for recreation , until 1989 it was not disclosed that the official testing point in the sewage outfall pipe was above the point where commercial waste was joining the system . |
| 26 | The move came as the Bond group disclosed that the fifth deadline for its A$2.5billion brewing deal with New Zealand 's Lion Nathan had passed without agreement , and that the basis of talks was to change . |
| 27 | In May 1991 , it was disclosed that the Metropolitan police area was to be permanently patrolled by special units , known as ARVs ( armed response vehicles ) . |
| 28 | As investigators from the Mines Inspectorate , British Coal and unions began their inquiries into the accident , the company disclosed that the trapped men had never been in serious danger . |
| 29 | As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space . |
| 30 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |