Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb past] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | • 53% felt that they had insufficient information on natural childbirth & the use of anaesthetics . |
| 2 | The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body . |
| 3 | Overall only 4% claimed that their jobs required less skill , and only 4% of women in lower-grade white-collar jobs claimed to have been deskilled . |
| 4 | And 32% said that they set up because they saw ‘ an opportunity too good to miss ’ , compared with only 25% of men . |
| 5 | 47% admitted to enjoying looking at photographs of the Royal Family in newspapers and magazines , 50% claimed that they did not . |
| 6 | ( Asked about inside and outside sources of international environmental information , 27% ‘ always used ’ outside publications and reports , whereas 0% reported that they ‘ never used ’ such sources ; but only 6% reported that they ‘ always used ’ inside computer databanks , whereas 34% reported that they ‘ never used ’ such sources . ) |
| 7 | Of CRUS 's respondents , 39% said that they had a training officer , while 32% of our sample indicated that a designated or nominated officer ( or specified training team ) spent at least one-quarter of their time on training . |
| 8 | A further 63% indicated that they did not use such a source . |
| 9 | In January 1990 the State Committee for Statistics announced that it was developing a more realistic type of retail price index , based on what consumers actually paid rather than on list prices . |
| 10 | Such mishaps were bad omens , and though the townspeople maintained that they did not take the Wheel seriously they were happier when all went according to plan . |
| 11 | ( Asked about inside and outside sources of international environmental information , 27% ‘ always used ’ outside publications and reports , whereas 0% reported that they ‘ never used ’ such sources ; but only 6% reported that they ‘ always used ’ inside computer databanks , whereas 34% reported that they ‘ never used ’ such sources . ) |
| 12 | Perhaps disappointingly , especially in the light of the quality auditing of centres , which is a part of SCOTVEC 's new Quality Framework , only 28% of staff had participated in staff development related to their centre 's internal quality assurance system , although 89% reported that their centre did have such an internal system . |
| 13 | Despite this 30% replied that it would be difficult to get away — especially for those in urban employment . |
| 14 | In a questionnaire follow up of mainly polysymptomatic patients ( median duration nine years , 70% response ) the number of severe and frequent symptoms had reduced from five to one per patient more than six months after inpatient investigation and 38% said that they were well or almost well . |
| 15 | One or two people announced that they did n't either ; others declared loudly that they did . |
| 16 | Some people argued that it should be possible to run down the existing hospitals almost entirely , replacing them by short-stay psychiatric units at general hospitals and long-term care within the community . |
| 17 | On the other hand , the Cumberbatch survey showed that while 24% of over 1,000 respondents thought televising a bad idea in early November 1989 , those thinking this had fallen to 15% by March 1990 , and a rising number of people agreed that it was a good idea because ‘ the public have a right to know what goes on ’ — 87% in the first survey and 95% in the later one . |
| 18 | Richard Buswell spent hundreds of pounds advertising for staff , but so few people applied that he had to look abroad . |
| 19 | Gradually the people realized that we was here to look after the flats . |
| 20 | Instead , the value of Italy 's currency shot to the top of the parameters and there was a mass inflow of money as people realised that it was a more stable currency and there was less of a case for high interest rates , which were brought down still further . |
| 21 | Elsa Lawson , from Newton Aycliffe , who helped organise the event , said it was a mark of how well Mrs Harding knew the people involved that it was impossible to keep the presentation a secret . |
| 22 | Some people mentioned that they acted as models to their patients . |
| 23 | However , by choosing their specialties and places of work carefully , most people reported that they could fulfil all of their work obligations . |
| 24 | Many of the staff found that their closest friends still date from that era . |
| 25 | And so the Air Staff found that they had a vociferous and powerful industrial lobby in both Westminster and Whitehall to back their case for GOR 339 . |
| 26 | People found that their savings became completely worthless and that salaries , once received , declined in value so rapidly that workers became desperate to convert currency into goods as soon as they could . |
| 27 | Okapi was certainly easy to use and most people found that it needed minimal learning and relearning . |
| 28 | The patina the bronzes had acquired during burial was much admired , and people assumed that they had originally been patinated . |
| 29 | The people believed that there was no rain because the Great Spirits were angry with them . |
| 30 | No doubt people reckoned that they only needed one pair of sheets , but they were wrong . |