Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvia Plath once said that a story should begin with your main character up a ( metaphorical ) apple tree being pelted by someone — and then you deal with the problems arising . |
| 2 | Government textbooks continue to depict women in the caring roles ' in society and a study carried out in Central American schools clearly showed that a " lack of aspiration " among young women is related to the limited employment possibilities open to them . |
| 3 | The applicant then submitted that a statutory redundancy payment was ‘ pay ’ within article 119 and that on the employer 's default to make that payment the Secretary of State guaranteed the sum under section 106 . |
| 4 | Though solidly on record as a pro-choice champion , the President recently said that a decision has n't been made about abortion services . |
| 5 | The educationalist Sir Robert Gould once said that a child being educated in Great Britain could not possibly understand his own environment without understanding something about Christianity ; and he was right . |
| 6 | Sister Hope always said that a sympathetic nurse-patient relationship was essential in any severe illness . |
| 7 | OUR parents always said that a hearty breakfast was good for us . |
| 8 | Menem also announced that a newly created Justice Ministry under Leon Carlos Arslanian would introduce fresh legislation in order to " fight corruption effectively " . |
| 9 | Mr Justice Turner also said that a regulatory body — existing alongside the law — could be considered in dealing with some wrongdoers in the commercial field . |
| 10 | González also promised that a " strict schedule " for the privatization of state companies would be announced within 60 days . |
| 11 | The extra security alone showed that an important event was brewing . |
| 12 | In 1987 perhaps the Prime Minister 's pre-election visit to Moscow and her eve-of-election trip to the Venice summit of Western leaders were favourable to her re-election , but ‘ Harold Wilson always asserted that a bad set of trade figures a few days before polling cost him an election , while the effect of being centre-stage during the Iran hostages affair may have been devastating to Jimmy Carter 's fortunes ’ . |
| 13 | The NCSI also reported that an anti-government demonstration in the city of Diwaniya in Samawah province on Feb. 18 had led to the execution of the governor of the province , reportedly for his failure to control the demonstrators . |
| 14 | Wilson also announced that a new Hong Kong Technology Centre was being planned as part of the overall strategy to boost the economy , that an International Business Committee would be set up as a means of tapping the talents of overseas businesspeople for the benefit of the whole community , and that £1,600,000 would be spent to bring pollution under control . |
| 15 | Discussions on workers ' control and the general strike to stop war also showed that an important section of the trade unions had reacted against gradualism , at least in words , and was returning to the syndicalist notions fashionable some ten years before . |
| 16 | Mr Knight also acknowledged that a suitable high-speed pick-up machine was not yet available from a commercial manufacturer although they had shown their own adaptation with a high speed paddle rotor swept up all materials including small particles . |
| 17 | The Chronicle says that the agreement with Edmund included the fixing of a tribute and that London bought peace from the enemy too , and we have seen that the later meeting there reaffirmed that a tribute would be paid . |
| 18 | The court also heard that a woman and her three-year-old daughter passed the policeman' car only seconds before it exploded . |
| 19 | The court also heard that a decision by a senior manager to pump water into the leaking pipeline from Tranmere terminal , to the refinery at Stanmere Port , actually made the situation worse . |
| 20 | The court also commented that a manual worker might owe a duty which did not extend outside his hours of employment and this seems sensible . |
| 21 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 22 | The paper also proposed that an accounting standard restrict the uses of the share premium account . |
| 23 | Reagan also ruled that a third film , on nuclear war , should bear the same ‘ propaganda ’ label and that anyone who hires the films should be reported to the government . |
| 24 | The tribunal also ruled that a 1982 McBride article in the Australian Journal of Biological Sciences was false and misleading in the details it gave about rabbits used in an experiment with another drug . |
| 25 | Some students felt they had been rather hard pressed in relation to their knowledge of chemistry , but Coleman rightly said that a properly educated gentleman could be expected to understand the general principles and applications of chemical science . |
| 26 | The government also realised that an increased emphasis on health promotion in the GP 's surgery might pay dividends , given the preventable nature of much modern morbidity . |
| 27 | Lothian and Borders Police later said that an inquiry had been held into the actions of officers that night and a report sent to the procurator-fiscal . |
| 28 | The report also suggested that a back-stage role in the process was being played by senior retired Egyptian and US officials ( the latter led by former US President Jimmy Carter 's Secretary of State Cyrus Vance , who visited Syria and Israel in January ) . |
| 29 | The official also indicated that a sale would mean the commission ruling out the university as a recipient of any items gifted to the nation in lieu of tax . |
| 30 | Havel also proposed that a new constitution should first be initialled by the republican parliaments , and called on the federal government quickly to draft its proposals on executive authority [ see above ] . |