Example sentences of "[that] [adj] [noun] had [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This meant that reserve assets had to be at least 12½ per cent of eligible liabilities .
2 That one that that bloke had in Wrexham , he 'd got a go , good one there !
3 They also show that political activity had by no means ousted the republicans ' commitment to armed force ; indeed it was seen as a necessary preliminary to the resumption of the military campaign .
4 Mr Delors admitted that economic reality had to be taken into account , but he said the timetable of January 1 , 1999 , at the latest was on course .
5 The siting of the machine-guns inside the pillboxes provided interlocking zones of fire , which meant that each position had to be attacked and taken out individually .
6 It is however impossible to believe that among these — bearing in mind that each applicant had to be sponsored by some reputable person — there were , as some claimed , barbers , man-milliners , tailors , shoemakers , mercers , mutton pie men , rat catchers , razor-strop makers , razor grinders , a druggist 's porter , insolvent debtors , and in general , the out-at-elbow fraternity .
7 Senior ministers last night emphasised that the British position had remained unchanged since the Madrid summit , where they had stressed that adequate preparation had to be made long before stages II and III of the Delors plan could be settled .
8 Senior ministers last night emphasised that the British position had remained unchanged since the Madrid summit , where they had stressed that adequate preparation had to be made long before stages II and III of the Delors plan could be settled .
9 In particular , the rapid ossification of the Soviet hardline position in the East and the Cold War division which resulted from this meant that clear decisions had to be taken .
10 Thus the court has modified a use covenant in a lease for the purposes of a rent review ( The Law Land Company Ltd v Consumers ' Association Ltd ( 1980 ) 255 EG 617 , in which Brightman LJ recognised that some modification had to be made to the strict wording of the rent review clause if it was to work .
11 On behalf of the defendant it was argued that some limitation had to be placed on the word " practice " and the natural and proper limitation was to imply the words " as medical practitioners " .
12 He was not slow in pointing out that some facts had to be taught , and learnt , for which there was not , nor sometimes was there ever likely to be , a satisfactory explanation .
13 By citizens and burgesses he meant the freemen of corporate towns , taking it for granted that his readers would understand that this privilege had in practice come to be restricted to the richer inhabitants — merchants , not working craftsmen .
14 So lets just as we hurry along this morning notice several things about this interview that this man had with Jesus .
15 So let's just , as we hurry along this morning notice several things about this interview that this man had with Jesus .
16 admitting things like losing fifty billion quid on fluttering on foreign exchanges er Mr did or flittering away the north sea oil revenue in tax cuts for higher earners rather than er keeping that er once in a life time er bonus that this country had for the north sea oil and also you could mention the increased pension for but it did n't match billions that have been wasted on defence expenditure especially defence expenditure and especially the trident programme .
17 His passion and concern for minutiae may have served to diminish the impact that this work had on his contemporaries and successors .
18 Independence three years later meant that this arrangement had to be altered .
19 It is indicative of the particular local society in Sheffield that this gesture had to be made .
20 In case such arguments failed , the king also reminded the commons frequently that the war had been undertaken with their consent and that this consent had from time to time been renewed , as Sir William Thorp pointed out in the parliament of 1348 .
21 The AFP report also said that Ethiopian forces had on March 9 participated in the successful attack on the border town of Pochala ( held by the SPLA since 1985 ) .
22 He warned the congress that old dogmas had to be abandoned and new principles adopted for the changing times .
23 When he came out , Kahn was advancing the thesis that thermo-nuclear war had to be made into a practical proposition , because a totally disarmed world which renounced war was unbelievable .
24 In Hong Kong yesterday the Group of Seven leading industrial nations said they wanted to give new help to Moscow 's reforms , but both they and Russia 's deputy premier stressed that future aid had to be tailored to win Russian hearts and minds .
25 And , given the rather jaundiced view that civil servants had by then formed of the movie business , it is not surprising that they preferred to commend Rank for observing ‘ the normal standards of commercial efficiency and honesty , which have not so far been conspicuous within the film industry ’ than listen to the arguments presented by Palache that budget control on Rank 's film productions was inadequate .
26 He declined to comment on a looming trade war between the US and the European Community , stressing that such problems had to be dealt with by Bush , who Clinton insists is the US 's only president for the next two and a half months .
27 To recognise that reality meant that such plans had to be rigorously controlled to take account of actual conditions .
28 This illustrates the need for effective skills training , but it was agreed that such training had to be voluntary and should provide some incentive to encourage unemployed people to take it up .
29 Garway was a staunch Royalist , who nevertheless , like his early associate John Vaughan , seemed to believe that constant vigilance had to be exercised to prevent the loss of England 's liberties or the wasting of its wealth .
30 Erm by nineteen forty eight erm the Communist Party had argued that three conditions had to be there for land reform to take place and that was that how that the area had to be militarily stable , the majority of peasants erm rich peasants had to be mobilized er had to want to be demanding land reform and the Party cadres there had to be adequate in numbers and quality .
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