Example sentences of "that a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It duly approached the Educational Research Centre of the Essex Institute of Higher Education with the suggestion that a proposal for funding be made to the British Library Research and Development Department ( BLR&DD ) . |
| 2 | As recently as fifty years ago Hitler ordered that a statue of Sir Francis Drake at Offenburg be razed to the ground because he was holding a potato plant . |
| 3 | He also warned that a slowdown in money supply growth this summer could threaten the recovery at just the wrong moment . |
| 4 | STC IDEC LIMITED has an open management style and , as a result , most employees were aware that a consolidation of activities was going to take place but that there were no suitable local premises which the company could take over . |
| 5 | It is however true that a depreciation in share values will be of concern to management , because of possible repercussions in the market for corporate control . |
| 6 | The other reason we claim so often to be arguing about a matter of principle is that there is so little substance in many arguments that a reference to principle is necessary in order to sustain the argument . |
| 7 | From this it may be judged that the Chauncys had been friends of the Blencowe family , and that a reference from Susanna Jennens carried weight with them . |
| 8 | In order to preserve modularity , this power could not , of course , extend to repairing the modules themselves , for that is just the sort of tinkering that a principle of modularity would rule out . |
| 9 | ‘ Two years ago the Government ruled that a budget of £22.3m was reasonable for this council , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Nuadu thought that a glitter of amusement showed from within the folds of the hood . |
| 11 | On waste , Yeo stated that a levy on landfill waste would encourage waste producers to move away from landfill and towards other methods of disposal , including recycling . |
| 12 | It was almost impossible to think that a couple of hours ago she 'd have climbed on the rostrum in the Forum and denounced Prince Nicolo Sabatini to all of Rome . |
| 13 | Remembering that a couple of kilometres back we had seen a huge moose lumbering across the road , I peered fearfully through a slit in my tent to see this massive reindeer with bloodshot eyes and antlers that appeared to be three metres across . |
| 14 | ‘ And you need n't think that a couple of glasses of champagne will make any difference . |
| 15 | She knew Gwen Evans only slightly ; she had seen her at the funeral , and previous to that a couple of times , but the memory stuck . |
| 16 | ‘ It was just that a couple of times I 'd been looking out , or I 'd just glance up as I passed , and , well , I 'd seen her there . |
| 17 | We think that a couple of buy-outs will be allowed to succeed as a form of window dressing . |
| 18 | ‘ Then one night Hugo and Jebb ( The Mouse 's twanging Boothby twins ) went there for a quiet beer and the DJ was going , ‘ I 've heard that a couple of Jacob 's Mouse are here and I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here . |
| 19 | The Economy Minister revealed that ‘ further good news ’ was in the pipeline , and hinted that a couple of projects were being negotiated . |
| 20 | If the girls do not appear to have an even average awareness of culture — a friend said that a couple of years ago Zsuzsa had never heard of |
| 21 | In 1979 I had built a small wind-up lectern for table-top use and followed that a couple of years later with a full-size floor-standing lectern that operates hydraulically . |
| 22 | Interested readers will be aware that a couple of years ago , two new recordings of the 1915 version of El Amor brujo were released , one from Virgin with Aquarius ( which I 've not heard ) , the other from Nuova Era with the Carmé Ensemble . |
| 23 | Readers may recall , indeed find it difficult to forget , that a couple of years back Drum Major Jones ( that well known Conservative celebrity ) compiled the Conservative Celebrity Cookbook . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a real emotional roller coaster , and I suspect that a couple of days ahead I will be totally drained . ’ |
| 25 | suggesting that a couple of days , oh a couple of days is , is enough really , if you , if you get two days out of it |
| 26 | ‘ Just that a couple of guys are taking the sound system out through the window . ’ |
| 27 | He explained that a couple of centuries ago the course was leased out as a rabbit farm and , well , ever since , the creatures have been hopping wild across the four courses . |
| 28 | Erm yea , i I 'll come back on that a couple of points , erm regarding Mr Donson erm and the Southern Ryedale and York greenbelt local plan inquiry . |
| 29 | you said that a couple of weeks ago |
| 30 | Assistant manager Gerry Collins suggested that a couple of sessions with leading psychologist Cathy Smith last week had had an effect . |