Example sentences of "that [art] [noun sg] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c ) Use It is vital to ensure that the use that the buyer intends is authorised for planning purposes . |
| 2 | ‘ It must be the full moon , ’ Lee grumbled , melting butter in a saucepan , and then remembered that the moon had been but a sliver the previous night . |
| 3 | Given this stark choice , the jury decided that the policeman had been deceitful rather than that the woman had been ‘ wicked and false ’ in her evidence . |
| 4 | Initial investigations suggested that the crash had been caused by a combination of bad weather and either pilot error or a failure in the communications system . |
| 5 | A survey of the wreckage was said to have proved that the helicopter had been carrying combat weapons and armed personnel as well as civilians ; the Georgian side attributed the crash itself to overloading , with 64 passengers on a 24-seat helicopter . |
| 6 | When asked how it was done , Ruysch simply said that the corpse had been put in cold water for a day or so , the aorta and venae cavae were then opened , the blood cleared out and the whole put in hot water for four to six hours ; for the injection he had used suet or tallow in the winter , and added wax , turpentine and resin in summer . |
| 7 | I later learnt that the corpse had been badly mauled in battle , the face disfigured by a crashing axe blow . |
| 8 | The Ministry of Agriculture statement said that the warning had been intended as preventative advice . |
| 9 | Now that the subject had been opened , each wanted to have his say . |
| 10 | Cotinine in the urine is a reliable indicator that the subject has been exposed to passive smoking . |
| 11 | The journalist spends time on the story and then discovers that the subject has been around for years . |
| 12 | Now the company they tried to buy from has complained that the price agreed is too low . |
| 13 | The same rules apply to the losers , except that the date used is when their shares were at their peak . |
| 14 | BNFL is contesting the case , claiming the levels of radioactivity were harmless and that the decision to sell was purely financial . |
| 15 | A Moma spokeswoman indicated that the decision had been reached by the Pushkin and Hermitage museums , the two principal lenders to the New York show , together with the Pompidou and MoMA itself . |
| 16 | In the second appeal the committee said that the decision had been made in the light of the admission criteria and that they felt ‘ unable ’ to override section 6(3) ( a ) . |
| 17 | Lord Arbuthnott , who presented a plaque and scroll to the Nevis Range directors , said that the decision had been unanimous . |
| 18 | Bhanu Pratap ( Singh , the state Governor , declared that the decision had been taken largely because of the serious law and order situation , but in his statement he openly defied convention by issuing a political message which questioned Gandhi 's right to be involved in the state 's politics . |
| 19 | Although it was officially denied , commentators suggested that the decision had been taken in order to settle the lingering controversy surrounding the referendum of 1946 , widely believed to have been rigged by the communists , whereby the monarchy had been abolished . |
| 20 | The government stated that the decision had been made in order to prevent the spiral of drug-related violence which had eventually persuaded the Colombian government to end extradition [ see pp. 37772 ; 37851 ; 38332 ] . |
| 21 | Claiming that the decision had been prompted by popular demand , Kuwait 's ambassador to the USA , Shaikh Saud Nasir al Sabah , said in an interview with the Washington Post that only 50,000 to 60,000 out of an estimated 380,000 Palestinians living in Kuwait were working . |
| 22 | In response to the Sept. 11 announcement by the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that 11,000 Soviet troops were to be withdrawn from Cuba , an editorial in the official Communist party newspaper Granma declared that the decision had been " unilateral " , had broken historical and legitimate bilateral accords and was the equivalent of giving a " green light " to the United States to carry out " aggressive plans against Cuba " . |
| 23 | The US State Department said that the decision had been taken in response to " positive steps " by Vietnam on the MIA issue as well as Vietnam 's continued support for the Cambodian peace plan . |
| 24 | When he believes that Tom is not guilty of the rape of which he has been accused , we know that Tom is innocent so when he is found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell , it is quite clear that the decision had been heavily prejudiced . |
| 25 | The court held that there was no evidence to suggest that the decision to exclude was unreasonable on Wednesbury grounds . |
| 26 | It is important that no decision is taken without thorough investigation of all the possibilities , and that everyone is satisfied that the decision taken is the best all-round solution . |
| 27 | Reasons can assist the courts in performing their supervisory function , can help to ensure that the decision has been thought through , and can aid in the control of administrative discretion . |
| 28 | Why his Lordship should have concluded that the facts did not give rise to the issue is unclear , but subsequent events have shown that the decision has been of much greater importance for the scope of the right of public meeting than his Lordship imagined it would be . |
| 29 | Some argued , in effect , that the decision to distribute was not subject to judicial review because the distribution of information is not a public function but one which any individual is entitled to do ; and distributing false information is not , as such , a wrong recognized in private law . |
| 30 | However , it would be useful to include in credit transactions a formal reminder to lender and customer that the decision to lend is not a matter of chance or prejudice , and ( as it generally does ) reflects the objective facts of the applicant 's ability and willingness to pay . |