Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June 1946 , however , a referendum indicated that more than half of the Italian people wanted a republic , so Umberto left Italy . |
| 2 | None of them talked much , but Ruth tentatively suggested as a parting thought that perhaps they should think about doing some more systematic theoretical study . |
| 3 | Some time ago , a writer indicated that in Torryburn , Fife , the game was called babs . |
| 4 | The vision is to see a ministry established that reaches out to working girls . |
| 5 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) . |
| 6 | A majority believed that UNTCOK should supervise elections in the south but Australia , Canada and India were against doing so on the grounds that it would perpetuate and not eliminate the division in Korea . |
| 7 | A majority believed that the ILP should remain within the Labour Party until forced to withdraw . |
| 8 | On Jan. 25 , however , the Security Council deferred a debate on the Gulf crisis , after a majority agreed that Iraq should first comply with all UN resolutions . |
| 9 | Similarly , in Engineers ' and Managers ' Association v. ACAS ( 1980 ) the House of Lords by a majority held that ACAS had not acted unreasonably in postponing its statutory enquiries for the time being because another union was also seeking recognition and the plaintiff Association was also suing the Trades Union Congress . |
| 10 | A vet said that the attacker had a good knowledge not only of animal beh-aviour , but also of animal anatomy . |
| 11 | In the Illustrated London News a correspondent declared that Joffre had ‘ been seen … literally rubbing his hands over the attack ’ . |
| 12 | Additionally , he found that when a horse discovered that the messages it was trying to convey were understood , either by another horse or by a person , its range of communication could be extended considerably . |
| 13 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 14 | The absence of such a term meant that there had been no breach of duty and therefore he dismissed the plaintiff 's claim . |
| 15 | A near-contemporary judged that ‘ without all question he was a very skilfull man in the Mathematicks , and in his latter time in Witchcraft . ’ |
| 16 | Even a sympathizer conceded that Aleksandr Golovnin possessed few qualifications for heading the education ministry . |
| 17 | A pardon implied that he would retain his rank . |
| 18 | He said a study showed that the 30-year-old Aviemore Centre required ‘ more or less total renovation ’ , and that a road spur needed to be built off the A9 bypass . |
| 19 | A study showed that the level of stress related illness among employees in a department which provided support as described was much lower than in a similar department that did not take such precautions . |
| 20 | In Canada a study concluded that polychemotherapy was less expensive than best supportive care although patients survived for longer in the chemotherapy group . |
| 21 | In 1982 , a study found that only 2 per cent of sales in the previous six years had been flats ( General Household Survey 1982 , 1984 , Table 5.44 ) . |
| 22 | In 1803 a weaver claimed that the new loom increased a range of clear earnings from 6 to 7s ( 30 — 35p ) to 9 to 11s ( 45-55p ) . |
| 23 | A second recognised that she may actually have chosen a philandering partner because she 's frightened of lifetime exclusivity herself . |
| 24 | Ven made no move to detain her , not that she had for a second considered that he might . |
| 25 | The Governor suspected that John 's banking affairs would be in a similar mess and a check showed that under his Chairmanship and by his influence , more than half of the assets of the Bank of New South Wales had been loaned to a small group of businessmen . |
| 26 | A check showed that the area where he had been working was contaminated and it was cleaned . |
| 27 | A constable reported that goods on the back seat of a car were stolen . |
| 28 | A spokesperson commented that " more than 700 scientists have sent out a clarion call for action , and the USA was the only wealthy country not to make tangible promises " . |
| 29 | The Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) and the Pan-Africanist Movement ( the mass organization launched by the PAC in South Africa in November 1989 — see p. 37033 ) , held a consultative meeting in Harare , the Zimbabwean capital , on March 2-4 , 1990 , after which a spokesperson declared that the PAC did not believe that the South African government had created conditions conducive to negotiations . |
| 30 | Browne affirmed that it was , and in July Eliot sent a draft of the first three acts ; he had entitled the as yet incomplete play " One-Eyed Reilly " but in a postscript explained that he had decided to change it to The Cocktail Party . |