Example sentences of "[adj] that [art] " in BNC.

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1 His personal fondness for the sayings of the Reverend Swaggart marked him as a man somewhat out of step with much of the rest of the world ; a view reinforced by his apparent keenness on the suggestion of a freebooting American marine that the kingdom become a dumping-ground for spent atomic waste and noxious chemicals .
2 It was announced in Bucharest on Sept. 30 that a US$300,000,000 World Bank loan to Romania had been postponed because of the miners ' riots .
3 Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy , had said on Aug. 30 that the Commission would consider opening up membership of the unified financial services market to members of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) ; he stressed , however , the need for reciprocal liberalization in those countries ( Switzerland and most of Scandinavia imposing tight limits on the extent of foreign shareholdings in their domestic companies ) .
4 Soviet officials assembled for the Malta summit meeting between President Bush of the USA and President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union on Dec. 2-3 ( see pp. 37110-12 ) confirmed on Nov. 30 that the Warsaw Pact was to be remodelled along the lines of NATO , and would become an instrument for political dialogue with the Western nations .
5 Before his departure to the USA Cristiani announced on Jan. 30 that the curfew imposed on Nov. 12 [ see p. 37037 ] would be lifted on Feb. 1 .
6 It was announced on March 30 that the USSR Supreme Soviet had set up a USSR Union Republican State Committee for the Nationalities Question " to improve state administration in the sphere of national development and inter-ethnic relations " .
7 It was announced on Nov. 30 that the British Army presence in Northern Ireland would be increased by 500-600 troops , in view of " firm intelligence " indicating a likely increase in bombings and shootings by both republican and loyalist paramilitaries before Christmas .
8 Meanwhile , it was reported on May 30 that the majlis had re-elected as its Speaker Ayatollah Mehdi Karrubi , a vocal opponent of closer relations with the United States .
9 Brooke met Gerry Collins , the Irish Foreign Minister , on May 31 amid a public controversy over the disclosure on May 30 that the Unionist parties had rejected Lord Carrington , a former UK Foreign Secretary , as a possible chair of the second phase of talks , describing him as having a " deplorable " record on Northern Ireland .
10 UN officials confirmed on July 30 that the UN had cut its 1991 rehabilitation budget for Afghanistan from US$136,000,000 to $105,000,000 .
11 Finnish Foreign Minister Pertti Salolainen , leading the EFTA side since Finland had taken on the rotating EFTA chairmanship on July 1 , confirmed on July 30 that the talks would restart in September .
12 It was reported on Aug. 30 that the Sacred Union had decided to end its boycott .
13 An IAEA spokesman , David Kyd , said in Vienna on Sept. 30 that the inspection team , which resumed its inspection of weapons sites on Sept. 29 , had found " tangible evidence " of " Iraqi interest in a detonation system for a nuclear device " as well as documents identifying foreign companies which had supplied Iraq 's nuclear programme .
14 It was announced on Sept. 30 that the Exxon Corporation had reached final agreement with the Alaskan and US federal governments on a criminal fine of US$150,000,000 ( $25,000,000 of which was suspended ) and damage payments resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 .
15 Yeltsin announced at the meeting in Minsk on Dec. 30 that the first channel of Central Television would be given over to the Commonwealth , the second would be Russian , the third would be Moscow Television and the fourth would be an educational channel .
16 The UK Environment Secretary , Michael Howard , announced on April 30 that the target for stabilizing carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels had been brought forward from 2005 to 2000 , thereby bringing it into line with the EC position .
17 It was announced on April 30 that the French company Elf Aquitaine had negotiated an agreement on the Aktyubinsk oblast ( region ) field .
18 A further sign of an easing of the deadlock was the announcement on July 30 that the government had " no objection " to the international monitoring of a general strike scheduled to take place on Aug. 3-4 [ see below ] , thus partially conceding another ANC demand .
19 In addition there had been a report on June 30 that the Supreme Council had changed the law on the status of deputies , including a provision for annulling a deputy 's mandate if his or her activity tended to hinder the development of an independent democratic state .
20 British Steel originally announced on January 30 that the shipments would go by road after March 31 because increased costs meant that the rail service was no longer viable .
21 After an optimistic report on May 30 that an official announcement would be made soon by Brooke stating that formal talks would be forthcoming between the principal constitutional parties about the political future of the province , Brook was on July 5 able to give to the House of Commons only an abridged version of the statement he had hope to make .
22 The change became necessary when the Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Sept. 30 that an agreement reached in August 1990 [ see p. 37661 ] was unconstitutional .
23 The Romanian Information Services ( RIS ) reported on July 30 that an " important number " of former Securitate officers had been removed from its ranks .
24 What is the ‘ essence ’ or ‘ nature ’ of a horse , and why does it follow from this that a horse has a certain type of head or feet , or lives to the age it does ?
25 It would seem to follow from this that a man who believes that the woman is consenting , even though she is not , ought to be acquitted .
26 It was on ‘ evidence ’ such as this that a Gloucestershire jury on 22 May 1300 reduced the Forest of Dean to the king 's demesne lands and woods .
27 It will be clear from this that a proper approach will locate not only the appropriate level at which to resolve issues , but also the appropriate problem-solver .
28 It was ironic in view of this that a hotly-disputed goal was to cost Arsenal the Cup in the 1932 final .
29 It was , then , in a context such as this that a Times correspondent could sum up in 1937 an entirely familiar series of complaints about mounting crime and dwindling authority : .
30 It logically follows from this that a fit person should need less sleep than an unfit one , or a man than a woman , or a grown-up than a child .
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