Example sentences of "[adj] that the " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was reported on Aug. 30 that the Sacred Union had decided to end its boycott . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was announced on April 30 that the French company Elf Aquitaine had negotiated an agreement on the Aktyubinsk oblast ( region ) field . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Libet concluded from this that the subjective experience was occurring before the neural events which bought it about . |
| 21 | ‘ It is an accepted practice in dire situations such as this that the board is replaced or supplemented by a new board charged with the function of restoring the fortunes of the company and the confidence of customers , ’ the letter says . |
| 22 | It is only after this that the supporting role of outside sympathisers can be useful . |
| 23 | But was it for this that the trumpets blew so confidently when the TECs appeared , less than two years ago ? |
| 24 | It was against this that the veteran Baptist minister , Alexander Maclaren , gave a warning when he asked ‘ whether the abundant works of the Churches at present are the outcome of life , or whether they are not , in some cases , galvanic movements that simulate vitality and mask death . |
| 25 | It is evident from this that the contractors were responsible for many of the details and not a little of the basic design . |
| 26 | To the east of the Abbey precinct , the manor of Abbot 's Barton stretched for nearly three miles towards Upton St Leonards , and it was through this that the waterways and mills were constructed . |
| 27 | It was on idiocies like this that the frail sisterhood thrived . |
| 28 | He drew the conclusion from this that the riot ‘ came like a bolt out of the blue ’ ( Guardian , 21 November 1985 ) . |
| 29 | It did not follow from this that the confession should therefore be excluded , however . |
| 30 | Some hold that it follows from this that the priest must be male : |