Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | It transpired that there was a secluded roof on her house where she was wont to sunbathe totally naked . |
| 2 | But anyway it transpired that there were two groups sort of working towards the same end and nobody could work out what sort of erm role each played and it was terrible . |
| 3 | This idea was born out of the theories of the brilliant British physicist Paul Dirac , who as long ago as 1930 proposed that there must be an analogue of matter called anti-matter . |
| 4 | Katz and Fodor [ 1963 ] proposed that there was a universal set of markers that could represent the meaning of words from every possible language . |
| 5 | Baker also proposed that there should be a regional development bank , rather like the new BERD which is to stimulate capitalist reconstruction in Eastern Europe , to contribute towards the fourth objective . |
| 6 | It also proposed that there should be a national organisation to co-ordinate the activities of universities in validating public sector colleges ' degree courses . |
| 7 | Wanless ( 1979 ) proposed that there were three basic styles of solution compaction , dependent on the maturity of the sediments and the responsiveness of the various units ( Fig. 5.23 ) . |
| 8 | At the Feb. 27 Országgyüles session , one representative called for seats in parliament for minorities , and another proposed that there should also be church representation . |
| 9 | For our present purpose , we note that Bolinger proposed that there is " a set meaning for pre-adjunct adjectives , which I have called " characterisation " " . |
| 10 | Disgusted , Douglas shouted that there were plenty of trees on the village green to hang all these , and ordered the sad crew to be herded back to their burning homes . |
| 11 | Last week , he promised that there would be no more boom and bust . |
| 12 | She promised that there would be " no more political prisoners , no more exiles , no more land confiscations " and also to respect the will of the 40 per cent who had not voted for her . |
| 13 | On May 28 in a speech to the UNIP national council , Kaunda again criticized the multiparty system as likely to lead to " tribal conflicts " , but promised that there would be a free vote in the nationwide referendum which he proposed should be held on the issue [ see p. 37523 ] . |
| 14 | Domingo Cavallo , the Economy Minister , said that a 6.5 per cent increase in GDP was forecast for 1992 , and inflation was expected to be " slightly more than one digit " ; he also promised that there would be no domestic or foreign loan applications involving an increase in the public debt . |
| 15 | Secondly , the suitably defiant-sounding Women Call the Shots series screened by Channel 4 in 1990 demonstrated that there is a whole world out there of women 's cinematic practices which has hardly yet had a look-in from the predominantly White and Western body of academic feminist criticism and theory . |
| 16 | He demonstrated that there is an abundance of ‘ remote ’ sites , in contrast to the official view that such sites were increasingly hard to find . |
| 17 | The researchers demonstrated that there is a physiological plasma/milk barrier against fluoride which protects the infant from more than extremely low concentrations of the halogen . |
| 18 | Most importantly , it demonstrated that there were alternative ways of dealing with the car without compromising on safety , access or environmental quality . |
| 19 | The Reaganites argued that the ‘ stagflation ’ of the 1970s demonstrated that there was no evidence of a trade-off between unemployment and inflation , and heaped scorn on policies aimed at managing demand or artificially controlling wages and prices . |
| 20 | The studies by Bower and Ackerman demonstrated that there is a human-interaction process in the decision to make key investments . |
| 21 | Shannon ( 1951 ) demonstrated that there is over 50% redundancy in the English language by investigating the ability of readers to predict what letters were missing from words . |
| 22 | It helped that there were some fantastic games , and exceptional teams , each of which reached the apogee of their national styles . |
| 23 | In any case few statesmen grasped that there was a profound contradiction between the economic and the social policies being pursued by the government . |
| 24 | It follows publication of a report by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in 1988 which maintained that there were 6 million people in Britain providing informal care for a sick , elderly or disabled relative or dependant , i.e. one adult in seven . |
| 25 | They maintained that there should be nothing in Church doctrine , ceremonies or organisation which could not be justified by texts in the Scriptures . |
| 26 | He maintained that there was no doubt that if Taiwan fell , then it would be made available by the Chinese communists for Soviet use as a base whenever desired . |
| 27 | L 220 , p. 1 ) providing that all fish catches subject to quota made by vessels ‘ flying the flag ’ or ‘ registered ’ in a member state should be charged against the quota applicable to that state , the applicants in the main proceedings maintained that there was no basis for suggesting that that provision permitted member states to derogate as regards the grant of the flag from their basic E.E.C . |
| 28 | Indeed , the White Paper maintained that there would , in fact , be enhanced local accountability as the more accessible boroughs and districts would be responsible for a fuller range of services . |
| 29 | The Formalists maintained that there are a variety of devices in poetry which have the effect of ‘ roughening ’ or ‘ impeding ’ pronunciation . |
| 30 | While Synaspismos supported ND in its view that there was serious overpricing and other irregularities in the contracts , it maintained that there was insufficient evidence to allow prosecution . |