Example sentences of "[vb past] that [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The revision proposed that works councils should be set up in order to vest in the workers a measure of control as against the bureaucratic command of the central planning authority . |
| 2 | The NUT , reporting to the Younger Committee on Privacy in 1972 , proposed that reports about a child 's misbehaviour should be kept from parents and that information on the pupil or his home background ‘ which might be gleaned from hearsay or possibly based on malicious gossip ’ should not be kept on a permanent record . |
| 3 | He also maintained that increases in public expenditure would lead to increased taxation and higher unemployment . |
| 4 | A second US study of 100 large R&D spending US firms in thirteen major industries found that rivals generally learned about decisions to develop major new products and processes within 12 to 18 months . |
| 5 | An investigation found that accesses should remain clear , headlights on the fork-lift truck should be mounted on the roof and the cabin should be fitted with demisting equipment . |
| 6 | In the opposite case where the market value was greater by 15 per cent or more than the theoretical value of the P/E ratio they found that shares underperformed the market . |
| 7 | Based on a study undertaken by the Commission in August 1988 , the report found that Aborigines — who constituted 1.1 per cent of Australia 's total population — accounted for 29 per cent of those taken into police custody nationwide . |
| 8 | To add to this confusion the steep-angled grass above is riddled with puffin burrows ; later in our stay we found that attempts to move tripods closer to the edge put us in real danger of disappearing downwards , compete with the odd half-acre of apparently stable cliff top . |
| 9 | In work which addresses the impact of the Women 's Liberation Movement on female crime rates , Box and Hale ( 1984 ) found that increases in the rate of female unemployment were significantly related to increases in the rate of conviction for violent crime ( assault and wounding ) , theft , handling stolen goods and fraud . |
| 10 | In the 1950s many teachers found that exercises in grammatical analysis did not help children to raise their standards in the use of English . |
| 11 | Barron found that pseudohomophones , unlike other nonwords , impaired the performance of good readers more than that of poor readers . |
| 12 | Just three agencies reported that records management staff have a major role in setting policies … |
| 13 | Journalists reported that forces loyal to General Noriega were holding the northern border regions of Panama . |
| 14 | The US military 's Radio Rajo reported that forces loyal to Mr Jess appeared to be moving nearer to Kismayu , dominated by supporters of Mohamed Said Hersi , known as Gen Morgan . |
| 15 | In Venezia Giulia he reported that attempts to set up Allied Military Government ( AMG ) were being " flouted by Yugoslavs " and went on It is my considered opinion that unless we can support AMG in these areas by force if necessary we must withdraw rather than be flouted . " |
| 16 | A sizable majority of respondents in each of the remaining categories , including local law societies , agreed that grants to individual clients should continue to be unlimited . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister summoned the European Commission President to Downing Street where the two agreed that talks to try to avert a trade war with the United States must begin as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Delegates agreed that points to be discussed at the December meeting would include ( i ) the creation of a climate for free political participation ; ( ii ) constitutional principles ; ( iii ) the nature of the constitution-making body and arrangements for a transitional government ; and ( iv ) the future of the bantustans . |
| 19 | They recommended that grants for land improvement and drainage should be withdrawn from Section 43 areas and that all capital grant schemes in the LFA should be modified to encourage a wide range of conservation measures . |
| 20 | The High Court granted a reprieve to the coal industry — and 30,000 miners — when Lord Justice Glidewell and Mr Justice Hidden ruled that plans to close 31 pits were illegal . |
| 21 | The following month , however , the President announced that plans for a multiparty system were to be implemented and that elections would be held in February 1991 . |
| 22 | Inner Cities Minister Sir George Young announced that plans to develop the former Herculaneum Dock in south Liverpool will get government backing . |
| 23 | On July 23 , following Baker 's departure , the Israeli government announced that contracts already signed for 6,681 homes would be cancelled , as they concerned " political " rather than " security " settlements . |
| 24 | Slovene LC leaders announced that links between their party and the LCY were suspended . |
| 25 | The Software Foundation admitted that calls from big industry players such as Novell Inc , which have shied away from committing to Distributed Computing Environment until now , persuaded the organisation to reconsider its pricing policy . |
| 26 | OSF admitted that calls from big industry players such as Novell Inc , who 've shied away from committing to DCE until now , persuaded the organisation to reconsider its pricing policy ( UX No 424 ) . |
| 27 | my Lord , my Lord erm my Lord that really brings me to what are , er my conclusions , my Lord erm , can I just practice my conclusions with two erm comments , first of all about the , the my learned friend seems to paint erm in relation to this of course Mr made a point quite strongly that he agrees this is a relevant consideration and that er have exaggerated the situation and if they are willing to make a point a like this it would require evidence , they did point to their accounts , Lord erm I do n't see to put in evidence , but the , the statutory statement of business served er filed by on the first of September this year with the D T I , revealed that has a total of sixteen and a half billion in it 's members premium trust funds which is up four billion from the end of the previous year , erm , set against that the claims now made against the names is , is relatively speaking er small , erm my Lord |
| 28 | Comparisons of the derived amino acid sequences of these gene fragments with the RNA polymerase subunits of vaccinia virus and eukaryotic organisms ( not shown ) revealed that fragments RT and RN' encode respectively the central and 5' regions of the gene for the largest subunit , which should be continued in fragment RO . |
| 29 | Against this background , it is hardly surprising to find assertions made that judges consistently support ‘ the conventional established and settled interests ’ and that this role of preserving stability is in conflict with the role of the judiciary as protectors of the liberties of the individual ( Griffith , 1987 ) . |
| 30 | It is difficult to assess the total effect on employment of any assistance , but the 1988 Action for Cities statement ( HMSO , 1988a ) argued that UDGs provided nearly 30,000 jobs . |