Example sentences of "[num] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 280 that it may be an oppressive course to prosecute the driver of an unlicensed vehicle in a master-servant relationship , where the driver is the employee and not responsible for licensing the vehicle . |
| 2 | I can only assume that it was from his previous experience as chairman of the Greater London council in 1985-86 that he learnt all about ’ getting your friends appointed to the key jobs ’ , and that that is why he assumes that the same is happening in the civil service now . |
| 3 | The four main opposition parties announced on June 30 that they had formed the National Democratic Front to co-ordinate their election campaign . |
| 4 | However , the FNT announced on July 30 that it would not participate in this national dialogue because the government was reneging on the July 12 agreement by continuing to dismiss workers , especially in the textile sector . |
| 5 | The " consultations " failed , prompting all the main political groups in Kuwait to form a joint delegation which informed Shaikh Saad on March 30 that it was not prepared to join a new government before a timetable for political reform had been established . |
| 6 | The United States government announced on July 30 that it was to scale down or close 79 of its defence bases in Europe , following its January 1991 decision to halve its military presence in Europe . |
| 7 | The Bundesbank announced on Aug. 30 that it was to honour some DM250,000,000 of outstanding interest payments which were still due on a debt agreement reached in 1953 with its Western creditors . |
| 8 | The government had let it be known on Sept. 30 that it would not now call a general election in 1991 . |
| 9 | The German government , citing cost and changed security needs following the end of the Cold War , confirmed on June 30 that it was to withdraw from the multinational European Fighter Aircraft ( EFA ) project . |
| 10 | The Hezbollah organization announced on June 30 that it would take part in the elections , although it had not participated in any government formed since the Taif accord . |
| 11 | The UN had announced on Sept. 30 that it was suspending its humanitarian operations in southern Sudan . |
| 12 | The rebel Movement for Democracy and Development ( MDD ) announced on Oct. 30 that it was repudiating reconciliation agreements which it had signed with the government in Libreville , Gabon , on June 24 [ see pp. 38952 ; 39132 ] . |
| 13 | The new Premier , Clyde Wells , suggested on Oct. 30 that his province might rescind its ratification of the Accord unless the clause concerning Quebec 's status was dropped or amended . |
| 14 | Bush said on Nov. 30 that he was prepared to go " the extra mile for peace " , proposing that Iraq 's Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz should visit Washington for talks with him in mid-December and that this be followed by Baker visiting Baghdad . |
| 15 | President Lee Teng-hui announced on April 30 that he had signed a document declaring the end of the " Period of Mobilization for the Suppression of the Communist Rebellion " at midnight on April 30-May 1 . |
| 16 | Charles Haughey announced on Jan. 30 that he would resign as Prime Minister and leader of Fianna Fáil on Feb. 6 . |
| 17 | Despite an earlier commitment to abide by the result , Savimbi indicated on Sept. 30 that he would not accept defeat as the outcome of the elections . |
| 18 | In the light of the OAS decision , Fujimori stated on Aug. 30 that there was no remaining excuse for political parties not to participate in the elections . |
| 19 | It was not until 1876 that she started the meetings for mothers which were to develop into the Mothers ' Union . |
| 20 | The chances are almost two-to-one that he was brought up in a fatherless household . |
| 21 | It was not until 1933 that he started driving . |
| 22 | The French Foreign Minister , Roland Dumas , said on Aug. 22 that there was " as yet " no evidence of official Iranian involvement ; there had been fears that the incident , coming on top of the recent difficulties in resolving a financial dispute between France and Iran [ see p. 38363 ] , could jeopardize a planned visit to Iran by French President Mitterrand . |
| 23 | The Deputy Prosecutor-General of Russia , Yevgeny Lisov , who had carried out the investigation , said on Jan. 22 that there was no evidence implicating former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in the coup , but that his actions might have led the conspirators to think that they could count on his support . |
| 24 | The case , coinciding with the treatment of the subject of serial killings in a number of recent films , came to light when a man told Milwaukee police on July 22 that he had been threatened by Dahmer but then escaped from his apartment , where police later found numerous dismembered bodies . |
| 25 | Arafat said in a Guardian report of Oct. 22 that he had " appointed " Faisal al-Husseini " to head the Palestinian team " and that Haidar Abdel Shafi , a veteran PLO member from Gaza who was to be the main Palestinian speaker at the opening conference , was " only head of the negotiating delegation " . |
| 26 | Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut , former Army C.-in-C. and leader of the New Aspiration Party ( NAP ) , had reportedly been planning to stand in Bangkok Constituency 2 , but announced on Jan. 22 that he would be standing in Nonthaburi province . |
| 27 | A similar position was adopted by Bill Vander Zalm , the Premier of British Columbia , who had suggested on June 22 that his province was reconsidering its initial support for the Accord . |
| 28 | Kraisak Choonhaven , son of former Prime Minister Gen. Chatichai Choonhaven whose government had been toppled by the military in February 1991 [ see pp. 38003-04 ] , announced on Jan. 22 that his father , a former Chart Thai leader , would not contest the forthcoming election . |
| 29 | The government of Papua New Guinea announced on Feb. 22 that it was about to hold peace talks with the Bougainville Revolutionary Army ( BRA ) aimed at ending the secessionist rebellion which began in 1988 and had claimed at least 100 lives . |
| 30 | The Israeli government confirmed on April 22 that it had provided the equivalent of some US$1,800,000 to support the move into the hospice . |