Example sentences of "that [noun] [vb mod] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I think Arsenal/QPR & Newcastle can leap us … lets hope Lee can grab a brace & that Swindon can stop the rot vs QPR & ALSO ( ! ! ! ) the Blades can stuff Kevin ‘ cocky twat ’ Keegan .
2 The first that Swindon should make the play offs … the second that Oxford avoid relegation … and the third that Hereford make sure of league football next season .
3 Hardy had said it would — not that Denis would believe a word from Hardy , even if he was the unit Officer-in-Command .
4 There was a momentary scare that Tranmere might snatch the lead just before the break when Aldridge , scorer of 38 goals this season , had a shot-on-the-turn blocked by a defender .
5 Lewis opposed the idea that Parliament should let the scheme be taken out of its hands and said that the Government would apply for a vote during the session to acquire land for the Foreign Office at first , followed by land for other offices .
6 That is absolutely contrary to the constitutional position that Parliament can alter an Act previously passed , and it can do so by repealing in terms the previous Act — Mr Hill agrees that it may do so — and it can do it also in another way — namely , by enacting a provision which is clearly inconsistent with the previous Act .
7 It has consistently been assumed that Parliament can abolish the House of Lords , though in order to do so , a Bill to this effect would have to be passed .
8 EQ'ing helps , but I found that over-correction would affect the lead channel , which shares the same tone circuitry , so I had to accept a compromise for my crunch sound .
9 It follows that states may make the exercise of the right of registration subject to particular rules applicable in inter-state relations , such as the provisions of articles 7 , 52 and 221 of the E.E.C .
10 The Supreme Court ruled on April 18 that states could outlaw the possession or viewing of child pornography even in the privacy of an individual 's home .
11 Matthews feels that X-rays could do the job more cheaply and safely — the shells would not even need to be opened up .
12 The family believes that Jacqueline used to pave the way for Iain 's escapes by writing to the school , explaining that he was needed at home .
13 Zander describes this scheme as meaning that solicitors would pay a premium to an insurance company and the client would pay a fixed amount to cover the costs in the event of the case being lost .
14 In these days of broadening the base of those who are authorised to undertake conveyancing , it is fundamentally important that solicitors should follow the Law Society 's guide on how to deal with unadmitted persons .
15 Lee had felt the emotional voltage in the room heighten to a point when she thought that Philippa would slam the door behind her , hard , but the door closed as gently as if there were a baby asleep in the house .
16 The train is booked to be hauled by visiting former GWR 2-8-0 heavy freight engine No. 3822 so that shareholders can attend the company annual general meeting .
17 Later at London 's Great Ormond Street Hospital , the consultant orthopaedic surgeon explained that Lisa would need an operation .
18 AY has admitted negligence in relation to the stock over-statement , provided that WG can prove the fraud took place , but the firm is claiming that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar as its auditor , and not to Walker Greenbank , even though it audited the group accounts .
19 MacArthur urged Acheson to raise the matter with Truman and persuade the President to overrule Johnson ; he added that Truman should grasp the opportunity provided by the treaty for regaining the initiative in East Asia from the Soviet Union .
20 Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth , whose coalition government had won a majority in legislative elections on Sept. 15 [ see p. 38427 ] , announced on Oct. 22 that Mauritius would become a republic on March 12 , 1992 .
21 These activities reinforced the general fear that apathy might cause the poll to be unduly low which it was thought would be a greater handicap to SDLP than to other parties .
22 A recent experiment , however , confirms that birds can learn the habit by imitation , and also adds another side to the story .
23 Prior to the meeting there had been much speculation that Shamir would face a challenge at the meeting ; in the event even Sharon urged the party to unite behind Shamir .
24 This Engels emphatically asserted in The Origin when he argues that communism would mean the end of the family as we know it and the liberation of women .
25 She 'd been so sure that Marianne would waste no time in spreading her poison — now she did n't know how to start explaining her disappearance .
26 He had known that Doyle would win the battle for life .
27 Penney , Cockcroft and Hinton [ Britain 's nuclear ‘ barons ’ ] agreed that Harwell should provide the research information and flowsheet for a plant , to be built at Windscale , to extract polonium from bismuth irradiated in the piles . ’
28 Those in authority had decided that Marcus should intermit a year of his education , in order to recuperate , and that he should not live with his father , a man of uncertain temper , of whom he had expressed extreme and unreasoning terror .
29 I knew that Sarah would treat the child as her own , and even take him from me , but at the time I did not mind — what was mine was hers .
30 There is no doubt too that parents have become more aware that immunisation can carry a risk of adverse reaction and this has been most publicised in relation to the whooping cough vaccine .
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