Example sentences of "[verb] that a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It then transpired that a date , April 15 , 1991 , had been accepted by both sides , but that the MPLA delegation was objecting to UNITA 's insistence on adding the condition that April 15 , 1992 , be accepted as a firm date for multiparty general elections . |
| 2 | All that stuff about ‘ intent ’ and ‘ knowledge ’ might not save a future Exxon from damages in the American courts , if it transpired that a tanker captain was a known incompetent steering through a dangerous place . |
| 3 | Halfway through , I started to worry that an airplane would crash into the preview theatre . |
| 4 | There is no denying that a person 's beliefs about the likely consequences of his acts are relevant to his normative situation . |
| 5 | King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz declared that the disaster was " God 's unavoidable will " , and government officials described it as an " accident " and due to " panic " following the collapse of a pedestrian access bridge , denying that a power cut had halted the air supply in the tunnel . |
| 6 | After a period of time , silence on the part of a third party ( the most likely response ) could estop it from denying that a novation had occurred . |
| 7 | If one takes the position that human right to life is absolute , then one must show a morally relevant difference between human and animal life that justifies denying that an animal 's right to life is absolute , and I believe we have shown that such a difference is not readily found . |
| 8 | The branch had previously disclosed that a BA fitter had used the wrong bolts to secure the windscreen panel , which fell off at 17,000 feet , 20 minutes after take-off . |
| 9 | This afternoon , doctors at a Bristol hospital disclosed that a baby there had died after the mother used a pool during the first stage of labour . |
| 10 | They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen . |
| 11 | Authorities also disclosed that an explosives timing device like those in other terrorist bombings was recovered at the New Jersey home of suspect Nidal Ayyad , a chemical engineer who investigators believe has bomb-making know-how . |
| 12 | Barroso disclosed that an agenda and timetable for talks had been drawn up , but that a ceasefire had not been discussed . |
| 13 | Thus it is often erroneously supposed that a provision of the Convention which merely prevents it from displacing or affecting a particular legal right thereby effectuates that right , whereas in truth the sole consequence of the provision is to leave the matter to be determined under the applicable national law . |
| 14 | It often seems to be supposed that a concern for grammar is inconsistent with the principles of communicative language teaching . |
| 15 | Or , better still , maybe we should question the present shibboleth that a bath or a shower a day is necessary for hygiene . |
| 16 | What is relevant to EModE , however , is that Patterson 's word-lists suggest that a raising rule still applied in pre-nasal environments ( which often have a back vowel today ) . |
| 17 | The Committee decided to examine the question because some of the arguments against legislation suggest that a law in this area would be impracticable . |
| 18 | As Lane points out , surveys suggest that a majority of temporary workers actually opt for temporary status by choice , but nevertheless a large proportion are in fact disadvantaged since they lack the benefits which attach to permanent positions . |
| 19 | As far as the script recognition system is concerned , the cases which suggest that a word is an error , are where the lexical look-up gives no allowable candidate strings , or all candidate strings are rejected by further stages of analysis . |
| 20 | None the less , the results suggest that a history of previous recurrence does indeed predict a high risk for subsequent recurrence . |
| 21 | Although they admit some doubt as to the exact mode of formation , King and Williams suggest that a swash bar is formed at low tide , that this bar is overrun by the tide , which produces a series of similar swash bars as it advances up the beach . |
| 22 | These authorities suggest that a promise to pay money , or to do any other act , in a certain event but without any express or implied request to the promisee to bring about , or to promise to bring about , that event , is made without consideration . |
| 23 | Latest figures from conservation groups suggest that a total of 24,000 pairs of arctic terns bred during the 1991 season , producing at least 30,000 young . |
| 24 | General pictures of what happens during the middle years are inevitably flawed , but they suggest that a change often takes place in marriage at that time and that for many people satisfactions come from sources outside the couple 's relationship . |
| 25 | Mandler and Johnson ( 1977 ) suggest that a story grammar , in which elements ( such as setting , event , episode , consequence and resolution ) are combined according to a set of implicit rules , offers a mechanism for answering many of these questions . |
| 26 | Opinion polls suggest that a variety of social reforms carried out in Britain in the last few years — the abolition of capital punishment and the liberalization of the law relating to homosexuality , for example — were enacted in the face of popular opposition . |
| 27 | They suggest that a couple should be allowed to get divorced after one year without having to attribute blame for the split . |
| 28 | Dicta referred to above suggest that a court is entitled , indeed , obliged to be satisfied that there has been enactment by the monarch with the advice and consent of Lords and Commons ( except in the case of the Parliament Act procedure dealt with above , pp.98–9 ) . |
| 29 | Computer modelling studies suggest that a reduction of 60-90 per cent in acid rain will be necessary before the area 's fish and associated wildlife , including fishing birds , can recover . |
| 30 | Anderson and Bowman , though careful not to speak of causal relationships , tentatively suggest that a literacy rate of 40 per cent was a necessary , but not a sufficient , condition for economic development . |