Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study in 1971 found that of 132 political states only 12 were true nation-states in which everyone had the same native tongue . |
| 2 | This revealed that between 30 and 50 per cent of healthcare workers at risk still remained unprotected against hepatitis B infection . |
| 3 | This revealed that in normal embryos r5 motor neurons are in two subsets : a medial group of 10–20 neurons whose axons project anteriorly along the side of the floor plate , and a larger lateral group whose axons extend laterally before turning anteriorly into r4 ( Fig. 2 c , f ) . |
| 4 | We have already seen through looking at where the widowed lived that in England , as throughout the world , the family was the biggest single resource for older people in trouble . |
| 5 | This found that in UK manufacturing industry , only one company in ten currently regards research as a high priority . |
| 6 | The Madrid daily El País of Nov. 30 reported that in the previous week gunmen forced the wife of Indian leader Almílcar Méndez to participate in a demonstration against her husband . |
| 7 | Moreover , few believed that in avoiding capitalism Russia must forgo modern machinery and technology . |
| 8 | This envisaged that by the end of this century there would be 104 gigawatts ( 1,000 million watts ) of nuclear capacity , including 33 GW of fast breeder reactors . |
| 9 | Another insinuated that on one had ever seen that many patients with Munchausen 's syndrome let alone tested them . |
| 10 | After all , of course , negotiations would be possible and already the French claimed that with an estimated eight to ten thousand dead , Vietminh resistance was weakening . |
| 11 | This showed that about two-thirds of jobs generated at inner city establishments were filled by commuters from other parts of the conurbation . |
| 12 | This showed that in practice relatively few , one in ten , of those who had spent any time in residential homes were thought to have been admitted ‘ too late ’ ; this proportion was a quarter for those who had not spent any time in a residential home . |
| 13 | This showed that after reading a prose passage with a clear and colourful theme , subjects tended to make false positive recognition errors which were elaborations of the theme of the passage . |
| 14 | Tolstoy attaches great importance to the change of wording in the signal of 23 May , referring to a " verbal directive " , as if this implied that on 13 May Macmillan had not just " advised " but had in effect given an order , which he was in no position to do . |
| 15 | This meant that under the then current ICAO arrangements in Annex 13 the UK was not entitled to appoint an accredited representative to participate in these investigations , notwithstanding the fact that in each case a very significant proportion of the passengers were British nationals . |
| 16 | This meant that despite Meehan 's pardon , the proceedings to some extent would be a retrial of Meehan as well as a trial of Waddell ; and one of its more lunatic aspects was hearing Mr King-Murray as prosecuting counsel , who for two years had strenuously refused to entertain the notion of Meehan 's innocence and Waddell 's guilt , now deploying arguments to show that very thing ( although unlike Griffith-Jones at Ward 's trial , he did not seem to have his heart in it ) ; and conversely to hear Waddell 's counsel echoing the arguments of the prosecutor at Meehan 's trial to demonstrate Meehan 's guilt and Waddell 's innocence . |
| 17 | This meant that on average a girl would have to obtain higher examination marks than a boy to secure a place at such a school . |
| 18 | This meant that on the blonde version the entire bass — body , neck and fingerboard — was light-coloured wood , except for the scratchplate and the front of the headstock . |
| 19 | This meant that on special occasions I had to wear a black pleated skirt , white blouse and black beret , with white socks and black shoes and , when the weather was cold , a black cloak . |
| 20 | This meant that on some occasions they would be conducted by Busacher , on others by Anton , the old répétiteur , and in emergencies by their own lead violinist . |
| 21 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
| 22 | This meant that for long periods they were uncomfortably silent because they could think of nothing to say . |
| 23 | All this meant that for the first time all pupils were aiming for " A " levels , and could be helped and encouraged by discussing careers and progress with their masters and parents . |
| 24 | This meant that for some countries the CET was lower than national tariffs . |
| 25 | This meant that after thirty years had elapsed the original owner could no longer claim back the property , while the factual possessor could not be designated the proper owner . |
| 26 | This meant that after accepting the traveller 's booking , the airline accepted more bookings for the flight than there were seats on the aircraft . |
| 27 | This meant that within the BBC itself sources of finance beyond the licence fee were not ruled out altogether ; nor by the Beveridge Committee in 1951 . |
| 28 | This meant that before 1985 societies were able to offer highly competitive interest rates to the typical saver who was liable to income tax . |
| 29 | This meant that in each case a secondary modern school which would have been too small to survive was absorbed quietly and without fuss into the grammar school , which did not bother to change its name . |
| 30 | This meant that in some cases people were now cultivating a single furrow on a field . |