Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Tirgu Mures , the HDUR candidate for mayor had been deemed ineligible to stand by a local court ; the party then supported an independent candidate , who won the election but then resigned after revelations that his nomination papers were irregular . |
| 2 | The only concession allowed by the party leadership was the acceptance of an amendment calling for the development of emergency procedures for greater consultation between the MPs and the national executive committee after complaints that its members had no knowledge of the deal with the Government until the Commons vote had taken place . |
| 3 | THE HOME OFFICE is pressing ahead with the deportation of a Kurdish refugee , in spite of protests from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that his life could be in danger if he returns to Turkey . |
| 4 | We have had reports from a high percentage of attendees that their levels of self-esteem and confidence have increased considerably . |
| 5 | Eco says that ‘ Semiotics is mainly concerned with signs as social forces ’ ( Eco 1977 : 65 ) which indicates that it is the mechanics of signs that his ( and Pierce 's ) semiotics describes . |
| 6 | Out of the hundreds of pictures that my husband Bob Turner and I took , we decided to publish a book by ourselves of 130 images showing the life , culture and people of Calcutta . |
| 7 | Seymour Clarke , General Manager of the Great Northern Railway , told the 1869 Parliamentary Select Committee on the transit of animals that his company sent meat from almost all the 197 stations on its lines . |
| 8 | Some of the other changes were intended to take account of a number of anomalies that our experience had brought to light over the years since 1969 . |
| 9 | She sent up a brief prayer of thanks that her shift was still dry , although it could hardly be described as a significant covering . |
| 10 | If the animal has a sufficient sensory range , it need only move towards areas that its sense organs reveal to offer better conditions . |
| 11 | Mum gets ill with all sorts of problems that her doctor ca n't quite pin down . |
| 12 | So it was — as Steve Gould put it — that Charles Lyell " managed to convince future generations of geologists that their science had begun with him " . |
| 13 | And these were the type of conditions that our members worked in , whilst at the same time the management provided plastic roofing you know , but it was n't efficient and it was cold and bitterly cold if I might say so erm for a long period . |
| 14 | . . And er this was one of things that my old boss , when people came into name their children , he said Now remember , these initials will go on case , perhaps , one day , and you do n't want S A P , or something like that . |
| 15 | They did not have the money to stay out on strike or take other sorts of actions that their employers opposed … . |
| 16 | Mrs Jihan was waiting outside the examination room , knowing in her heart of hearts that her husband has departed . |
| 17 | No matter what he and Bernice had been through , she knew in her heart of hearts that his guilt over what he had done to Ace on Heaven — and before — was a weakness : a button which would always work to throw him off balance when pressed . |
| 18 | She was admitted on Thursday amid suggestions that her problem was no more than ‘ a slight tightening of the throat ’ . |
| 19 | The Vistula is so full of pollutants that its waters are unfit even for industrial use along 80 per cent of its total length . |
| 20 | Fears that the US-EC trade talks were on the brink of chaos were compounded by MacSharry 's abrupt resignation as EC negotiator on Nov. 5 , amid allegations that his negotiating brief at Chicago had been severely constrained by threats from Jacques Delors , President of the European Commission , that he would veto any agreement involving cuts in the volume of EC farm exports [ see p. 39170 ] . |
| 21 | The group 's jointly-owned South African business produced another strong performance and Mr Pilkington is dismissive of suggestions that his group might consider disinvestment . |
| 22 | The group 's jointly-owned South African business produced another strong performance and Mr Pilkington is dismissive of suggestions that his group might consider disinvestment . |
| 23 | Roxburgh is dismissive of suggestions that his team are in danger of a mauling on an embarrassing level from Berti Vogts ' full-strength side . |
| 24 | In fact it is a characteristic of teachers that their spirits vary quite markedly . |
| 25 | There is no doubt among those who have been given the gift of tongues that their prayer life and their ability to praise God in all circumstances has grown dramatically . |
| 26 | They exchanged addresses , bits of old sausage , gave each other presents of socks that their wives and sweethearts had knitted , and hoped and pretended , that it was all over . |
| 27 | There will be no limit on meeting the cost of medicines or the amount of medicines that your doctor can prescribe . |
| 28 | Similarly , the insistence of lords that their tenants perform their feudal duty of watch and ward ( guet et garde ) , or carry out necessary repairs to castle wall or ditch , as their predecessors had customarily done , was an insistence which reflected economic necessity . |
| 29 | Horsler 's appointment to control British Coal 's marketing strategy came amid reports that his business experience as national contracts director suited him for a negotiating role . |
| 30 | The Friar broke off a young oak bough and waved it about his sweating forehead to keep off the flies that followed him in wavering clouds , a floating band of skirmishers that his ceaseless counter-attacks could not drive away . |