Example sentences of "[adj] that [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four main opposition parties announced on June 30 that they had formed the National Democratic Front to co-ordinate their election campaign . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was very soon after this that he began to show signs of dissatisfaction with the ecclesiastical situation in the north . |
| 4 | Betty Rizzo observes that Philip Leapor voted for the first time in the 1749 election for Knight of the Shire , and judges from this that he had used the capital from the subscription to buy his freehold [ Rizzo ] . |
| 5 | One of them gesticulated to us and , using harsh , staccato Russian ( which neither of us understood ) and rather violent stabs into the air , made it very clear that we had taken a dangerous route over the ice and that we were very stupid indeed . |
| 6 | After we reduced the parts to three , it became clear that we had to remove the work from the centre and reduce it to two elements , which would hold the volumes of the north and the south galleries and make a linkage across the Octagon activating the entire space . |
| 7 | Once mother-infant interactions came to be studied in detail it became clear that we needed to reshape radically our ideas about socialization-about how children are integrated into a social world . |
| 8 | It is fairly clear that they had rediscovered at least some of Mendel 's laws before his work was known to them . |
| 9 | It seems clear that they had corresponded during 1796 , and by the time they met again at Stowey they were well acquainted with each other 's work . |
| 10 | So after a year 's preliminary investigation they moved the charter and their centre of government to Boston ( Massachusetts , though named after the East Anglian port ) in 1630 and made it clear that they intended to cut off all official connection with the English government . |
| 11 | Ingush members of the Provisional Council had resigned , making it clear that they wanted to remain in the Russian Federation . |
| 12 | The most notable absentee , of course , was former captain Vivian Richards , who had made it clear that he wished to end his career in the World Cup where , in the previous four tournaments , he was the only batsman to exceed a career total of 1000 runs . |
| 13 | Furthermore , Mr Farraday had made it clear that he planned to hold only very rarely the sort of large social occasions Darlington Hall had seen frequently in the past . |
| 14 | When my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister opened the debate , he made it clear that he had sensed right the mood of the House and of the British people . |
| 15 | ‘ In any case , it is clear that he had made his mind up . |
| 16 | Neither of them had heard the door open , but suddenly Tom was there , and it was clear that he had heard Faye 's last words . |
| 17 | Jonadab had made it clear that he had done his son-in-law a favour in allowing him to jump the queue and buy four of his grey shirehorses and now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess that one was dead . |
| 18 | Quickly it became clear that he had mistaken quiet and comfort for contentment . |
| 19 | The National Party leader , Charles Blunt , also resigned in the aftermath of the election defeat , announcing his decision on April 6 when it became clear that he had lost his seat in the federal parliament . |
| 20 | The correspondence shows that the lunch-date was eighteen months after Vivien 's death , and makes it clear that he had to attend the funeral of Mrs Mirrlees , a great friend at whose house at Shamley Green , Surrey , he had spent some of the war . |
| 21 | It was immediately clear that he had put his foot in it . |
| 22 | He had to make it clear that he had learnt his lesson on tariff reform , and to do this in a way as compatible as possible with the dignity of an ex-Prime Minister . |
| 23 | Although the sentencer did not expressly mention section 53(2) , it was clear that he had allowed a substantial discount for the pleas of guilty . |
| 24 | It soon became clear that he had enjoyed having a free hand with Frank . |
| 25 | Even if Steen had ever had such intentions , the events of the last week made it clear that he had changed his mind . |
| 26 | But after a while , the roads on his map began to criss-cross each other in a crazy fashion and it became clear that he had forgotten the geography of his land . |
| 27 | To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street . |
| 28 | I must say , it seems quite clear that he intended to kill the DO . |
| 29 | It was quite clear that he intended to resign and that he had no intention of joining a coalition , even though the King had urged him to head one . |
| 30 | A Free French administration was installed in Beirut and General de Gaulle quickly made it clear that he intended to keep his forces in Lebanon however much independence the country thought it had been given . |