Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] that [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More immediately , however , the new policy was imposed through suspending pensions to the elderly themselves , and insisting that those on relief should move into the prison-like work-houses built in each Poor Law district after 1834 . |
| 2 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |
| 3 | The announcement represented a victory for the Civil Liberties Organization , which the previous October had released a report drawing attention to the appalling conditions in Nigeria 's prisons and claiming that hundreds of prisoners had died of malnutrition or untreated diseases . |
| 4 | Increasingly , they are taking students with non A-level qualifications and finding that many of them perform superbly . |
| 5 | The constitutional amendments reformed the country 's obsolete political system , reapportioning the seats in the three elected branches of government and stipulating that most of the delegates would be elected from Taiwanese ( as opposed to mainland Chinese ) constituencies . |
| 6 | ‘ it is difficult to see how these ( organisation ) problems can be solved efficiently without restoring responsible autonomy to primary groups throughout the system and ensuring that each of these groups has a satisfying sub-whole as its work task , and some scope for flexibility in work-pace . |