Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] that [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Levels of photo-chemical smog are remarkably high in the Lakes and the environmental agency Greenpeace reported recently that in the summer of last year , when smog is most likely to occur , the World Health Organisation 's recommended safe limit was exceeded in London on one occasion only . |
| 2 | Charity agreed coolly that in a way she supposed it was . |
| 3 | Mr Keith claimed yesterday that at a weekend presentation before Ian Lang on local government reform , the Association of District Councils sought to sway the argument in favour of smaller authorities . |
| 4 | One local SD report stated frankly that after the November speech hostile opinion could hardly be registered because of the fear ‘ of being brought to reckoning ’ . |
| 5 | had a yard there and an old building , that 's where he had , that 's where he operated from and he used to get all this second hand timber demolition timber from Liverpool and Berkenhead and all that and he reckoned then that for every hundred pound he spent on demolition he had a thousand pound back |
| 6 | It followed naturally that in the absence of an effective base network Soviet leaders would adopt a base denial strategy directed against the West 's military assets . |
| 7 | Something inside me stretched as I walked so that at the same time I was walking on the top of those hills . |
| 8 | It followed therefore that at the time of the accident the brewery still owed him a duty of care under s. 2 OLA 1957 . |
| 9 | Both Soviet and hostile critics observed subsequently that in the eyes of the people Living Church members often looked like Soviet agents and opportunists . |
| 10 | The court stated : We were unanimously satisfied that the oral evidence , together with the documentation , established clearly that from the date on which ( the settlor ) purported to constitute the settlement he exercised dominion and control over the trustee in the management and administration of the settlement , including distributions of capital to himself or to others as gifts or loans , and the making and disposition of investments . |
| 11 | Sendei realized immediately that from every possible viewpoint , the destruction of the discod had been a bad move . |
| 12 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
| 13 | MR ASHDOWN , the Liberal Democrat leader , stressed yesterday that without a commitment to proportional representation in the Queen 's Speech the Liberal Democrats would seek to vote it down and force a second general election . |
| 14 | Martin Luther , whose own convictions had been tempered and proved like the finest steel , knew well that in the hour of trial each man must have his own convictions , or he will find himself with none . |
| 15 | When I kissed you that first night , and accepted that I desired you , I knew then that with the situation so volatile I should get us both out of there and back to Mariánské Láznë . ’ |
| 16 | She said yesterday that despite the loss of the form with their new address on it , there were no security measures on the house . |
| 17 | It was therefore proposed by , seconded by and carried unanimously that notwithstanding the previous Conference resolution to that effect , the requirement should be waived on this occasion , and that the officers nominated and displayed on the sheet at the rear of the Hall should be elected en-bloc . |
| 18 | you perhaps have n't got the same degree of landlord exploitation , you might , I think one might argue from , from what we said earlier that in the north you 've got a s a slightly more paternalistic landlord , it 's , it , there 's less , less absentee landlordism landlords were more likely to have been behaving within the confines of moral economy would n't , would n't have been tt erm reducing rents , it was done on a much more , more personal sort of scale . |
| 19 | He announced afterwards that for the first time " active negotiations " had begun . |
| 20 | As the result of lengthy investigations into the Duzme Mustafa revolt , Mehmed Sah was implicated in that affair ; and , Husameddin relates , " Molla Fenari grieved greatly that at the end of the investigations , in the year 832 , Mehmed Sah Efendi passed over the bridge of death together with Candarlizade Ibrahim Pasa and the Grand Vezir Haci Ivaz Pasa . " |
| 21 | Prof Richard De La Rue , of the university 's department of electronics and electrical engineering , explained yesterday that by the end of the century overseas telephone calls could be as routine as a local call ; there would be more international television channels into living rooms ; and the rapid world of modern business could become even faster . |
| 22 | They debated unhappily , reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion , until John Prophet suggested sadly that in the circumstances it might be well to consult the archbishop of Canterbury , and in some relief they agreed on this course , and carried their problem that same afternoon to Lambeth ; where Thomas Arundel , on the force of whose word and influence they could rely , advised them , in consideration of the desperate need , to issue the required letters patent , and he would be responsible for defending their action to the king , should it need any defence . |