Example sentences of "[adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 280 that it may be an oppressive course to prosecute the driver of an unlicensed vehicle in a master-servant relationship , where the driver is the employee and not responsible for licensing the vehicle . |
| 2 | I can only assume that it was from his previous experience as chairman of the Greater London council in 1985-86 that he learnt all about ’ getting your friends appointed to the key jobs ’ , and that that is why he assumes that the same is happening in the civil service now . |
| 3 | In my compartment two Frenchmen and a Spaniard were losing their pay to a tiny Glaswegian who excelled at poker ; he had already won most of the hands and was trying to explain in broad Scottish that he was open to credit arrangements . |
| 4 | His personal fondness for the sayings of the Reverend Swaggart marked him as a man somewhat out of step with much of the rest of the world ; a view reinforced by his apparent keenness on the suggestion of a freebooting American marine that the kingdom become a dumping-ground for spent atomic waste and noxious chemicals . |
| 5 | No longer interrupted by shooting , the zombies continued their steady slow pace , completely ignoring the Marines other than to step around any Marine that was in their path . |
| 6 | He particularly missed the huge oil portraits which had dignified that impressive Whitehall staircase , intrigued always by the techniques by which artists of varying talents had coped with the challenge of dignifying the ordinary and occasionally unprepossessing features of their sitters by the visual exploitation of magnificent robes and by imposing on their pudgy faces the stern consciousness of imperial power . |
| 7 | Finally , there is something about fire when it is small and controllable that is lovely , but uncontrolled it is unpredictable and rather frightening . |
| 8 | It surprised Dougal that Lorton wanted him to look after the coins . |
| 9 | The Geneva Convention of 1958 itself recognises that that possibility exists by providing in article 30 that ‘ The provisions of this Convention shall not affect conventions or other international agreements already in force , as between state parties to them . ’ |
| 10 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy , had said on Aug. 30 that the Commission would consider opening up membership of the unified financial services market to members of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) ; he stressed , however , the need for reciprocal liberalization in those countries ( Switzerland and most of Scandinavia imposing tight limits on the extent of foreign shareholdings in their domestic companies ) . |
| 11 | Soviet officials assembled for the Malta summit meeting between President Bush of the USA and President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union on Dec. 2-3 ( see pp. 37110-12 ) confirmed on Nov. 30 that the Warsaw Pact was to be remodelled along the lines of NATO , and would become an instrument for political dialogue with the Western nations . |
| 12 | Following the 86th OPEC Conference , Air Vice-Marshal Ginandjar Kartasasmita , the Indonesian Minister of Mines and Energy , commented on Nov. 30 that OPEC output in the first half of 1990 would probably be not less than about 22,500,000 bpd , and that the 22,086,000 bpd ceiling agreed for that period reflected a pragmatic approach which " assumed overproduction " . |
| 13 | Before his departure to the USA Cristiani announced on Jan. 30 that the curfew imposed on Nov. 12 [ see p. 37037 ] would be lifted on Feb. 1 . |
| 14 | Honduras denied on Sept. 30 that Honduran aircraft had attacked Nicaraguan territory earlier that day . |
| 15 | The Nation ( Bangkok ) reported on Jan. 30 that " two leading Western narcotics experts based in Thailand " had commented that these claims seemed exaggerated and that the military government had been doing little to try to reduce opium production since it seized power in 1988 . |
| 16 | It was announced on March 30 that the USSR Supreme Soviet had set up a USSR Union Republican State Committee for the Nationalities Question " to improve state administration in the sphere of national development and inter-ethnic relations " . |
| 17 | The new Premier , Clyde Wells , suggested on Oct. 30 that his province might rescind its ratification of the Accord unless the clause concerning Quebec 's status was dropped or amended . |
| 18 | After an optimistic report on May 30 that an official announcement would be made soon by Brooke stating that formal talks would be forthcoming between the principal constitutional parties about the political future of the province , Brook was on July 5 able to give to the House of Commons only an abridged version of the statement he had hope to make . |
| 19 | However , the FNT announced on July 30 that it would not participate in this national dialogue because the government was reneging on the July 12 agreement by continuing to dismiss workers , especially in the textile sector . |
| 20 | It was officially announced on July 30 that Albania and the Soviet Union had agreed to normalize their relations and to reopen their respective embassies . |
| 21 | Iraqi media reports prior to the meeting were uncompromising and blunt ; the daily al-Jumhuriya reported on July 30 that Iraq was attending the Jeddah talks to " retain its rights and not to hear new talks about " fraternity and solidarity " which yield nothing " . |
| 22 | The Ministry of the Interior announced on Oct. 30 that eight members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Al Jihad , arrested on Oct. 27 in possession of arms and forged documents , were responsible for the assassination ; two others had been shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 23 | The Interior Ministry announced on Oct. 30 that 13 foreign terrorists from Jordan , Iraq , Tunisia and Algeria had recently been arrested . |
| 24 | The change became necessary when the Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Sept. 30 that an agreement reached in August 1990 [ see p. 37661 ] was unconstitutional . |
| 25 | It was announced on Nov. 30 that the British Army presence in Northern Ireland would be increased by 500-600 troops , in view of " firm intelligence " indicating a likely increase in bombings and shootings by both republican and loyalist paramilitaries before Christmas . |
| 26 | Bush said on Nov. 30 that he was prepared to go " the extra mile for peace " , proposing that Iraq 's Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz should visit Washington for talks with him in mid-December and that this be followed by Baker visiting Baghdad . |
| 27 | The " consultations " failed , prompting all the main political groups in Kuwait to form a joint delegation which informed Shaikh Saad on March 30 that it was not prepared to join a new government before a timetable for political reform had been established . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , it was reported on May 30 that the majlis had re-elected as its Speaker Ayatollah Mehdi Karrubi , a vocal opponent of closer relations with the United States . |
| 30 | It was reported on Oct. 30 that at least 14 people had been hurt and 40 arrested when protesters attempted to prevent 27 members of the KKK from marching in Washington DC . |