Example sentences of "[vb past] that throughout " in BNC.

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1 In 1820 Sir Frederick Adam published his Survey of the State of the Poor , in which he showed that throughout the shires rates of pay for labourers of all types were low , and that many families lived on small quantities of wheaten or barley bread , skimmed milk , cheese , potatoes and legumes , meat hardly ever figuring in their diet .
2 In 1975 Sartre conceded that the only person who had even marginally influenced him intellectually had been Nizan.33 The previous year , in a conversation with Simone de Beauvoir , he confessed that throughout his life his only true friendships had been with a number of women and with Nizan .
3 Finally , in The Curriculum from 5 to 16 ( 1985 ) the Inspectorate insisted that throughout the period of compulsory schooling all pupils should maintain contact with nine areas of learning — the 1977 list , except that ‘ technological ’ learning is added and ‘ the social and political ’ is replaced by ‘ human and social ’ .
4 As in the 1979 report , despite developments in Biblical scholarship , it asserted that throughout the Bible there was strong disapproval for homosexual practice but sinful human beings still have to make moral sense of their lives :
5 Claiming that Tyacke has paid too much attention to the academic debates of the university teachers and too little to the realities of parochial life , he asserted that throughout the period from 1529 to 1640 the English church was in essence a monarchical church whose leaders were primarily concerned to maintain stability by restricting controversy .
6 She said that throughout their married life they had always talked things through and come to decisions between them about what to do .
7 Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’
8 Tom explained that throughout his life the horse develops two sets of teeth : the temporary or milk teeth and the permanent teeth .
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