Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [that] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In virtue of expressing the belief that it is raining the statement ‘ It is raining says or asserts that it is raining . |
| 2 | Often the instructor or pilot knows the correct recovery and thinks that he is using it , but because of the unusual forces on the controls , he is failing to apply the full recovery action . |
| 3 | Later Scandinavian sources suggest a date of 1027 for the battle of Holy River , but this is rendered implausible by chapter 13 of the Letter sent by Cnut to England in that year , which mentions people who had tried to deprive him of his kingdom and his life , but whose power had been destroyed by God , and says that he is returning from Rome to Denmark to make peace with them . |
| 4 | Saunders ( 1986 : 156 ) distinguishes his account from traditional Weberian approaches to stratification and contends that he is dealing with : |
| 5 | But reports that he is taking a quarter of the £3.3m portion of shares were firmly denied yesterday . |