Example sentences of "['s] [noun] that he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this ‘ vague altruism ’ apparently permeated up to the highest levels in government : for example , Neville Chamberlain , who had been a leading figure in the pre-war National Government 's denial of the problem of child malnutrition , was so shocked by the stories of the children 's condition that he commented to his sister , ‘ I never knew that such conditions existed , and I feel ashamed of having been so ignorant of my neighbours . |
| 2 | It was perhaps as a member of Gloucester 's retinue that he fought at Bannockburn in June 1314 , where Gloucester was killed ; and his performance in the battle , for which he was later rewarded with land worth 100 marks a year , may have brought him to Edward II 's notice . |
| 3 | It is a testament to Butler 's skill that he served as Private Secretary to both Edward Heath and Harold Wilson and , even more impressively , stayed the course as Principal Private Secretary under Mrs Thatcher . |
| 4 | Showing the Princess in conference with one of her dress designers did nothing to allay the view that she spent an inordinate amount of money on clothes ; and broadcasting the Prince 's remark that he talked to the flowers in his garden was a bad mistake . |
| 5 | It is a mark of Lloyd Webber 's character that he talks of their love almost exclusively in terms of music . |
| 6 | Wallis further throws doubt on Gusfield 's claim that he had in fact identified a status group . |
| 7 | He denies the university 's claim that he cheated in two papers through having advance knowledge of the questions . |
| 8 | It must be said on James 's behalf that he refrained from doing so . |
| 9 | To return to Molla Fenari , one can not then determine with any certainty the date of his journey to Egypt since it is impossible to assert confidently which of the seemingly contradictory facts or sets of facts-Ibn Hajar 's statement that he made the journey in 778 , Taskopruzade 's statement that he went in company with Seyyid Serif , Taskopruzade 's association of Seyyid Serif 's arrival in Karaman with Cemaleddin Aksarayi 's death , and so on-deserves most weight , though perhaps the specific nature of Ibn Hajar 's date argues in its favour while , equally , the slight suspicion which always attaches to attempts to associate great figures of the past argues against the association of Molla Fenari and Seyyid Serif . |
| 10 | The subsequent release of 1,300 pages of witness interviews and depositions collected by the police during their investigation contained many inconsistencies , but appeared to contradict Senator Kennedy 's assertion that he learned of the alleged assault only after returning to Washington DC on April 1 . |
| 11 | Well , I , I think I will ask the director of education to comment on that paragraph , because to a large degree , the , the district auditor 's report that he refers to there , in his section , matters previously raised , his report entitled rationalizing primary school education was published in December nineteen ninety- one , and it is being addressed through a , a working party of the education committee which involves representatives from the church as well as of the political groups . |
| 12 | He graduated from Valdese High School , studied chemistry at Wake-Forest University in North Carolina and then had to face a hard choice between his parents ' wishes that he return to work in the family businesses and his own strong interest in chemistry . |