Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] say that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many grammar books you will find a rule which says that the subject AGREES WITH the verb . |
| 2 | Plans by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) to assist the clean up of environmental black spots in former communist countries are being impeded by a rule which says that the Bank can not lend more than 40 per cent of its funds to finance state projects . |
| 3 | But suppose there is a rule which says that the effectiveness of a synapse decreases whenever it causes the post-synaptic cell to fire . |
| 4 | My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet . |
| 5 | On the evening of 14 July he was flicking through the London Evening News when he spotted an article which said that the ban on commercial flights between Britain and the rest of Europe had been lifted . |
| 6 | The ā gri took his mastiff mongrel together with a parcel of rice for the dhāmi : when he returned in the evening he said that the dog was no longer afflicted . |
| 7 | One may however ask whether those in the action sample who said that the strain was less than it had been a year ago attributed this to the effects of the Home Support Project . |
| 8 | This contrasts with a later theory which says that the split took place much earlier , say in the earliest Jurassic , if the two sub-orders did not evolve separately from primitive ornithischian stock . |
| 9 | The parties accepted that the court was entitled to decide matters of construction because , as well as the clause in their agreement providing for expert determination , there was also a clause which said that the agreement was to be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and that the parties submitted to the jurisdiction of the High Court . |
| 10 | One solution is a clause which says that the question of categorising disputes in contracts where there are two different modes of dispute resolution is itself to be referred to the expert for final decision . |
| 11 | The Acts include a general clause which says that the corporation should keep proper accounting records and should present its accounts in a form laid down by the relevant Secretary of State . |
| 12 | If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight . |
| 13 | The reason for this lies in a theory called secondary reinforcement which says that the praise will become associated with the more powerful extra reward and take on some of the strong reinforcing properties of that reward . |
| 14 | ‘ . Yours is a common-sense interpretation which says that the company is entitled to the exemptions but that it chooses not to use them . |
| 15 | But further confirmation of the agency discrimination against the area was provided by another contributor who said that the IDB has run away from Belfast and is out around Newtownabbey , Newtownards and Castlereagh . |
| 16 | When it was taken up with the Headmaster he said that the boy 's name was not on the roll , they did not know of him . |
| 17 | But other leases contain wording which says that the arbitrator must be " an independent surveyor " : so the wording of each clause will have to be considered to see whether the word " independent " carries any particular message about the status of the referee . |
| 18 | The dealer omitted to insure the automobiles in reliance on a pamphlet distributed by the finance company which said that the finance company would arrange insurance protection for the dealer 's interest , which would continue in force until the loan was liquidated . |
| 19 | In his twenty-one-page judgment he said that the court lacked the resources and expertise to resolve the issue of whether the missiles created a risk of nuclear war between the USA and the USSR . |