Example sentences of "'s [noun] [that] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proteon 's announcement that it is splitting its business into two divisions ( one for adaptor boards and wiring centres ; the other for internetworking and intelligent hub systems ) is in line with what has been happening internally for some time , says Swan . |
| 2 | The ferocity of the response hurt him deeply , although he could say , ‘ I told you so ’ with ICI 's announcement that it is to split into two to enhance shareholder value . |
| 3 | BP rose following yesterday 's announcement that it is selling its 49 per cent stake in a South Australian mine for nearly £300 million . |
| 4 | So Taylor 's announcement that he 's to put his tactical paperwork in the office shredder and hand over the complete accounts ledger to Gascoigne is the most encouraging statement for English football since the surgeon passed Gazza 's knee A1 . |
| 5 | To say that the terminology at B.P. was cryptic resembles the old lady 's comment that she is suffering from a ‘ gastric stomach ’ ; but there was an esoteric language to be learned . |
| 6 | Thus the statement ‘ It is raining ’ expresses the speaker 's belief that it is raining and the statement ‘ Bertrand Russell was a writer of short stories ’ expresses the speaker 's belief that Bertrand Russell was a writer of short stories . |
| 7 | But we can not trust this wife 's claim that she is starved of cash by her husband . |
| 8 | Easterners are especially dissatisfied with the EC 's claim that it is doing the best it can for them . |
| 9 | What then of the Government 's claim that it is spending more money in income support than it would have done had the previous supplementary benefit system remained in place ? |
| 10 | After they saw the pig — a pot-bellied Vietnamese — on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law by the way she looks after it at home . |
| 11 | After they saw the pig on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law . |
| 12 | Intel Corp has confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that it will delay introduction of its Pentium microprocessor until May , but denies the paper 's assertion that it is holding the chip back to exploit demand for existing 80486 products . |
| 13 | To my mind it is clear from the terms of the third paragraph of the Crown Prosecution Service 's letter that it is accepted that the order restricts them , in any prosecution which they decide to initiate , to utilising material already obtained or other material obtained independently of that disclosed in the High Court civil proceedings . |
| 14 | He then sends an inspector to our museum and it is upon this inspector 's report that it is decided whether we are successful in our application . |
| 15 | The build-up to the crisis , comprising a description of Avarice ( a kind of jealousy ) as a metaphorical monster , Arion 's acceptance that he is to die at the hands of sailors who covet his riches , and his swansong , is in E major ( movements 5–7 : Vivement-Récitatif-Air ) . |