Example sentences of "he [vb -s] that [pron] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he insists that it follows from it and others of the same kind that knowledge is impossible . |
| 2 | He accepts that it has to be traded off against the 25 per cent improvement in fuel consumption and longer engine life . |
| 3 | He says that whatever needs to be done should be done to stop anything similar happening . |
| 4 | He says that it needs to be tested . |
| 5 | A further gloss on this quieter side of his character appears during Johnson 's own reflection in ( rather than upon ) Montrose — where he comments that he has by now had an opportunity to compare Scotland 's beggars with others he has seen . |
| 6 | ‘ Because he senses that she looks on him with disdain , ’ Lucy informed him . |
| 7 | He finds that he looks at the beggar intensely , as if he would like to know his life story , and smiles quite naturally . |
| 8 | Philippe Roy prefers to do without , because he feels that it interferes with the flavour of a fine oil . |
| 9 | In Scale 1 he protests that he speaks of more than he has directly experienced : In the second book which complements the material in the first , there is an often remarked upon change of tone : the reservation and distancing of Scale 1 is absent from the imagistic structures which embody his thought and insight in Scale 2 . |
| 10 | ( 4 ) In determining the value of an action under paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) : ( a ) the sum which the plaintiff or applicant reasonably expects to recover shall be reduced by the amount of any debt which he admits that he owes to a defendant in that action and which arises from the circumstances which give rise to the action ; ( b ) no account shall be taken of a possible finding of contributory negligence , except to the extent , if any , that such negligence is admitted ; ( c ) where the plaintiff seeks an award of provisional damages as described in s 32A(2) ( a ) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , no account shall be taken of the possibility of a future application for further damages ; ( d ) the value shall be taken to include sums which , by virtue of s 22 of the Social Security Act 1989 , are required to be paid to the Secretary of State . |
| 11 | He believes that there seems to be extra-sensory perception ( ESP ) between spiders who spin similar webs from birth , and flocks of starlings that twist and turn at great speed without colliding . |