Example sentences of "that his [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to press reports Karami believed that his government had been penalized by the West for its close links with Syria and for its strong commitment at the Middle East peace talks to an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon . |
| 2 | That his seduction had been deliberate . |
| 3 | However , a further requirement which the alleged dispossessor claiming the benefit of the 1980 Act must satisfy is to show that his possession has been adverse within the meaning of the Act … |
| 4 | Local opinion was outraged ; Price was brought to trial and would have been convicted by the jury if the judge had not insisted that his offence had been against morals and not against the law . |
| 5 | Chatichai explained on May 14 that his proposal had been " misinterpreted " and that he had suggested " joint training " and not joint exercises . |
| 6 | To make matters worse , he finds that his unit has been brought to Smolensk in order to organize the procurement and protection of wood at local timber yards and fuel dumps . |
| 7 | They would n't know that his trip had been sponsored by the Socialist Labor Party of North America and his time , if he stuck to his commitments , was to be all booked up . |
| 8 | HARMONY IN MY HEAD Brian May I spoke to Brian May on the day the news broke that his guitar had been mistakenly despatched to France by a roadie , to await an uncertain fate at the hands of ‘ lost and found ’ … |
| 9 | This pioneering work was ignored by his contemporaries and when Alexander Fleming first noted , by chance , the antibacterial action of Penicillium mould in 1928 , he was completely unaware that his discovery had been anticipated . |
| 10 | The judge told Cranog Jones that his plan had been ingenious , but warned him that as a magistrate , he would have a hard time in prison . |
| 11 | As soon as it had been fired from the Simonova the pod would have started to broadcast a signal and , since the crew of the survey ship could not fail to be aware that a pod had been discharged , and that it was occupied , he supposed that his descent had been tracked and that someone at least knew where he was to be found . |
| 12 | How quick the kid had been to recognise that his suit had been bought in New York . |
| 13 | He stated that his purpose had been ‘ to ascertain the character and function of Mind as the organising principle in Evolution . |
| 14 | He sat on a huge leather chair with a sigh of relief and it was clear to Hari that his leg had been giving him trouble . |
| 15 | Former Vice-President Oginga Odinga was forced to cancel his trip after being told that his passport had been withdrawn ; former member of parliament Martin Shikuku and trade unionist Dennis Akumu were both stopped by security officers at Nairobi airport . |
| 16 | The Social Work ( Scotland ) Act of 1968 states that ‘ where a child has been notified that his case has been referred to a children 's hearing , he shall be under an obligation to attend that hearing in accordance with the notification , . |
| 17 | He remained consistently unrepentant , explaining to the investigating committee that his intent had been to produce ‘ a sufficient moral effect from a military point of view , not only on those who were present , but more specially throughout the Punjab ’ . |
| 18 | Father McGiff , however , did not himself seem to share the surprise and it was clear that his participation had been decided on beforehand . |
| 19 | Price was then called to give evidence in person on behalf of the applicant , and he again repudiated his evidence before the Swedish court in so far as it implicated the applicant , on the ground that his evidence had been obtained by pressure exerted upon him by officers of the Swedish and Norwegian police . |
| 20 | He told the paper that his life had been a torment after his arrest and explained that a simple error had led to his misfortune . |
| 21 | He claimed that his life had been a misery since he sold the recording of Di talking to her friend James Gilbey . |
| 22 | Throughout his career Chaplin took every care to sustain the idea that his life had been a kind of Victorian romance and perhaps if we allow for certain embellishments we can accept this interpretation as legitimate . |
| 23 | But in a sense , too , she knew that Louise was not wrong to worry about Harry committing such a blunder , for Harry , moving in the social circles in which he would move , if he survived the siege , to the day of his death , would almost certainly suffer the inconveniences of having such a wife , would regret his marriage , and perhaps in due course would come to believe that his life had been ruined . |
| 24 | Zapata strenuously denied opposition claims that his election had been fraudulent and stated that he was standing down to avoid " endangering the possibilities of peaceful coexistence " with rival political forces in the state . |
| 25 | The coincidence of the Star 's appearance with the birth of a self-proclaimed Messiah such as Christ would , certainly , have increased his ‘ street cred ’ : as one of a succession of putative Messiahs and/or revolutionary leaders ( all , so far , failed ) , he could claim that his birth had been heralded by this unusual celestial event . |
| 26 | ‘ ABSOLUTELY delighted ’ is how David Taylor , Manager of Telford Branch described his reaction on hearing that his Branch had been appointed bankers to the Princess Royal Hospital , due to become a NHS Trust on 1 April . |
| 27 | As he wrote the words , he knew quite well that his grave had been dug for him the day before , once a reprieve had been refused . |
| 28 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 29 | He explained to the desk sergeant that he was worried that his sister had been murdered by her husband , Joseph Shill . |
| 30 | And there were plenty of people who would be pleased to tell Councillor Evans that his sister had been seen in the Dog and Duck with an American soldier . |