Example sentences of "[noun prp] [unc] suggestion that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sabine welcomed Marie-Christine 's suggestion that they should take their coffee up to her room , and look at some furniture catalogues . |
| 2 | ‘ Six million if you do n't mind , ’ was Christy Turlington 's reply to designer Valentino 's suggestion that she was worth a million dollars . |
| 3 | Timothy had heeded Aunt Agatha 's suggestion that he should leave England for a while . |
| 4 | To Ian 's suggestion that it must all be part of some exhibition Susan replies with the more plainly obvious answer — these things have not been made larger , the time-travellers have become smaller . |
| 5 | Clive Kemp 's suggestion that she join him on a cruise across the Mediterranean had seemed the perfect antidote to a long hard winter , a series of temping jobs which had been more demanding than usual , and the unpleasantness of her break-up with Giles . |
| 6 | Then she remembered Marc 's suggestion that she take a horse out . |
| 7 | As we shall see , it is often difficult to specify ‘ relevant environments ’ and , even more fundamentally , to define the input to a given variable ; Labov 's suggestion that it might sometimes not be possible to define variables as a closed set of variants is particularly relevant to syntactic variation ( see chapter 7 ) . |
| 8 | Miss Rose 's suggestion that she was David 's ‘ young lady ’ passed unnoticed . |
| 9 | The DEDNI 's suggestion that it might encourage companies to testdrill on Cavehill , particularly for gold , has led to the formation of the Save the Cavehill Campaign in Belfast , while in west Belfast the Black Mountain Action Committee is trying to save the Mountain from disappearing through quarrying activities — the committee has found local people to be suffering from health problems , particularly of the eyes and throat , related to dust from the quarrying . |
| 10 | Reacting to de Klerk 's suggestion that he was prepared to " look beyond present measures to maintain law and order " , Mandela warned that he would personally lead a defiance campaign should the government impose a state of emergency . |
| 11 | Green was greatly encouraged by West 's suggestion that he should become an artist himself , and soon after going back to Manchester began taking painting lessons . |
| 12 | Asked about Ayrton Senna 's suggestion that he and Mansell would leave a big hole in Formula One if they left together , Mansell said : ‘ No , they 'll forget all about us in a week . |
| 13 | As incumbent of Ayrshire 's oldest Earldom , Glencairn was reluctant to agree to Macrae 's suggestion that he should marry a commoner , especially one of such lowly background , but abandoned his scruples when told that Elizabeth 's dowry was to be £45,000 in diamonds and the estate of Ochiltree which Macrae had bought for £25,000 . |
| 14 | The war had come to an end , so an election would now be very soon indeed , and Asquith had turned down Lloyd George 's suggestion that he rejoin the government . |
| 15 | Hong Kong Land 's low gearing , and chairman Simon Keswick 's suggestion that he could snap up property at depressed prices , triggered hopes the company was interested in Canary Wharf . |
| 16 | Herzen 's suggestion that it continue in the West created more problems than it solved . |