Example sentences of "that [pos pn] [noun pl] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As an enthusiastic Darwinian , I have been dissatisfied with explanations that my fellow-enthusiasts have offered for human behaviour .
2 My first memory is of falling off a rather high bed at the age of three years on the evening that my parents had moved into a house near the top of Hampstead Heath , and of my Father going off on his bicycle to search for a doctor as I had cut my head .
3 I learned that my parents had got to London and prayed for the day I 'd be able to see them .
4 Although I had been under no real illusions that an amazing secret would suddenly be revealed , I was nevertheless disappointed that my theories had proved to be groundless .
5 I confirm that my officials have written to the chief executive of the SDA to strengthen that point .
6 Fanny Kemble , the Victorian actress , thought that tourism had ruined Switzerland , that its hotels had become like gin palaces and that the effect of special tourist events amid the sublime scenery was very vulgar : ‘ … bread and butter , and pâté de foie gras , and marmalade and jam , and caviare , one on top of the other ’ .
7 Although the Taligent Inc environment is not due to ship until late 1994 or early 1995 , the Apple Computer Inc-IBM Corp joint venture faces heightened competition from Next Computer Inc now that its options have shrunk to making a success of its NextStep environment , and a hot wind from Cairo — Microsoft Corp 's Cairo , that is , is blowing down their neck .
8 THE Government is not backing down on re-organisation of the Nature Conservancy Council and Countryside Commissions , despite the drubbing that its proposals have received from virtually every conversation organisation in Britain .
9 Surveys along the north-east coast have shown that its numbers have fallen by half over the last decade , to today 's figure of around 100 .
10 The girl was betraying the trust that her parents had instilled into her all her young life .
11 She certainly was n't going to admit to Julius that her finances had got into a bit of a mess , though .
12 She did not think it wise to add she had suffered so many traumatic incidents in a few days that this was a minor one , nor that her knees had turned to water and refused to hold her up any longer .
13 Then he recognised that her eyes had strayed to the food , glistening a little .
14 It was strange that their paths had crossed at this crisis in all their lives .
15 The point was that their claims had gone to different adjudication officers and they had made different decisions .
16 ‘ It 's hard to help people accept that their lives have changed beyond recognition . ’
17 ‘ The workers toil in the beautiful city that their masters have provided for them . ’
18 ‘ Irish League fans should n't worry too much that their clubs have fallen behind those in the League of Ireland .
19 ‘ Irish League fans should n't worry too much that their clubs have fallen behind those in the League of Ireland .
20 But when she learned that their questions had arisen through their wonderings about Brown Owl and Mr. Gordon she told them sharply not to busy themselves in Brown Owl 's private affairs .
21 But Sealink did admit that their numbers had fallen over the nine months from January 1 to Monday of this week , by 20,755 passengers and 9,644 cars .
22 It also shows that their assets had increased by approximately 20bn over the previous year and that this expansion was typical of their success in the 1980s .
23 Archbishop Ralph 's eloquent letter to the pope had had no effect ; St Augustine 's was throwing off the restraints that their neighbours had succeeded in imposing on them in the past ; and York was poised for a final victory in the matter of the primacy .
24 In Derbyshire , the farmers who replied that their expectations had changed in the past five years were those whose sons had returned to the farm in that time .
25 In a heated debate in parliament , most of the deputies concerned denied the allegation , arguing variously that their names had appeared in StB files by mistake , as a result of blackmail or as part of an attempt to frame them .
26 He found that his feet had cramped in a clench of anguish .
27 Lissa felt the heavy thudding of his heart beneath her fingers , and knew that his actions had gone beyond anger , beyond a need purely to dominate .
28 He did n't tell Anthony that his parents had paid for his travels .
29 He told Sadat that his officers had cried at Teheran airport and begged him to leave .
30 Is my right hon. Friend aware of the dismay that his proposals have caused in Wales ?
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