Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim Callaghan 's response was that he ‘ had never in fifty years been so depressed as a trade unionist ’ . |
| 2 | The United States continued to be irritated , while Britain 's response was that even if France sabotaged the EDC , it would not prevent West German rearmament . |
| 3 | The dealer 's response was that every one of the positions was tenable , depending on which aspect of the truth was considered more important . |
| 4 | The US State Department 's response was that it needed to see the blueprints on European defence before it could think of pouring concrete . |
| 5 | The farmer 's defence was that he intended only to wound the thief , and thought he was entitled to do so . |
| 6 | At the trial , the mother 's defence was that she was haunted by black magic and voodoo , and a voice had commanded her to ‘ Strangle ! |
| 7 | Ponting 's defence was that he was acting in the public interest since he felt that the government was trying to mislead Parliament . |
| 8 | During the time of William Nicholl 's service the Regiment 's activities were as follows : |
| 9 | Walker 's worry is that neo-Nazis will travel from all parts of Germany and treat the clash between the champions of England and of Germany almost like a mini international He is confident that Leeds have taken all reasonable precautions but added : ‘ The great bulk of Leeds supporters are well behaved and will subject themselves to checks . |
| 10 | For your information , however , my thoughts on the effects of the system on the Library 's operations are as follows : |
| 11 | The problem with Hellige 's formulation is that it can be used to explain any particular pattern of results but can not readily predict them since the nature and difficulty of both primary and concurrent tasks needs to be taken into account . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister 's formulation is that it is for the other 11 member states now to demonstrate to us in watertight treaty terms that the right of all member states to determine their own foreign policies is not being abandoned or abdicated . |
| 13 | One of the enlivening aspects of Alexeev 's temperament is that you rarely know what to expect . |
| 14 | The South 's case is that for the sake of the ever-improving standards of life which the North 's electorates demand , it squanders resources , poisons the atmosphere and then , to stem the environmental degradation it has caused , demands that the impoverished South forgo equality with the North in the name of salvation ! |
| 15 | What this argument suggests in Gandhi 's case is that he does not abandon his commitment to the principle of non-violence or qualify it in any way when he approves the destruction of life . |
| 16 | The heart of Dennett 's case is that very little is available to consciousness : we just get the results . |
| 17 | A principal feature of Dennett 's case is that we posit features of our unconscious apparatus , which have no necessary connection with the actual thoughts we have , any more than had Hume 's perceptions of causation with perceptions of causes . |
| 18 | Undoubtedly the philosophy behind section 8 of the Act of 1969 , as well as behind the decision of the House of Lords in Gillick 's case is that , as children approach the age of majority , they are increasingly able to take their own decisions concerning their medical treatment . |
| 19 | The distinction between this case and Stevenson 's case is that in Stevenson 's case the defendant had a regular practice of selling his ex-rental cars and also in selling those cars he was selling something akin to stock-in-trade . |
| 20 | If the answer to the pursuer 's case is that the fault for the accident rests wholly or partly with someone else , consideration should be given now to service of a Third Party Notice by which that other party blamed can be brought into the action . |
| 21 | Now at about the time that that letter was written on the twenty second of October er Mr had the meeting at the National Westminster Bank that had been arranged between himself and a Mrs and it is clear from er this meeting that the bank would no longer er , given that the Frinton property was not to be offered as security , prepared to offer the sum , the substantial sums that they had originally agreed to do and they were now only prepared to offer very much smaller sums and the plaintiff 's case is that the only way that they were going to be able to proceed to complete on this matter was er by selling their homes , their family home at and it is the plaintiff 's case , certainly in relation to er the losses that they have sustained as a result of the breach of contract , alleged in this case , that er if they had not been forced to go ahead to complete on this deal they would not have been required to sell their family home . |
| 22 | Er , the plaintiff 's case is that there was a duty to advise them of the opportunity er which arose , from the refusal of the landlords to grant a licence for assignment erm and that their failure er to er give that er advice was in breach of duty and my Lord on page eighty five of the pleadings summary er page eighty five my Lord again er in answer to the the request for what advise it is alleged the defendant should give the plaintiff on the twenty second of October nineteen ninety five , at the top of the page . |
| 23 | My Lord the er plaintiff 's case is that you must er appertain now the actual situation of these plaintiffs and compare it with the situation that would have prevailed if the breaching of contract alleged , had not occurred . |
| 24 | Yes I think that may be right my Lord , indeed er if we succeed on the way out , get get out of the contract point then of course the plaintiff 's case is that they would have taken that advice and would not have entered into the contract a and therefore on that basis they are entitled to be compensated on the basis that all the losses they unnecessarily incurred by having , being forced to complete , should be recoverable , subject to er litigation of loss and . |
| 25 | The centrepoint of the FSA 's case is that the grounds must be upgraded . |
| 26 | ‘ The Crown 's case is that on the morning of 31 October , 1991 , in a storeroom at the rear of their home , he clubbed his young wife to death with a lump hammer . ’ |
| 27 | Contrary , however , to the view of Lord Roskill in Morris , Lawrence was a case in Parker LJ 's view very much concerned with appropriation : " I would have supposed that the question in Lawrence 's case was whether appropriation necessarily involved an absence of consent . " |
| 28 | The Crown 's case was that the men were found by the police in a public lavatory behaving indecently towards each other . |
| 29 | Berg 's case was that the unqualified report by the auditors gave the company an opportunity to continue to carry on business and to borrow money from third parties . |
| 30 | The centurion 's faith is that Jesus ' authority was from God . |