Example sentences of "['s] [noun] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Syria 's response that it ‘ can not control what goes on in the Bekaa ’ and that Turkey ‘ should first try to solve the Kurdish problem within its own borders ’ has served only to confirm Turkish suspicions about Syrian intentions . |
| 2 | He says it 's part of the staff 's contract that they work different shift from time to time — at times of crisis or if someone is sick we have to ask someone who knows the job to cover . |
| 3 | The tribunal interpreted the implied mobility clause in Mr Bowles 's contract that he could be sent to work anywhere in the UK to mean that he could ‘ ordinarily ’ be sent to work anywhere in the UK . |
| 4 | New South Wales , on the other hand , ran in six tries to win quite convincingly in the end , although it has to be said in Scotland 's defence that they came close on several occasions to scoring a try and only slipped out of range in the last five minutes when they conceded two tries , both of which were converted . |
| 5 | Remove a fox from its territory and another will soon take its place — so where is fox-hunting 's defence that it controls foxes ? |
| 6 | But while it was still a live issue , it was amusing to see how ready people were to accept Steele 's defence that it was through the machination of such a crusted establishment figure as Avrion Mitchison that Steele had been invited to repeat his work in a scientific environment for the purpose of discrediting it — a defence that compounds bad science together with bad scientific journalism . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're forgetting , ’ she reminded him , ‘ it 's only other people 's money that I enjoy spending . ’ |
| 8 | However , it is not the world 's statesmen that we have to thank for even this limited achievement in arms control , but the women and men whose political activity has ensured that some action must be taken . |
| 9 | Crucial to the conviction was evidence from Pederick , who had , at his own trial , admitted planting the bomb and further claimed at Anderson 's trial that he had done so on the latter 's instructions . |
| 10 | It is to no-one 's advantage that they should be homogenised . |
| 11 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 12 | I swear it , on my mother 's milk that we shared . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's people 's support that you want , is n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | Whenever he spoke to the woman he regretted that he had not stamped his authority and demanded that Gwen should be released from Leconfield and transferred with him , but they had said in Century 's personnel that he must have a secretary who knew the ropes of the Service , and he had acquiesced . |
| 15 | Now at that stage my Lord Mr er telephoned Mr on the afternoon of the twenty second of October and it 's his case that he explained what had happened at the meeting of the bank to him and er asked him again , in view of the fact that was having to sell him home , if it was possible to withdraw from the contract and it is the plaintiff 's case that he pointed out to Mr er quite definitely and quite clearly on the telephone , on this day , er that without er the funding that he had required to run this business er he could only see that this was going to be potentially disastrous for him er and once again , my Lord as he said this was a fairly heated conversation and er the plaintiff was told by Mr once again that there was no way out for him and he should now concentrate all his efforts on achieving completion , er and once again we were . |
| 16 | Mr Burke said it was Mrs Busuttil 's case that she should not have been given such high doses of the drug to induce labour . |
| 17 | Was it sheer bravado on Obispal 's part that he disdained to fire explosive bolts at that creature which itself could not manipulate a gun ? |
| 18 | While they were there , an elderly man came down the stairs from the upper floor ( with its second hand books and books of local interest ) , and started to wander around , absent-mindedly Clara could tell from a certain straining of attention on Walter 's part that he was trying to catch the old man 's eye , and eventually he succeeded in doing so ; the old man nodded and smiled , with a bare " minimum of recognition , and Walter said " Good morning , Mr Warbley . " |
| 19 | I think that there are three sides to Noah 's faith that we can learn from . |
| 20 | IT IS something of a public statement of Carter 's record company 's faith that they are prepared to spend £20,000 of unrecoupable readies on a major aerodynamic lig for the British press ( faith that is vindicated , one could argue , by the band 's confirmed Biggest Ever Hit ‘ The Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ — Number Eight last week and rising ) . |
| 21 | By and large the Poles and Germans of the city had shown very early in the Free City 's existence that they could rub along together . |
| 22 | It is a measure of Quisling 's obstinacy that he was back as ‘ premier ’ — albeit the puppet of Reichskommissar Josef Terboven — within two years , thus ensuring that he shared the guilt for the occupation war-crimes for which he was duly shot in 1945 . |
| 23 | However , it was clear from the Special Commissioner 's decision that he had looked at all the evidence and asked himself whether in view of that evidence it had been reasonable for the inspector to form the view he had taken . |
| 24 | 460 in which it was held that an applicant for accommodation who wished to challenge the housing authority 's decision that he was intentionally homeless could do so either by action or by application for judicial review . |
| 25 | In the case of Letitia , who had married an Irish baronet , Sir Thomas Wyse , her refusal to accept the Emperor 's decision that she confine herself to being Lady Wyse , dropping all imperial pretensions by calling herself Bonaparte Wyse , led to her being expelled from France . |
| 26 | IF the Queen accepts Norman Lamont 's decision that she should not pay income tax the unrest could be extremely serious . |
| 27 | An inadequate system has been made worse by the Government 's decision that it will no longer accept responsibility for collecting maintenance unless there have been irregular payments . |
| 28 | A typical example occurred in a case when the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned an industrial tribunal 's decision that it was not practicable to consult where 33 redundancies were required urgently , at a time when take-over negotiations were being conducted in secret . |
| 29 | Well do you want that Littlewood 's shirt that I 've got , still says that we 're going , I get up on Sunday and go to and , no we 've got to go to with that coat , take that coat over |
| 30 | As their romance developed , Diana was happy to agree to Andrew 's requests that he and Sarah stay at Highgrove for the weekend . |