Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quitting the ERM permanently will have one important psychological effect : it will remind Britain 's traders that their destiny is to sell where their market is strongest . |
| 2 | He could see in Mariana 's eyes that her thoughts mirrored his own . |
| 3 | HERON International chairman Gerald Ronson yesterday told the garages and property group 's bankers that its value has collapsed from £585m to £135m . |
| 4 | The man wrote to the young man 's parents that their son ‘ strikes me as someone who stands in his own light ’ . |
| 5 | But the house , one of the rare examples of Sir John Soane 's domestic architecture , was pictured in so many books on the capital 's buildings that its elegant eccentricity was as familiar to him as if he commonly walked these streets and squares . |
| 6 | However , it was while in the midst of dealing with her father 's problems that her husband had dropped his bombshell . |
| 7 | Theo 's fears that his brother was on a self-destructive course must have been at least partly eased by this letter . |
| 8 | In a surprise ruling late last Tuesday , Judge Vaughn Walker threw out almost all the elements of the case , including specific icons and general appearance , and told Apple 's lawyers that their claim on grounds of general overall appearance represented a fundamental misunderstanding of the law . |
| 9 | Hook tells Peter 's children that their parents hate them : ‘ Before you were born , they were happier : they were free ! ’ |
| 10 | The rise in unemployment frustrated the government 's spending plans , because of the rising costs of social security ; it also undermined the credibility of the government 's claims that its economic strategy was working and that economic recovery was around the corner . |
| 11 | But Berkeley 's claims that his Immaterialism avoided the scepticism endemic in his predecessors , and restored philosophy to the beliefs of sound common sense , were not accepted . |
| 12 | She brushed aside Mrs Singh 's assertions that her son was not making progress by telling her repeatedly that it was unreasonable to expect anything more ; she used phrases like ‘ He is well below average ’ , ‘ He is slow ’ , ‘ He is in the bottom set , you must accept that . |
| 13 | Therefore , there was no duty on the school to give effect to the applicants ' preferences that their daughters should be educated at the school . |
| 14 | The Zimbabwean President , Mr Robert Mugabe , yesterday reiterated earlier pledges to resettle hundreds of thousands of black families , but allayed white farmers ' fears that their land would be seized with minimal compensation to mark the tenth independence anniversary . |
| 15 | The Zimbabwean President , Mr Robert Mugabe , yesterday reiterated earlier pledges to resettle hundreds of thousands of black families , but allayed white farmers ' fears that their land would be seized with minimal compensation to mark the tenth independence anniversary . |
| 16 | In retaliation to the MacMahons ' comments that their son was ‘ frustrated and bored ’ at school , his former head teacher has said Nicholas is ‘ a very sad little boy ’ who may never know a happy childhood . |