Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this second approach is right — and despite my own biochemical enthusiasms I believe that it is — then the biochemical events that I study are likely to be very general processes of protein synthesis and membrane modification , sometimes described as ‘ housekeeping ’ . |
| 2 | In the last two hours I discover that he is a pharmacist , a male nurse , and a killer . |
| 3 | When I dared to go to the scales I discovered that I had lost a further ten pounds in five days . |
| 4 | I remember a man with a family of several young children who worked at the plant saying at one of the first local public meetings I addressed that it would certainly change his mind about nuclear power if the link with leukaemia was substantiated . |
| 5 | From his signs I understood that they were going to move me . |
| 6 | I had the club already going , was dealing with mainly young people , and as you will know young people 's taste tends to vary quite considerably and very quickly , so I might well be very successful for so long and then if suddenly taste changed and I had n't got the ability to change with the times I realized that it would be rather precarious , so I needed a second string to my bow . |
| 7 | When I had finished and opened my eyes I noted that she had the cup in one hand and the saucer in the other . |
| 8 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 9 | From your speech in parliament and from a wide variety of other speeches I understand that you no longer agree with the evidence you accepted in 1971 . |
| 10 | If therefore certiorari is generally available for error of law not involving abuse of power ( as on the basis of Lord Diplock 's speeches I consider that it is so available ) then it should be available also in respect of a decision of a visitor . |
| 11 | THE plasma precipitating into the Earth 's dayside auroral atmosphere has characteristics which show that it originates from the shocked solar-wind plasma of the magnetosheath . |
| 12 | Generic technologies are characterised by a breadth of long term potential applications and impacts which require that they be recognised as fundamental elements in thinking about and planning the long term socioeconomic future . |
| 13 | Marx maintained that , with the possible exception of the societies of prehistory , all historical societies contain basic contradictions which means that they can not survive forever in their existing form . |
| 14 | A petition signed by 115 leading personalities , requesting the King to appoint a 1,300-1,500 member National Assembly , drew widespread opposition from the main political parties which claimed that it would drag the monarchy into politics . |
| 15 | Retributivism thus fits in well with our commonsense intuitions which insist that it is indeed morally relevant whether the person punished has behaved well , badly or very badly in the past . |
| 16 | Having been damaged in January by allegations of marital infidelity , Clinton began the month with poll ratings which suggested that he had once again established a significant lead over his Democratic rivals . |
| 17 | Although Prime Ministers may from time to time use words which suggest that they are not unwilling to exercise their power of appointment , in recent times there is no direct evidence that they have done so . |
| 18 | This is a rather unfortunate name , which apparently arises from early low resolution pictures which suggested that they were flat areas devoid of craters . |
| 19 | I have an advertisement for CIA survival knives which states that it ’ is a superb high tech fibreglass filled nylon construction knife which weighs just 20 gm. due to its double edge , spear point and double fluted reinforced spine , tremendous plunging power — it can literally be driven straight through a telephone directory ( remains undetected by airport metal detectors ) ’ . |
| 20 | Not that he had minded in the least , for if he had a daughter as rich as Gemma and a fellow like Tristan Gage were to come along he 'd take all the necessary steps himself to see that she could never be cheated . |
| 21 | When we add up all the indicators which show that we are moving closer to federal control , and balance them against the number which show that we are moving further away from central control , we are asking ourselves , what is the meaning of subsidiarity ? |
| 22 | They were all offices which indicated that he was held in good regard , but not considered a serious candidate for major political advancement . |
| 23 | I got howls of protest from readers who thought that I was deliberately misleading them . |
| 24 | As such , it should command the attention even of readers who feel that they have no time for the art . |
| 25 | But as we have just seen , so will hearers and readers who feel that they are being patronised . |
| 26 | But that policy has come in for sharp criticism from monetarists who insist that it has fed the rapid expansion of broad money supply , M4 , and inflamed inflationary pressures . |
| 27 | It only took an instant , yet when you look back into their eyes you know that they know that you did it , and you know that they know that you know that they know ! |
| 28 | However , when Dolly Howard thought she would peep through the curtains to see how her father was reacting to the nudes she found that she was the one who was shocked . |
| 29 | Many governing bodies appear to have at least one member who has some skill in financial planning and most governors are prepared to be sympathetic towards financial proposals from heads who show that they are competent . |
| 30 | In this way those candidates who recognise that they are unsuitable are able to drop out of the process early on . |