Example sentences of "'s [noun] [is] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The author 's conjecture is that in the near future the best selling products on world markets will be automated design , testing and manufacturing systems rather than goods produced by such systems . |
| 5 | Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 . |
| 6 | The answer to my hon. Friend 's question is that of course those are relevant considerations for valuers to take into account . |
| 7 | One of the uses of understanding how this transform of the city and savage theme continues in Eliot 's work is that in seeing how this primitive countryside ( like the animistic rose-garden ) connects with London 's metropolitan world , it becomes apparent that there is a political aspect to the Four Quartets . |
| 8 | One symptom of the pope 's embarrassment is that for the first and last time he made a concession to Anselm on the subject of the primacy of Canterbury , which we must deal with later . |
| 9 | Goryushkin 's conclusion is that in the process of peasant immigration and colonization , not only did the incoming millions bring about innovations in agricultural methods , animal husbandry , cottage industry and the social customs of the Siberian peasantry , but they themselves were also deeply influenced by the traditional local practices of the old Siberians . |
| 10 | The national coach 's belief is that at the next meeting of the SFA 's International Committee the question of how club is currently strangling country has to be at the top of the agenda . |
| 11 | Perhaps the most important consequence of a limited partner 's role is that in return for his limited liability he must give up his normal right to participate in the management of the partnership . |
| 12 | Chanan 's argument is that with more than twice as many people who are non-working as are involved in manufacturing , their role in reinvigorating the community can , and should , be developed . |
| 13 | The burden of John Ward 's argument is that to a large extent , political complexion is a secondary factor to core industrial philosophy . |
| 14 | The best that can be said for Manne 's argument is that as the risks of insider dealing increase , ‘ not trading ’ trading may become more popular . |
| 15 | Dr P 's argument is that in a piece of ‘ good ’ writing , there are certain qualities , above and beyond the techniques s/he uses to communicate an experience or belief , that make that piece of writing intrinsically superior to other pieces of literature . |
| 16 | The essence of Luxemburg 's critique is that for accumulation to proceed there must be a third market , that is , petty commodity production , feudal economy , etc. , for the whole of the surplus-value to be realised . |
| 17 | A big reason for the Penelope Spheeris-directed film 's success is that in a period crowded with pictures nowhere near as smart as they think they are — Paul Verhoeven 's lumbering , botched , thrill-free Basic Instinct , Robert Altman 's unbelievably over-exalted The Player — it 's the only fun in town . |
| 18 | An overall difference of impression between Marx 's notes and Engels 's book is that in the case of the notebooks Morgan 's framework is totally subordinated to Marx 's wider concerns , while in Engels 's book we get the impression that Morgan , for great chunks of the book , actually takes over Engels . |
| 19 | Football 's paradox is that in the act of defining fiercely committed ‘ in ’ groups like ‘ our team ’ , ‘ our boys ’ , ‘ our town ’ , the ‘ enemy ’ also begins to take clear shape . |
| 20 | It seems that the law 's answer is that notwithstanding the general rule about the jus tertii P's claim may be barred by public policy if to assist in recovery of the property would offend the court 's conscience . |
| 21 | The second weakness in the Government 's position is that in an important respect it is ambiguous . |
| 22 | The new fact in the world 's history is that for the first time a great power with a formidable Navy , a population from which vast armies might be raised , and an economic and financial strength which might alone be decisive in any future conflict , is prepared to stake its own peace , not merely to guarantee its own interests , nor to further the partisan aims of its allies , but to make an end in the world of the possibility of prosperous aggression … . beyond the American continent her only interests are the open door to trade , freedom of the seas , and the maintenance of peace . |
| 23 | Townsend 's thesis is that in four main areas , ‘ the dependency of the elderly in the twentieth century is being manufactured socially ’ . |
| 24 | Gluckman 's thesis is that in these societies , the fundamental propensity in men to quarrel is held in check by cross-cutting allegiances . |
| 25 | The bidder 's estimate is that at least £31million of the property profit has been taken above the line , and Kingfisher also questions whether Dixons made any profit at all in 1988-89 from selling electrical goods in the UK . |
| 26 | A further possibility which is suggested by Lord Denning 's judgment is that in such circumstances it may not be a case for injunction but only for damages . |