Example sentences of "' [noun] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 2 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |
| 3 | It was pitch black under the overhanging branches and it was n't until he reached the gate of Dobbs ' field that he was able , at last , to distinguish the shapes of the trees , and Dobbs and the wall by the churchyard . |
| 4 | Those who during the week at Lake Nona took the opportunity to ask questions about the running of America 's LPGA circuit , are convinced that it is to the players ' advantage that they leave the running of the association to its staff while they themselves concentrate on their golf . |
| 5 | He graduated from Valdese High School , studied chemistry at Wake-Forest University in North Carolina and then had to face a hard choice between his parents ' wishes that he return to work in the family businesses and his own strong interest in chemistry . |
| 6 | Questions could be asked about the failure of the NRA to include in its cost estimate the sum of £6 million of taxpayers ' money that it has already spent promoting the scheme , or it could consider any of the indirect costs arising from the construction of the channel . |
| 7 | So it is to the consequences of structural change for the economics of global competition and the adjustments of firms ' strategies that we now turn . |
| 8 | [ See p. 36963 for security forces ' admission that they had " exceeded their authority " . ] |
| 9 | This was not Dickens ' fault that he changed the ending , he was practically forced to do it by a friend . |
| 10 | On many occasions in our study we found a sharp contrast between the professionals ' perception that a high degree of consensus had been reached and the parents ' perception that they had agreed to a course of action because they saw no other real choice , particularly if the urgent needs of the child and other family members were to be quickly met . |
| 11 | The EP was ‘ brought in ’ in response to the teachers ' perception that they lacked the skills to manage George 's behaviour . |
| 12 | Many would-be claimants are so afraid of going into solicitors ' offices that they try the local Citizens ' Advice Bureau ( CAB ) first . |
| 13 | William Waldegrave , the health secretary , rejected nurses ' demands that he delay the government 's NHS reforms because patients ( they said ) are suffering . |
| 14 | Erm but some of these childrens ' addresses that we 've had at St Paul 's they are very interesting and you get something out of them . |
| 15 | Or , as is much more likely to be the truth of the matter , evidence of the parents ' fear that they might be depriving the child of some advantage if the ritual is omitted . |
| 16 | The clash between Balcon 's nationalism and the Ostrers ' requirement that he pursue international popularity led to the signs of strain that are evident in much of the Gaumont-British output , and it is easy to understand why Balcon became so disillusioned with the idea of international production . |
| 17 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 18 | A whole series of studies , he admits , appear to demonstrate that there is a broad agreement concerning the relative worth of different occupations , which apparently supports the functionalists ' contention that it is possible to identify those positions which are most important in society . |
| 19 | The most striking instance was the 1976 Soweto uprising which was sparked off by secondary school pupils ' opposition to the authorities ' insistence that they learn certain subjects in Afrikaans , viewed by most black people as the language of the oppressor . |
| 20 | They left Verdeţ unsure about how Ceauşescu would react to the miners ' insistence that he himself should come . |
| 21 | This was the first of many palatial properties occupied by Franco over the next forty years — a tendency which is difficult to reconcile with his hagiographers ' insistence that he was a man of austere tastes and habits . |
| 22 | The homeworkers ' expectations that they would receive work regularly , and their effective inability to refuse consignments of work , meant that their situation was similar to that of the regular casuals in the " O'Kelly case " . |
| 23 | Despite the firm figures in the community care plan ( see table ) , and social services managers ' confidence that they know the level of need in the city , he thinks they know little . |
| 24 | That matter was being discussed at the chief executives ' conference that I attended in Harrogate on Thursday , and it is a matter of great importance to all those working in the ’ next steps ’ agencies . |
| 25 | Insure yourself — Due to lack of space last month , we omitted the warning from Magdala Thomas ' article that you should be fully insured before doing any work on someone else 's tank . |
| 26 | It was in the course of researching our customers ' needs that we discovered how surprisingly few families have adequate life insurance . |
| 27 | And Hayling had told him to tone down the politics to smooth away advertisers ' fears that it was going to be a Commie rag . |
| 28 | The Crown Prosecution Service announced at Tower Bridge Magistrates ' Court that it was not continuing with a case against John Graham , 53 , a lift engineer . |
| 29 | According to the Arable Research Centres ' Justin Smith , some growers in Bedfordshire have been so disappointed with the insect pollinators ' efforts that they have ploughed up their crops to put in linseed or leave fields fallow . |
| 30 | He pays tribute to his treatment at Gartree prison , he apologises to the bomb victims ' families that they have had to keep reminding them of their loss : ‘ But we had to fight for our freedom . ’ |