Example sentences of "[noun] that [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is prone to pointing out to journalists that she has ugly hands ( her assessment ) , says she grew up thinking she was plain and now is so embarrassed by her appearance on screen that she never sees her films unless she 's forced to . |
| 2 | Hobbes ‘ s talk of ‘ true ratiocination ’ is an indication that he has some theory of what reason or ratiocination is , some explanation or analysis of it . |
| 3 | During the last couple of months that he holds that office , he will be judged harshly on what he does . |
| 4 | when Moore says he knows such and such [ for instance that he has two hands : JD ] he is really enumerating a lot of empirical propositions which we affirm without special testing ; propositions , that is , which have a peculiar logical role in the system of our empirical propositions . |
| 5 | And the finding that it takes 400 msec to generate the electrical activity associated with the meaning of visually presented words suggests that this is one of the most complex activities our perceptual systems are asked to perform . |
| 6 | Many college curricula , especially in scientific and technological subjects , subject the student to such a barrage of facts and opinions that he has little chance to pause and assess what has taken place so far . |
| 7 | The word ‘ sweet ’ is used so often throughout the scene that it loses all worth , in the same way that a Chaucerian epithet such as ‘ fresshe ’ comes to mean almost the opposite when continually applied to January 's wife May in The Merchant 's Tale . |
| 8 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 9 | The only anecdote related in the article in the about Abdulkerim concerns a of Mahmud Pasa 's in which Molla Vildan complains to Mahmud Pasa that he shows greater love to Abdulkerim than to him . |
| 10 | Parke , aged 17 , had already showed us with two wins in the previous two days that he has great ability . |
| 11 | Secondly , even if the applicant has not sought the alternative remedy , judicial review may still be allowed if the applicant alleges malice on the part of the decision-maker ; or if the court thinks that the applicant 's interest in the action is of such importance that it deserves judicial protection : an example would be personal liberty . |
| 12 | ‘ It is certainly a polygon , and our historians , experts and researchers have come to the conclusion that it has 24 sides and is 100ft in diameter . ’ |
| 13 | It is the view of the group that it has another role in promoting dialogue on particular areas of concern : the comments on ‘ Data Sources and Research Methodology ’ produced last year are an example . |
| 14 | They have called on the Northern Regional Health Authority to issue a categorical denial that it has any plans to merge 15 health care districts into six super districts . |
| 15 | Mr Lawson responded pleasantly : ‘ I am glad that my honourable friend raised that issue because , although it is an absurdity , it is believed by many people other than my honourable friend , who understandably picks up things that he hears other people say . ’ |
| 16 | Had the above account been a linguistic account , an explanation of the meaning of ‘ legitimate authority ’ , it would have followed that anyone who believes of a person that he has legitimate authority believes that that person satisfies the condition set by the justification thesis . |
| 17 | Sir Peter Teazle suggests to Sir Oliver Surface that he impersonates this Mr Premium whom Charles had never met , and ‘ you 'll see your nephew in all his glory ’ . |
| 18 | Some managers are convinced that PRP will improve performance and raise income , but there 's hardly any evidence that it produces any improvements . |
| 19 | Such a system is inherently inflationary as it encourages escalation of costs and there is no evidence that it gives any encouragement to the cost effective use of different procedures since the health care suppliers know that , whatever the cost , they will be reimbursed . |
| 20 | Greenpeace anti-nuclear campaigner Bridget Woodman said : ‘ Nuclear Electric wants to operate Sizewell B in the full knowledge that it has sub-standard components and an increased potential for a disastrous accident . ’ |
| 21 | It need not , therefore , be related to any act performed in the belief that it has normative consequences . |
| 22 | There are three elements : ( a ) an intent to make a demand with menaces ; ( b ) a view to gain for himself or another , or intent to cause loss to another ; ( c ) either no belief that he has reasonable grounds for making the demand or no belief that the use of menaces is a proper form of reinforcing the demand |
| 23 | ( g ) Section 12(6) exculpates the person who acts " in the belief that he has lawful authority to do [ what he had done ] or that he would have the owner 's consent if the owner knew of his doing it and the circumstances of it " . |
| 24 | The formula seems a good halfway house , and has the saving grace that it avoids another row by commanding EC unanimity . |
| 25 | A trade union or union official calling its members out on strike is therefore protected but it has been said to be arguable that an individual striker has no protection against a claim that he uses unlawful means when he withdraws his labour because this situation does not appear to fall within section 13(1) . |
| 26 | These are wishes of the ego , and they 're gratified in the illusion of religion , but as we 've also seen , Freud erm , notices even though he does n't comment , that the illusion of religion is pro-social , in the sense that it maintains social order , systems and morality , and so on . |
| 27 | I mean , I mean I 'm sure it 's useful in the sense that it gets one person through er doing a degree who could n't have done it otherwise , but whether it would actually give you the sort of experience you want , I 'm much more doubtful . |
| 28 | Entitled Challenge , it ‘ will be progressive in the sense that it understands Christian faith to be of necessity a commitment to the cause of all who are oppressed , discriminated against or unjustly treated . ’ |
| 29 | The decision is logical , in the sense that it places local authorities in the same position as other builders . |
| 30 | However , it should be remembered that this figure will be an underestimate in the sense that it excludes occasional users — ‘ chippers ’ and ‘ dabblers ’ . |