Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] [v-ing] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the spirit of goodwill did not last long and Gaze was soon claiming that Cook was copying his ideas . |
| 2 | Pauline Mitchell , director of housing , said the council was not suggesting that Tracy had been negligent . |
| 3 | Boxtree is now claiming that Mr Bean 's Diary has sold so well ( over 314,000 copies when I last spoke to them ) because it is being bought by , and given to , children and teenagers . |
| 4 | The Chinese whispers the next day were even claiming that Paul Smith stormed out of the awards in disgust . |
| 5 | The arrival of ‘ Alcibiades ’ with his partying revellers is a bit of an anticlimax — a touch jaded rhythmically , almost as if Boughton and his crew were rather wishing that Bernstein 's Greeks had been philosophers first and swingers second . |
| 6 | While FoE is not arguing that children are exposed to radiation levels above legal limits , it is criticizing BNFL for not doing enough to fulfil its legal obligation to reduce the radioactivity of its discharges to the minimum . |
| 7 | Evidence is now emerging that women have been detained in order to be raped and even impregnated , and that political and military leaders knew , but condoned it.One woman who can testify to the existence of rape camps and the suffering of women , is Francoise Hampson , senior lecturer at Essex University and an expert in the law of armed conflict . |
| 8 | Whilst Britain is far from the centrally imposed curriculum found in some other countries , government is increasingly insisting that schools must reflect certain key areas of experience for all pupils , and in particular those concerned with the world of work ( sic ) , with science and technology , and with economic awareness . |
| 9 | In fact , Lance Percival came to a conclusion as long ago as when the One Over The Eight show was still running that Ken would n't have minded if his comedy days had been over , too . |
| 10 | History is somehow proving that Kitchens Of Distinction are a valid fusion of the ( early ) '80s and '90s , where spiky , overcoated rock meets effects-stunned pop and gets on , miserably . |
| 11 | Ward Sister was still complaining that children were not allowed to see the patients unattended . |