Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My husband has married only once , ’ she told me ‘ but he has forgotten that he has any duties . ’
2 Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this .
3 I 've noticed that she has good bladder control .
4 Your daughter does n't live extravagantly enough for it to be noticed that she has more money than the average student .
5 With his father 's help , Victor began slowly exercising his limbs , but doctors have said that he needs controlled therapy in the city hospital — something the family will never be able to afford .
6 Meanwhile , Dustin , who has said that he envies pregnant women , followed a natural childbirth course with Anne , doing all the exercises she did .
7 If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK .
8 Marxism has sometimes been regarded as a positivist approach since it can be argued that it sees human behaviour as a reaction to the stimulus of the economic infrastructure .
9 We have already seen that it rejects any notion that God is changed .
10 My husband has been told that he has high cholesterol .
11 President Gaviria has found that he wields little power even over the 24 members from his balkanised Liberal Party .
12 It is popularly assumed that it has medicinal benefits , but there is no evidence whatever to support this , and much evidence to the contrary .
13 The former Prime Minister , Emilio Colombo , has remarked that he wants European integration to occur in order to prevent Italy from collapsing into anarchy .
14 The company has consistently denied that it allows dangerous emissions but , sirens have been installed to warn of escapes .
15 Having flatly denied that he has any intention of going to British Rail , Sir David Plastow , chairman of Vickers , yesterday announced that he has installed a ‘ safety valve ’ guaranteeing that he will not be solely responsible should his company hit the slippery slope .
16 The BBC has always maintained that it needs more spectrum for each service to be able to provide more relay stations in remote areas .
17 Gassendi had suggested that it shows improper pride for a person who has feet to take him where he wants to go to ‘ yearn to fly like the birds ’ .
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