Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] that this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rob Goffee 's research suggests that this disillusionment is about a change in the rules : that the rewards of employment ( security , money , etc. ) are no longer reliable ; that careers are no longer predictable . |
| 2 | Cheshire 's work shows that this assumption is too simple since , for example , main verb DO and auxiliary do behave quite differently in Reading vernacular and in standard English , the patterns of variation in Reading vernacular being quite different for each of the verb-form 's two grammatical functions . |
| 3 | Hen birds store sperm until the eggs need to be fertilised : the male 's behaviour ensured that this store was at least partially emptied before he inseminated the female , thereby giving himself a better chance to fertilise the eggs . |
| 4 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is evidence of the growing success of the Government 's education reforms that this year 28,800 people have enrolled for teacher training courses — 20 per cent . |
| 5 | The evidence for this assumption seems in the end to be the fact that Taskopruzade uses for the first time in relation to Molla Fenari a distinctly official-sounding title which appears to encompass the entire Ottoman state , namely ; but it must be reiterated that there is no evidence in Taskopruzade 's account to suggest that this appointment occurred in the time of Murad II rather than earlier , perhaps in the time of Mehmed I or even of Bayezid I. |
| 6 | The parties to Miss Calder 's application agreed that this issue should be decided as a preliminary issue in her case as well and that we should decide the two issues at the same time . |
| 7 | Doubts about the son 's ability to ensure that this bequest remained intact in the face of other claimants may have led his co-trustees to start the legal action . |
| 8 | You 'll see when we see today 's film run that this response wo n't have been nearly as rapid as the one he 'll show when Miss Quinn takes him . ’ |