Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [that] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This was certainly not necessary for the decision of the case ; but though the resolution of the Court of Common Pleas was only a dictum , it seems to me clear that Lord Coke deliberately adopted the dictum , and the great weight of his authority makes it necessary to be cautious before saying that what he deliberately adopted as law was a mistake , and though I can not find that in any subsequent case this dictum has been made the ground of the decision , except in Fitch v. Sutton ( 1804 ) 5 East 230 , as to which I shall make some remarks later , and in Down v. Hatcher ( 1839 ) 10 Ad. & El . |
2 | So am I sorry that David Owen has killed it off ? |
3 | Its alleged that Mr Middleton repeatedly whipped the animal to frighten it into jumping clear . |
4 | ‘ Are you sure that Yankee sun has n't turned your head . ’ |
5 | ‘ And are you sure that Harry Lawrence was not the target ? ’ |
6 | To conclude , at no time do I write expertises for payment , and I find it strange that Mr Stock should dispute an independent scholar 's freedom of expression . |
7 | Now an atheist computer has declared its lack of belief in these gentlemen and , to howls of delight from fundamentalists in both Jewish and Christian religions , has made it possible that Ol' Grampa Moses was the culprit after all . |
8 | In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’ |
9 | For instance , is n't it odd that World AIDS Day , the theme of which for 1990 was Women and AIDS , has come and gone , with no change for lesbians — no information , no acknowledgement , no nothing . |
10 | Nobody thought it odd that Mother Francis often went up the path past the blackberries to read her Office up by the cottage . |
11 | The Sejm rejected Bielecki 's resignation offer on Aug. 31 , effectively passing a vote of confidence in the government , but rejected a resolution proposed by one of the Solidarity groups for government by decree , and made it clear that budget cuts would not be passed . |
12 | However he welcomed the manner in which the new law had resolved the " most serious " objections which had led him to veto the 1990 version , and had made it clear that US government " requests " to third countries or private citizens for help in covert actions did not need to be reported to Congress . |
13 | Lady Thatcher , who has criticised the Prime Minister 's cautious stance on the war , said failure to make it clear that Serb aggression would not be allowed to succeed would lead to more bloodshed in Bosnia and possibly elsewhere . |
14 | When justices are advised not to have regard to statements of evidence and to medical reports on that ground they are being deprived of potentially valuable material in these difficult cases and I wish to make it clear that hearsay evidence is available to assist the court in all these cases although its weight will always be a matter for the judgment of the court . |
15 | His autobiography makes it clear that Terence O'Neill had no sympathy with what he saw as parochial unionism . |
16 | Of course this made it clear that von Neumann 's " proof " needed reappraisal , a task successfully accomplished by John Bell . |
17 | In a step-by-step assault on the softly-softly approach to Europe being peddled by Downing Street , the former Conservative cabinet minister also made it clear that Mrs Thatcher 's hard-line opposition to the concept of monetary union with the other 11 EC nations was jeopardising the chances of London becoming the base for a European central bank . |
18 | The daughters-in-law made it clear that Mrs J. had given all of them a hard time over the years . |
19 | The legislation makes it clear that peasant migration was no new phenomenon , only that the new bout produced by Viking activity was causing some headaches for landlords . |
20 | This makes it clear that Mrs. Proudie is a woman the like of whom neither Barchester nor any of its inhabitants have ever before seen . |
21 | Contrastingly , on the final day the journalistic gathering were honoured by a visit from General Zahid Ali Akbar , who made it clear that Mike Gatting would be welcome back in Pakistan if he were chosen for England 's next tour there . |
22 | The political state made it clear that Robert Dundas would win his election if two additional nominal voters could be placed upon the roll , but the whole scheme would of course come to nothing should he lose any of his voters , or if Mr. Glassford would not also divide his valuation and make a second vote . |
23 | Myanma 's military-dominated regime , however , which had refused to implement the results of the May 1990 general election won by the NLD , made it clear that Suu Kyi was regarded as a troublemaker and that she would remain under house arrest ; she had refused to renounce political involvement and go into exile . |
24 | Daniel Patrick Moynihan , the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and one of the administration 's key allies on the Hill , has made it clear that Mr Clinton is willing to scale back the tax , exempting whole industries and offering generous rebates to exporters . |
25 | There were others in the party , however , who made it clear that Mr Taylor 's path to re-adoption would not be easy . |
26 | I think you had made it clear that Mr Yeo very much valued her . |
27 | Simpson ( op. cit. ) refers to the tour by Pennant ( 1774 & 1776 ) , but Slack ( 1986 ) makes it clear that Thomas Pennant and his companion the Rev. John Lightfoot did not visit the Outer Hebrides . |
28 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
29 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players do not apparently feel the same way . |
30 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players , will not be at the Olympics |