Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] that this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes that this castle was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , ‘ Redbeard ’ no less . |
| 2 | For example , in his review of the functions of the inferotemporal cortex in rhesus monkeys , Dean concludes that this area may be involved in ‘ stimulus categorization ’ , rather than visual perception . |
| 3 | Kermode thinks that this process , with all that it implies , is a fact of life , which has to be lived with , whatever we think of it . |
| 4 | Dublin 's support for such a poisonous export shows that this concern is not even skin deep . |
| 5 | It is clear from the travaux préparatoires that this declaration operates to ‘ extend ’ the assumed meaning of ‘ civil and commercial ’ which therefore must be taken to exclude all such cases . |
| 6 | The European Information Industry Association estimates that this market will have grown to US$6.7 billion by 1995 , an average annual growth rate of 19 per cent . |
| 7 | The absence of neutrophilia suggests that this lesion is not a conventional inflammatory type proctitis , but rather one presumed to be induced by gluten antigen(s) present in the faecal stream — that is , a cell mediated form of response . |
| 8 | Troops committed by Pakistan and Bangladesh left for the Gulf in early September , while on Sept. 18 Argentina became the first Latin American country to announce that it would send forces ; two frigates , a Hercules aeroplane and 450 soldiers left on Sept. 25 , despite opposition claims that this action violated the Constitution and was inconsistent with Argentina 's diplomatic tradition of neutrality in overseas conflicts . |
| 9 | After the given date , the same change may well have diffused to other dialects that were not affected at first , and Labov 's well-known work ( for example , 1980 ) on short /a/ in the northern United States suggests that this EModE change is still in progress there today . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 12 | Quine says that this thesis is owed to Pierre Duhem ; we can call it Duhem 's thesis ( Quine , 1969 , p. 80 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In the novel , however , Marcel finds that this exploration mostly leads to a dead end , since the conscious effort of remembering , which is after all an effort of mind and will , is something which at best yields only a lifeless image of the past . |
| 15 | The council denies that this Coventry estate is a dumping ground for single parents , a denial which is contradicted by the evidence of the inhabitants . |
| 16 | However , ASEAN claims that this body is not a military organisation have failed to dispel Soviet suspicions . |
| 17 | County Council believes that this advice and guidance is synonymous with the view that is taken that development of the open countryside will in fact represent the exception rather than the rule and that new development would not normally be permitted . |
| 18 | Hall argues that this bunching is not just historical , but also geographical . |
| 19 | Grassmuck believes that this communication barrier between parents and children led to a series of killings of parents by their sons . |
| 20 | Wolfe argues that this contradiction has three consequences for public administration . |
| 21 | Lyons suggests that this x retains a pronominal element , as well as containing an adverbial element similar to here . |
| 22 | The tone of deference suggests that this person was a new acquaintance , and that Leapor respected her literary judgement . |
| 23 | However , the fact that pre-pubertal , menopausal , sterilised and infertile women as well as those who practise contraception are all covered by the law of rape suggests that this distinction is not of overriding significance . |
| 24 | On overseas aid , the hon. Lady knows that this year we have yet again increased the amount of money that is spent on that . |
| 25 | Natural infection may have also contributed to the high seroprevalences in the IPV group 13–17 months after vaccination , although evidence from previous studies in poliomyelitis-free areas suggests that this finding is more likely to be due to brisk secondary responses in children who had been primed with OPV and who later received poliovirus antigen parenterally in the form of IPV . |
| 26 | Cameron shows that this scheme was not one of structural reconstruction but of altering appearance and apparent location in a very clever marketing exercise . |
| 27 | Brooke-Rose complains that this type of facile cliché has invaded the novel as well , and that though ‘ younger writers are fed up , and want to ‘ go straight ’ ' this is no longer possible because ‘ the currency has been devalued ’ ( 48 ) . |
| 28 | Brody speculates that this finding ( which runs counter to the evidence which I presented above that grandparents place more value on this relationship than grandchildren ) may reflect the idealism of the younger generation and their lack of experience of situations where demands are actually made upon them . |
| 29 | In this condition , one wrong base pair in the DNA of the gene coding for a particular enzyme means that this enzyme is functionless and the body can not easily make melanin , which is the dark pigment responsible for brown eyes and dark hair , and which is produced in response to sunlight when we get a sun-tan . |
| 30 | The system works because membership of a particular kin group implies that this person is a good worker and in this instance family reputation extends quite a distance in genealogical terms , well beyond the inner circle of intimate kin , provided a family member gives a recommendation . |