Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] that [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says that fifty percent of her trade is from passing traffic . |
| 2 | She says that one reason for her not going out is that upstairs there are about one thousand people assaulting children . |
| 3 | She says that three shops have closed down since Christmas . |
| 4 | She claims that two years later pupils began taunting her about her weight both in the playground and the classroom which reduced her to tears . |
| 5 | According to Cyril Ray in his penetrating profile Bollinger ( 1971 ) , one house was spared and he records that fifteen years after the riots Madame Bollinger overheard a passer-by outside one of her windows say , ‘ That 's the Bollinger house , you know : we did n't touch it during the riots here — as a matter of fact , we lowered our flag to it when we passed ! ’ 'Probably the red flag , ’ Madame is supposed to have commented with pleased irony . |
| 6 | Because he thinks that one day you might help his son . ’ |
| 7 | It says that two networks are already connected at 2Mbps , and a further four — including three interfacing via TCP/IP — are expected to connect at 2Mbps in the next few months . |
| 8 | It says that 340,000 people with two jobs are being double counted , and there is a discrepancy of one million between the numbers claimed to be in self-employment and those self-employed people paying national insurance . |
| 9 | Conscious that security may prove to be a major concern for users , NCR has been pushing the system 's in-built security features : it says that three levels are provided . |
| 10 | And he shows that 30 June is the only date possible because the ritual , political , economic calendar is so full of appointments deemed ( in that culture ) to be pre-conditions of successful cultivation , that really 30 June is the only possible day for planting maize . |
| 11 | Most significantly , it states that one reason not to have a comprehensive nuclear-test ban is that it is almost impossible to distinguish small underground tests from earthquakes and conventional explosions . |
| 12 | The central " roundel " is not round ; the outer , stencilled , circular band is squashed and poorly centred ( thus effecting the irregular drawing of the band of superposed triangles ) ; and it appears that two trees and one animal have been omitted . |
| 13 | It appears that one Christmas a stockbroker searching for a present went into a pet shop in the Square Mile . |
| 14 | But , it is equally vital to recognize that the reversal of reforms began well before Mao 's victory in China in 1949 , indeed , it appears that one section of the US occupation was anticipating a reversal almost as the constitution was being drafted . |
| 15 | Numbers are very small , and of course tabular data are only an extremely crude summary of a very complex range of feelings ; however ( excluding those whose attitudes were not known or impossible to summarise ) , it appears that three carers in the action samples felt the strain had lightened , four that it had remained the same and five that it had worsened . |
| 16 | Judging from entries made in burial registers it appears that three days was the average length of delay . |
| 17 | And so is that instant of anticipation when it seems that two bodies must collide , brutally , and one is helpless to stop it . |
| 18 | It follows that one question doubtless uppermost in shareholders ' minds at this initial meeting will be price . |
| 19 | It follows that one person can not impose a contract upon another . |
| 20 | If we print all this area from within a rubberband box , as we have been doing , it means that four sections of the printout will make up the width of the design and the height will need the total height of squares used for the design , divided by 38 . |
| 21 | With a squad of 16 it means that five players spend a majority of their time watching . |
| 22 | It estimates that 42,000 people will leave this year , 55,000 next year , and perhaps up to 60,000 the year after . |
| 23 | He believes that one day he will prove to be the stronger , and for that reason , if for no other , he will never resist when I call to him . |
| 24 | In his statement , Subba Row , who is 57 years old , stressed that he believes that five years in office is sufficient , and that negotiating the International Cricket Conference agreement on South Africa , announced in January , was quite enough to be remembered by . |
| 25 | What difference do you think it makes that three quarters of the news desk are women ? |