Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm keeping my fingers crossed that Sierra comes up with a few more of these ! |
| 2 | Would not my observations indicate that Denis Faul is partisan in his condemnation of the techniques used by the RUC in their attempts to protect the population of Northern Ireland from terrorists . |
| 3 | Himmler said , ‘ My sources indicate that Rivera has also passed this news on to Canaris . |
| 4 | Her enemies implied that Eugénie read nothing but novels or lightweight ‘ feminine ’ books , but in fact her library revealed an interest in science and philosophy , though history predominated . |
| 5 | Teachers and their employers claim that Britain is 10,000 teachers short . |
| 6 | The standard interpretation of their redshifts says that NGC 4319 is receding from us at 1800 km per sec , while the redshift of Markarian 205 indicates a recession velocity of 21 000 km per sec ( The Redshift Controversy , G. B. Field , H. Arp & J. N. Bahcall , W. A. Benjamin , New York , 1974 , p 46 ) . |
| 7 | Coleridge became aware soon after their lectures began that Southey 's manner had grown ‘ cold and gloomy ’ , and that he had started to back away from the principles of Pantisocracy . |
| 8 | She still wore her shirt , but it had ridden up over her thighs , while all her senses registered that Travis wore nothing save his skin . |
| 9 | Its economists estimate that Scotland 's gross domestic product will rise in 1993 by 3.5 per cent , compared with the 1 per cent predicted for the UK as a whole in the Government 's economic statement last autumn . |
| 10 | The observation was accepted in spite of its inconvenience , since the Copernican theory as well as some of its rivals predicted that Venus should appear to change size appreciably during the course of the year . |
| 11 | ‘ She informed us all she had some very bad news and through her tears said that King George VI had died , ’ recalls Margery Burton , of Redworth Road , Shildon . |
| 12 | Its members maintain that Mexico 's current-account deficit — $12.5 billion in 1992 and now approaching 7% of GDP — is unsustainable . |
| 13 | Top managers enjoyed an average increase in earnings of 17.8 per cent last year , according to the latest , from Charterhouse ; like P-E Inbucon 's , its results suggest that Lord King of British Airways was , shall we say , a bit ahead of the pack . |
| 14 | Bingham is keeping his fingers crossed that Gray 's withdrawal is the only one . |
| 15 | The Reds ' third-choice keeper , who made a successful return to senior action , is keeping his fingers crossed that Graeme Souness was impressed enough to select him against Middlesbrough this Saturday . |
| 16 | And Kristian has his fingers crossed that Thames Television 's £1 million children 's series The Tomorrow People will be a hit . |
| 17 | KEVIN BROCK is keeping his fingers crossed that Newcastle 's reserve match at Aston Villa tonight is n't a victim of the weather , writes John Wardle . |
| 18 | The defence minister , Kaspar Villiger , and his supporters reply that Switzerland needs something to replace its now 30-year-old Hawker Hunters . |
| 19 | He realized that his last chance was to make his captors believe that Donna knew where the book they sought was hidden , whatever it was . |
| 20 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief Scott McNealy apparently told his stockholders meeting that Solaris would be ported to the PowerPC if IBM , Apple and Motorola come up with the volume . |
| 21 | Marlborough 's campaigns have commanded the admiration of military analysts ; his successes showed that Britain could conduct a war on land , and made it clear that the balance of power would be maintained and Louis XIV would not be able to establish France as the dominant power in western Europe in the way that had seemed probable in the 1680s . |
| 22 | For his part , Branson was within his rights to insist that Wilson abide by the contract she had signed , but he agreed to renegotiate . |
| 23 | Even his friends concede that Pillsbury can be difficult , being something of a diva , hot-tempered and imperious . |
| 24 | Mr Siddique said his members understood that Mr Rushdie was protected under British law , but said : ‘ I would welcome the opportunity to kill him myself if he was in an Islamic country . ’ |
| 25 | Benjamin Titford , by contrast , must have trusted his children to see that Elizabeth was fairly dealt with — and his trust appears to have been justified . |
| 26 | Though his detractors claimed that Hadrian 's beard was grown to hide blemishes on his skin , it more likely reflects the emperor 's profound commitment to Greek culture . |
| 27 | Most of his colleagues feel that Mr Lamont 's handling of Treasury policy has been sound . |
| 28 | Our spies report that Bonkers Bono is so excited he 's decided to have it built in the shape of a guitar , though we at Public NME think a huge shoe-shape would be more relevant as the new album U2 are currently working on is supposed to be a load of old cobblers . |
| 29 | We will work with our allies to ensure that NATO remains the cornerstone of our defence . |
| 30 | ‘ Through the 90s , Conservative Government will draw on and be sustained by our principles to ensure that Britain enters the next millennium strong , confident , generous and free ’ John Major |