Example sentences of "[noun] tells [pers pn] that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a creation of society , not of individual reasoning or emotion , though it may satisfy both ; and it is for this reason that Durkheim tells us that a psychological interpretation of a social fact is invariably a wrong interpretation . |
| 2 | Now seafloor spreading tells us that the oceanic crust of the Pacific is moving away from the East Pacific Rise towards South America . |
| 3 | In the tent that night we eat smoked trout and Odd-Knut tells us that the previous year there was a fight on his team and after it was over and the dogs were moving again he saw blood on the snow . |
| 4 | One group tells you that the nineteenth-century owner , a wealthy merchant , had a beautiful daughter who drowned in an accident in a nearby lake . |
| 5 | John of Salisbury tells us that a new custom had arisen in his time that on the day on which a young man was to be girded with the belt of knighthood he went solemnly to church , laid his sword on the altar , and offered himself and his service to God . |
| 6 | While we draw breath on the wolf whistling debate as heard on the BBC World Service , apparently Coun Eleanor Young tells us that the offending action is n't even mentioned in Darlington Council 's proposed code of conduct for contractors . |
| 7 | British Rail tells us that the 5.51 Sheffield to Paddington train is 15 minutes late this evening , but I 've nothing to report so far on the buses . |
| 8 | Oriental dragons were not bloodthirsty like the Worms in England , and a pretty story tells us that the beautiful colours of autumn leaves are a result of a nearby dragon yawning and tinging them with his warm breath , before settling down to his winter hibernation . |
| 9 | Let's have a look , then , at my little circuit of friends just as the calendar tells us that a new year is dawning … |
| 10 | HISTORY tells us that a large part of Napoleon 's attraction to Josephine pertained to smell . |
| 11 | A rough estimate tells us that an adult human individual is made up of ten million million ( 10¹3 ; ) cells , a number which exceeds that of the total population of the world approximately 2000 times . |
| 12 | Indeed , first impression tells you that the new car 's chassis feels a little less sharp and agile than its predecessor 's . |