Example sentences of "that [noun] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carver knew for a fact that Hauser had a collection of Roosevelt film clips , that he studied them to perfect the famous American president 's mannerisms . |
| 2 | From this it followed , among other things , that molecules had a shape in three-dimensional space , and the brilliant German chemist Kekule ( 1829–96 ) , in the very Victorian situation of a passenger sitting on top of a London bus in 1865 , imagined the first of the complex structural molecular models , the famous benzene ring of six carbon atoms to each of which a hydrogen atom was attached . |
| 3 | It did , however , provide that the Agency , through investigation , could help to ensure that employers promoted equality of opportunity in employment but it did not provide that employers had a duty themselves to promote equality of opportunity in employment . |
| 4 | We first visited Orkney in 1952 , on a family holiday , and I suspect that experience had a lot to do with stimulating my love of islands . |
| 5 | Until the early sixties Khomeini spent his life in the holy city of Qom , where he taught law , philosophy and ethics , insisting that Islam had a commitment to social and political causes and that Iran had to be independent of both Eastern and Western colonialism . |
| 6 | This tells us that Potnia had a sanctuary dedicated to her in some part of the Labyrinth at Knossos , since this temple — and only this one — was referred to in antiquity as the Labyrinth , at least as far as Crete was concerned . |
| 7 | It would be absurd if , following the Hayes and Garvin criticism of DCF , companies were to drop it and then assume that funds had a zero cost . |
| 8 | Addressing the " peace summit " on May 24 , de Klerk attacked the ANC 's boycott , while Buthelezi denied that Inkatha had a policy of using violence . |
| 9 | He probably heard on the radio that Mahoney had a chance , so he took a stroll round to the hospital and finished him off . |
| 10 | Dexter remembered that Blufton had a reputation as an executive who took a direct interest in the programmes his company made . |
| 11 | erm in a very interested book called Darwin on Man recently by a psychologist called Gruber , Gruber has argued that Darwin had a conviction which could be expressed by saying that things which are natural are necessarily gradual , and things which are sudden are miraculous and not natural , that he had this equation in his mind erm long before he erm became and evolutionist , long before he abandoned his belief in religion which he largely did later , and Gruber traces it back , interestingly enough , to the arguments of a theologian , Sumner , who later became an Archbishop , who Darwin took notes on his ideas when he was a student at Cambridge erm which are still extent , and what Sumner had argued , among other things , was that a good argument for believing in the divinity of Christ , that Christ was divine rather than simply being a gifted teacher , was the suddenness with which the beliefs of the ancient world were transformed by Christ 's teaching . |
| 12 | It almost seemed that Karen had a need to know what made Jessica tick , what drove her moods from hilarity to gloom and why . |
| 13 | In conclusion , Mr Angus pointed out that trusts had a life after the next dividend declaration . |
| 14 | ‘ On the other hand , I think we all know that Gray had a problem . ’ |
| 15 | He did confirm however that England had a fall-back plan if the Boks are ruled out . |
| 16 | All out 446 meant that England had a lot of batting to do in the last two days , and when Larkins went at the end of the third day to a ball that he did not see in the shadows , one felt they just were not going to make it . |
| 17 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
| 18 | If Jennens thought that Leapor had a future as a poet , Leapor also relied on this woman 's criticism and encouragement . |
| 19 | They also allege that a suicide note written by Paula , 33 , was not genuine , and that Gilfoyle had a relationship with a woman works colleague . |
| 20 | They also allege that a suicide note written by Paula , 33 , was not genuine , and that Gilfoyle had a relationship with a woman works colleague . |
| 21 | They also allege that a suicide note written by Paula , 33 , was not genuine , and that Gilfoyle had a relationship with a woman works colleague . |
| 22 | They also allege that a suicide note written by Paula , 33 , was not genuine , and that Gilfoyle had a relationship with a woman works colleague . |
| 23 | The same lithe figure , except that Tessa had a couple of inches advantage in height and a slightly fuller body . |
| 24 | The Generalísimo was thoroughly imbued with the idea that Spain had a right to territory in North Africa . |
| 25 | How interesting to read that Norma had A Past — ‘ a somewhat flamboyant character who had worn braces , a hand knitted V-neck top and carried a purse . ’ |
| 26 | It was clear that Suragai had a talent for fieldcraft . |
| 27 | They noted that asylums had a tendency to provide employment on farms and in workshops for the most competent and socially organized patients and there were some remarkably successful asylum farming ventures ; for example , in the early twentieth century Cane Hill Hospital became famous for its herd of pedigree pigs . |
| 28 | It was , it was very nice except that Fred had a piece and left the last couple of slices in the tin on the side and the dog took a shine to it so it was in a tin and then in the dog . |
| 29 | ‘ What she means , ’ interposed Madame Delon , ‘ is that Alain had a hard , one could almost say , a ruthless side to his nature — oh yes , he did ! ’ she insisted as her friend was about to protest . |
| 30 | Galileo , however , achieved a telling differentiation when he argued that nature had a language all its own . |