Example sentences of "[verb] that [adv] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled her to her feet , marvelling that so slight a creature could have put up such a fight . |
| 2 | No industrial society ought to accept that almost half the population can , in effect , be disenfranchised from Technology at such an early age . |
| 3 | I sus well , I , I found that quite interesting the bit on pensions . |
| 4 | If it were due to some ‘ memory ’ of our life-style then we would predict that about half the population would show a value less than 24 hours and the free-running periods of individuals would be distributed fairly symmetrically about an average value of 24 hours . |
| 5 | On this basis alone the islands have clearly exceeded their carrying capacity , the more so when it is realised that almost all the food imports are in the form of foreign aid . |
| 6 | I should suppose that it is deliberately not so expressed , for I can not think that so simple an expedient as the transfer of assets to a company resident in the United Kingdom and the immediate removal of that company outside it would not occur to the draftsman . |
| 7 | I mean , are we to see that as symbolic the setting fire to Rochester 's bed ? |
| 8 | Mr. Walker : I think that he should explain that virtually all the money for that project was to be public expenditure . |
| 9 | Recent figures show that over half the population suffers from back paint at some point in their lives and tennis players certainly are n't immune . |
| 10 | Bolshevik sources reveal that about half the population of the guberniia did not have enough to eat by then , and the position was no better by spring of 1922 . |
| 11 | Most studies which have attempted to establish laws about reaction time have assumed that stages ( a ) and ( c ) are relatively short and consider that effectively all the time is taken up by central processes . |
| 12 | When we are talking about the end of privilege and we are talking about the future and training , we must remember that over half the population are hard done by . |
| 13 | One might hardly suspect that so simple a task for so few seconds of film could prove so practically trying and , on reflection , so symbolic of our whole chain of adventures , attempting to keep aloft and alive a consecutive string of luminous mirrors against rather ridiculous odds . |
| 14 | Although Mr Crozier admitted his department was still gearing up to implement the legislation , he confirmed that once all the stall were fully trained they would begin prosecuting offenders . |
| 15 | Well over a hundred of Oxfordshire 's lowest paid and angriest health workers attended a mass meeting to hear that almost all the region 's clerical staff had voted for a one day strike . |
| 16 | Their report ‘ The Trade Gap in Food and Drink ’ , ( 1992 ) states that over half the deficit is accounted for by trade with northern EC countries ( Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , Denmark and Ireland ) . |
| 17 | The tutor and clinical teacher can give guidance and support to ensure that too large a topic is not undertaken : ‘ advice to patients before discharge ’ needs to be narrowed to an area of care which is part of the modular experience . |
| 18 | Ralph ( Hyacinth had been swiftly urged to drop the ‘ Sir ’ by her genial host ) called for him to be removed , by force if necessary , refusing to believe that so demotic a figure belonged to ‘ our great Party ’ . |
| 19 | I am willing , indeed eager , to believe that so severe a bias is typical ; that most aspects of a story usually get told , because of the sheer anarchy of the national press , if for no other reason . |
| 20 | I find it hard to believe that so fundamental a process is not governed by principles just as elegant and universal as those uncovered in relation to molecular genetics . |
| 21 | Only 22 managed to meet this date , but by 1955 a good submission record meant that about half the country 's plans had been approved , and the bulk by the end of the decade . |
| 22 | There were fears that extension work to the Jubilee Line would mean that only half the area would be available this year . |
| 23 | Quite apart from the economic implications , the British government feared that so drastic a move , unless effectively challenged , would encourage others in the Middle East — and even further afield — to act against foreign investments and interests . |
| 24 | I had hoped that somehow such a thing would happen . |
| 25 | Almost instinctively , people worried that so outstanding a year might tempt Helen to switch at once to the professional circuit . |
| 26 | ‘ He thought that as good a case could be made for our efforts in Korea — and probably a better one — as almost anything we had done in the foreign field . ’ |
| 27 | Group energy buyer Neil Tribick explains that around half the volume is consumed by plants requiring more than 1MW , with the rest in the 100KW to 900KW category . |
| 28 | The principle of specific entry as applied in Sears ' recommends that as specific a heading as is available in the list should be assigned . |
| 29 | It might seem that so artificial a superiority was certain to prove as transient as the hegemonies that it had replaced , although those in whose hands power lay were for the most part undaunted by the new challenges to Britain 's position that they sensed … |
| 30 | Assad had urged recognition that " the only beneficiary of the present crisis is Israel " , promising that Syrian forces would fight alongside Iraqis if they were attacked after a withdrawal from Kuwait , and arguing that only such a withdrawal would avoid giving the " enemies of our Arab nation … the golden opportunity which they were dreaming of one day having , and which today is present " . |