Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] that a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was hardly a comparison to Æthelred 's advantage , and must have occurred to many , who would doubtless have further agreed with Ælfric that a just war was one " against the cruel seamen or against other nations who desire to destroy our homeland " . |
| 2 | Dauntless looked far from happy that a ghost-bottling session would be conducted while he was staying at the house . |
| 3 | IRAS has proved in particular that a liquid-helium cooling system can work in space ; and its catalogue of newly-discovered sources — expected to eventually total a quarter of a million — is inviting a longer-term detailed investigation by a specialised infrared observatory . |
| 4 | When he knew for certain that a particular shooting or explosion was due to the very cell that he controlled , he consoled himself that it was the will of Allah . |
| 5 | Last night he stepped up his efforts to broaden his appeal to floating voters by promising that a Labour government would seek consensus and willingly listen to the voice of the people . |