Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] [noun pl] [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1848 an experienced mines inspector and engineer could write in A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries : ‘ Explosions of gas have unfortunately become so numerous in late years that it would be impossible in the absence of specific records to enumerate them . ’ |
| 2 | It is , to my mind , probable in both cases that it is the written expression of this understanding that is at fault . |
| 3 | The operation , although nearly always refused by vets in Britain , has become so common in certain countries that it even has an official name . |
| 4 | This does , however , prove so difficult in most cases that it is not recommended . |
| 5 | But in truth the need for this reform is so much greater in such times that it may provide the most appropriate occasion for it ’ ( Keynes , 1940 , p. 32 ) . |
| 6 | The group formed by let and the following infinitive is so close in these uses that it is the equivalent of a single verb : let fall corresponds to drop , let know to inform , etc . |