Example sentences of "[pron] that in [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes us feel very feeble , as we have friends of our age who think nothing of motoring from here to Lowestoft in the day — but such feats are not for us , though we flatter ourselves that in most respects we are in pretty good nick . |
| 2 | ‘ It strikes me that in new clothes you could be highly presentable . |
| 3 | As we were giving our hands he looked up at me intently and told me that in two days there would be a gypsy wedding . |
| 4 | It is only now clear to me that in actual fact it must have been a day later . |
| 5 | Being only 5′ 2½″ tall myself I too feel very strongly about the unfairness of this , but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it except to warn you that in these circumstances you do need to be very accurate in counting calories in order to achieve a good rate of weight loss . |
| 6 | Each justified her interest in such a vulgar book by telling herself that in these matters one must be able to judge for oneself . |
| 7 | Er I 've never had any dwindling intellectual powers er simply because I 've never had any intellectual powers in the first place , so I would agree with him that in all cases I find dealing with er matters of a er er er er of , of legislation er en enormously complex . |
| 8 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 9 | Is it that in this society there is much too much material clutter , which is a manifestation ( infestation ) of the weaker sides of brains everywhere , and this is placed as a permanent distraction from , and avoidance of , truth ( the complex abstractual reasoning of which we are all capable ) ? |
| 10 | Someone who gives this answer clearly takes it that in some cases it works , and we must not beg the question against him . |
| 11 | Although those who work with old people will have observed for themselves that in this group there are a significant number of male carers , the implications have not been fully drawn out because so many old disabled people at home alone are women and so many younger women carry the main burden of informal care at home . |
| 12 | Although light is made up of waves , Planck 's quantum hypothesis tells us that in some ways it behaves as if it were composed of particles : it can be emitted or absorbed only in packets , or quanta . |