Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [vb past] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Saint-Pierre specified that existing frontiers were not to be changed in any way , and that no exchanges of territory were to take place or treaties between States to be made except with the consent of the federation which he wished to create . |
| 2 | Doubling periods have been measured for other sciences ; thus May determined that mathematical literature doubles every 28 years . |
| 3 | Thus Lawani found that French agronomists cite older literature ( more than 15 years old ) to a larger extent than do American agronomists . |
| 4 | They must have talked long and hard about their future , and from now on Helen believed that other people would probably regard them as being ‘ engaged ’ — a term she hated because of the overtones of male dominance and female sexual ignorance that went with it . |
| 5 | It was all a part of his arrogant manner , but once more Robbie felt that unaccountable weakness invade her bones . |
| 6 | Only yesterday America reported that wholesale prices edged up a tiny 0.2 p.c. last month and today 's consumer inflation figures — like Britain 's — should also be encouraging . |
| 7 | Columned arcades that led to the house surrounded this inner court , and as she looked up Maggie saw that this arrangement was duplicated above , making an elegant balcony that overlooked the courtyard below . |
| 8 | Some years ago Causton found that biological polymers called mucopolysaccharides could exclude protein from some surfaces . |
| 9 | Bacon and Hobbes , Bodin and Spinoza , and even Machiavelli insisted that some sort of inanimate force , such as reason , natural law , or enlightened self-interest would bring about a self-restraint . |
| 10 | ‘ And then Verity explained that these Daleks were so advanced in their technology , that their brains were so large and their bodies so atrophied , they needed the casings to allow them to move . |
| 11 | Where did Jesus , Mary and Joseph flee to when Herod decreed that all baby boys should be killed ? |
| 12 | And this was the very winter when Khrushchev announced that Russian scientists were hatching ‘ a fantastic weapon ’ which turned out , when tests were resumed in 1961 , to be the 57-megaton bomb . |