Example sentences of "[that] it [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Gilgamesh later dreamt that Enlil , the father of the gods , had decreed his destiny , it was Enkidu who interpreted for him , explaining that it indicated his certain mortality as well as the gifts of unexampled supremacy over the people and victory in battle . |
| 2 | According to the leading present-day authority on this sector , Professor Supple , it was over the course of the eighteenth century that it assumed its modern form and structure , with agencies and branches , inter-company coordination of premium rates and policy conditions , and averaging of claims . |
| 3 | The reason why the Free Church was concerned with the political activities of some of its members was that it saw its main purposes as evangelism and the servicing of church life . |
| 4 | A physical longing so strong that it seemed her very survival must be linked to it . |
| 5 | It was as if I suffered from an optical illusion so strong that it consumed my other senses . |
| 6 | Before long , he agreed that it suited his single-minded purpose to make peace with his co-star . |
| 7 | It was thus that it acquired its unique form : 35 km long and about 1.6 km wide with steep sides sloping to a flat bed . |
| 8 | Her longing for him was so intense that it filled her traitorous body with more waves of nerve-tingling sensations . |
| 9 | She had taken in the grey dress so that it hugged her thin body more closely , but that was her sole concession to fashion . |
| 10 | The only dish she made that we could tolerate was syrup tart , which we praised extravagantly , with the result that it became our unhealthy staple diet . |
| 11 | He held her eyes as he said it , making her heart skid inside her , the touch of his gaze suddenly so soft , so caressing , that it suffused her entire body with a glow of sensuous pleasure . |
| 12 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 13 | Among them , the suggestion that during surgery her head was n't properly supported , or that a surgical hammer used in the operation was applied with so much force that it damaged her spinal cord . |
| 14 | On Dec. 18 Bush instructed the department to reverse its decision on the grounds that it contradicted his stated intention to increase educational opportunities for minorities . |
| 15 | He subsequently served as its legal adviser , and it is thanks to him that it obtained its Light Railway Order and was enabled to operate under a lease agreement until purchase negotiations were concluded . |