Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In the present circumstances it is enough that we help each other , neh ? ’ |
2 | It is enough that we see these things and sit with her while she drinks manzanilla or brandy to wash the sight away ( though we are never told why she drinks ) — these things are enough to make us participate in what we surmise she must be feeling . |
3 | It was bad enough that he had this damn-fool obsession with programming — if he had got his priorities right in the first place , he and Emma might have made some headway . ’ |
4 | Miss Glover , in one of her few interventions , said warmly that she believed such things could and did happen . |
5 | Assertiveness training is about extending and being flexible in our communication style so that we have more choices as to how we respond in different situations . |
6 | He can measure every clause of what the income is , against what the expenditure is so that we have some control to ensure that the church life grows and we do n't stumble . |
7 | Basil of Caesarea ( c330–379 ) , bishop , monk , and social reformer , also directed many to self-renouncing service in the market-place , for ‘ God the Creator arranged things so that we need each other ’ ( Longer Rule VII ) . |
8 | Power stations can be made cleaner and more efficient , so that they use less fossil fuel , particularly high carbon coal ; energy can be used more economically by the consumer ; and there is nuclear energy ( the subject of the following chapter ) , which whatever else it is capable of doing , does not produce carbon dioxide . |
9 | Trailers are usually safer if they are parked close together so that they protect each other . |
10 | Most teacher-training programmes include provision for trainees to sit in with other teachers so that they get some experience of the environment they will work in . |
11 | If it is unnecessarily bureaucratic the engineer should seek to have the systems modified so that they contribute more cost effectively to improved quality . |
12 | The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family . |
13 | What we want is something wherewith to prod the teachers so that they impart more facts more efficiently . |
14 | Although many of the leading manufacturers , including SmithKline Beecham , have changed the formula of their drinks in the last few years so that they contain less sugar , dentists say they 're still getting far too many cases of two , three and four-year-olds with decaying milk teeth . |
15 | involve someone in solving a problem so that they have some ownership for the solution . |
16 | The upshot is that holiday/tour organisers who book hotels in this country are imposing stringent contract conditions on the hotels and may in some cases be looking for some performance guarantees or such-like so that they have some redress if your shortcomings result in them having to pay up to their customers . |
17 | He picked up a second kitten , dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other . |
18 | We now turn to an alternative , fairly recent , intellectual tradition which emphasises the conflict of interests in the work-place and suggests that management , on behalf of capitalist interests , have moulded technical developments so that they suit these interests and run counter to the interests of labour . |
19 | The office that led off it was larger , with two desks positioned so that they faced each other . |
20 | Croydon cars already had cushioned seats of the highest standard on both decks and chromium plated handrails , so that they required less modification than the ex-L.C.C. cars rebuilt at the same time . |
21 | At this distance in time we simply do not know in detail how the clerks did their jobs , for there were no manuals of office procedure , and the functional tasks gradually evolved so that they bore little resemblance to their forebears . |
22 | He can argue plausibly that there is a correct , if controversial , way to interpret the abstract conventions of legislation and precedent so that they decide any case that might arise . |
23 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |
24 | The extreme cruelty of his words threw her totally off balance , so much so that she lost all colour , as , half dizzy , she turned away to hide her shock . |
25 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
26 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
27 | Co-operation is essential of course , but it will not do that I arrange everything so that you get enough exercise : for me to be healthy , I must get enough exercise . |
28 | erm In some countries they 're run through the state and in others through insurance associations or insurance groups , so that you get this kind of difference . |
29 | But there 's some awkward ones and they 've got to concentrate on the awkward ones so that you get this impression I ca n't spell anything . |
30 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |