Example sentences of "[det] [noun] that it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted to be a primary teacher , and you have to teach so many different things at that level that it seemed better to study a broader range of subjects , ’ she says . |
| 2 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 3 | Such was the novelty of this circuit that it provoked much debate in the technical press as to its operation . |
| 4 | It seems unlikely that the dance was copied into the score at the wrong point : if it had been , one would expect to find it headed by some warning that it belonged several pages later — otherwise severe complications would result in orchestral parts copied from the score . |
| 5 | For many years university academic staff have enjoyed the unique position of having tenure for their working lives , the argument in support of this being that it protected academic staff from political pressure and avoided the possibility of someone being dismissed for expressing unpopular or unconventional views . |
| 6 | It is from this perspective that it becomes possible to understand the basis of the distrust of totalizing systems of knowledge which depend upon theory and concepts , so characteristic of Foucault or Lyotard , both of whom have been predominantly concerned with the attempt to isolate and foreground singularity as opposed to universality . |
| 7 | It is at this stage that it becomes necessary to record a debt of gratitude to Headingley , for whom Ian had played at club level and who suggested he might be interested in coaching . |
| 8 | There was so much snow that it seemed impossible that this was not the natural surface of the earth . |
| 9 | This pattern of land distribution reflects such great disparities and brings about so much poverty that it represents one of the major problems that agrarian reform has addressed . |
| 10 | Secondly , even if the applicant has not sought the alternative remedy , judicial review may still be allowed if the applicant alleges malice on the part of the decision-maker ; or if the court thinks that the applicant 's interest in the action is of such importance that it deserves judicial protection : an example would be personal liberty . |
| 11 | ‘ She has been the target of such spite that it disgraces those who offer it , and she bears it with a dignity that makes me proud , ’ he said as Mrs Kinnock stood behind him , smiling but with tears in her eyes . |
| 12 | In many cases , this loads down an essay with so many notes that it becomes difficult to read . |
| 13 | The central feature was an extraordinary cold spell for three weeks in January which destroyed crops and killed so many livestock that it precipitated one of the last great subsistence crises of French history . |
| 14 | I hope that the Community will concentrate on providing within its borders only those things that it does best — a common legal framework for a large liberal market economy with a social dimension . |
| 15 | The Iraqi government had informed the UN that same evening that it accepted all 12 UN resolutions without conditions . |
| 16 | Some managers are convinced that PRP will improve performance and raise income , but there 's hardly any evidence that it produces any improvements . |
| 17 | … it is doubtless true that the power of the imperial Parliament to pass on its own initiative any legislation that it thought fit extending to Canada remains unimpaired . |
| 18 | Neither does varying the task necessarily affect the group success rate in the same way that it affects individual performance . |