Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [adv] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've said all along that the key is managerial accountability , and until NIH is willing to punish people for their behaviour , nothing is going to change . ’ |
| 2 | The East Germans and Russians had known all along that the tunnel was going to be built . |
| 3 | The Russians had known all along that the information Blake was officially giving them was fake . |
| 4 | The window of opportunity for survival from sudden cardiac arrest is narrow , the best chance occurring when the emergency medical services are activated first so that a defibrillator can be brought in good time . |
| 5 | Other woods , especially those which are important as nature-conservation sites , are simply being left alone so that the woodland plants , insects and birds can recolonise naturally . |
| 6 | An ugly cement patch was carefully removed from the crown of the arch , and the stonework was left exposed so that the vigour of the fine carving can be appreciated . |
| 7 | Only the lamps on the side-tables were left lighted so that the room appeared oceanic , bounded by small islands . |
| 8 | At The Gnoll , while the outside world has been chortling at Neath 's discomfiture , they have insisted all along that every club is entitled to a transitional season now and then . |
| 9 | The hands may be kept busy so that the mind can reflect , and see the pattern inherent in the tangled mass of threads . |