Example sentences of "to [noun prp] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the mestizo kept his voice down was proof to Trent that the little man , lying , had reported him dead . |
| 2 | How could he ever admit to Maisie that the very thing that had brought them together was , like so much else in his life , a lie ? |
| 3 | It seemed to Maggie that the whole place was almost hanging in the air because it seemed impossible that such slender columns could hold such intricate , lacy arches and ornate ceilings . |
| 4 | This is not a clear path to Maastricht that the Prime Minister has set out . |
| 5 | It was a habit he had that confirmed to Ruth that a romantic relationship with him could never be . |
| 6 | It was to Bath that the two Pantisocrats walked first , staying the night at old Mrs Southey 's house , 8 Westgate Buildings , where another visitor , Sarah Fricker , was already in residence . |
| 7 | Something in the porter 's voice had suggested to Harry that the good doctor was particularly memorable . |
| 8 | It seemed to Locke that the strained sense of ‘ perceive ’ must indeed be the one on which all the rest of our talk about the objects of perception should be fashioned . |
| 9 | But in meeting with Kosygin it became clear to Razak that the Soviet Union would prefer its own larger collective security agreement , which would embrace Japan , Pakistan and India as well as the smaller states . |
| 10 | She confirmed to McIllvanney that the weather-fax machine and the Loran and the Satnav and the radar and all the other things that hummed and winked and glowed in the night were working properly . |
| 11 | Security Council Resolution 678 sends the clearest possible signal to Iraq that the international community is determined to ensure full restoration of international legality . " |
| 12 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |
| 13 | As there is indeed a need to reduce car dependency it therefore follows that the nearer to York that the new settlement is then the greater the benefits could result , equally to , the further that the new settlement is from York then I think the less it will have an effect in reducing the pressures for development upon York . |
| 14 | By June 1990 a total of 95,000 Germans had their applications for citizenship approved by the West German embassy in Bucharest , while the mayor of Sibiu , Mircea Tomas , was reported by Tanjug as saying during a visit to Belgrade that the German community in Romania had fallen to only 80,000 . |
| 15 | For the present , all that need be noticed is that the purpose of Alexander 's letter was to convey a distinct papal command to Lanfranc that the monastic community in his cathedral church was to be preserved . |
| 16 | It seemed to Pearce that the best way to gain his goal was to go into the Civil Service , which was the career that most of the more successful pupils from his school tended ti follow . |