Example sentences of "that [det] [noun sg] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the most obvious thing in the world that that man had a bad temper . |
| 2 | The sooner that that road undergoes a major programme of improvement , with it possibly increased to motorway status , the better . |
| 3 | You had to admit , though , that that kind made a good clothes prop . |
| 4 | Many users can be active at a given time but it is an assumption at present that each user holds a single current record position at any given time . |
| 5 | The Hungarian example shows that each country represents a special situation with its specific problems , pattern of congenital abnormalities , resources , and needs . |
| 6 | Ethidium bromide staining revealed that each lane contained a similar amount of DNA except for monkey DNA , which was under represented . |
| 7 | Because of the hostile elements facing farmers in the wetlands , mutual cooperation was essential , both in sharing the upkeep of flood-banks and drains and in administering a system of checks and balances to ensure that each person got a fair deal out of the common pasture . |
| 8 | One of the fascinating things about individuality in communicating is that each person develops a distinctive voice , instantly recognisable , for instance , on a telephone . |
| 9 | The examples used above to demonstrate particular approaches or methods tend to suggest that each problem has a neat and unequivocal solution . |
| 10 | Logically , children could start out just as well by assuming that each word carried a different meaning on each occasion . |
| 11 | And I realised early in life that each word has a certain presence for me , a texture , a weight . |
| 12 | And that each generation contains a potential messiah . |
| 13 | Sometimes the author 's identity is given away by some small detail reflecting a habit of expression or thought , and this seems to confirm that each writer has a linguistic " thumbprint " an individual combination of linguistic habits which somehow betrays him in all that he writes . |
| 14 | What they 're actually designed for , is you 'll notice that each pad has a stiff card backing , why ? |
| 15 | This repulsive scene ( and play it up for all its worth ! ) requires that each adventure make a successful T test . |
| 16 | They last gave that assurance at the Secretary of State level on the tenth of December ninety two and that was a clear assurance given at that time , that each government has a firm intention to proceed with the next phase of the programme . |
| 17 | The effect of analysis techniques on the ranking of investments is shown in Table 4.9 where it can be seen that each method produces a different ranking . |
| 18 | The effect of analysis techniques on the ranking of investments is shown in Table 4.9 where it can be seen that each method produces a different ranking . |
| 19 | ‘ You realise that each age has a different set of problems . |
| 20 | The most remarkable feature of this migration is that each stream maintains a distinct population of salmon , sometimes visibly different from those in a neighbouring steam . |
| 21 | Engineers like their materials to be consistent and are not too deeply interested in reasons , so they encouraged the idea that each material has a characteristic strength which could be determined accurately , once for all , if only one did enough tests . |
| 22 | The Marxist thesis that power lies with whoever controls the " means of production " , is usually mixed up with an egalitarian thesis that each producer has a natural moral right to the power which his production generates . |
| 23 | That article 34 could not apply to the three hauliers on the simple reasoning that each carrier had a separate consignment note and article 34 only applied to cases where successive carriers operated under a single consignment note . |
| 24 | The research evidence suggests that support from one 's family should be the last resort and not the first , and that even then it must be handled carefully to ensure that each party retains a proper independence of the other . |
| 25 | make a note to check any " odd ones " in other lists later match up the separate lists one against the other to make sure that each list contains a different sound . |
| 26 | It is absolutely essential , therefore , that each plant carries a durable and legible identity label , perhaps also a code or indication as to the pruning degree and method . |
| 27 | One difficulty , however , is that this offence covers a wide range of situations from killings just short of murder to carelessly causing death . |
| 28 | However , it may be wrong to assume that this inability to create a coordinated response is a bad thing : a truly-integrated response to the cities from the Conservative governments elected in 1979 and after might have been even more detrimental to the major conurbations than it has been . |
| 29 | All the other Judaean coins of the Persian period have non-Jewish symbols ; there is no particular reason to believe that this coin bears a Jewish symbol . |
| 30 | I demand that this man gets a major deal now . |