Example sentences of "that in [art] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 This is so sensitive that in a noisy office it can pick up an unamplified solid electric guitar from about 12 inches and show the exact pitch on the strobe .
2 Now I 'm sure you , Brian , would acknowledge that in a certain sense we are all laymen most of the time .
3 Listening to this I on the whole thought that in a real sense he never really quite answered them , on the other hand he made every single person look silly .
4 She had taken the trouble first to find out what she could about the topic from the notes given , and had thought about it carefully , so that in a real sense she was herself involved in what was happening in the classroom .
5 Germany 's World Cup maestro believes that in a former life he popped up as a plant — or an animal .
6 God alone knew why we wanted to sail to New Zealand together , except that in a strange way we were friends .
7 He may , for instance , have a general belief that the woman 's wishes in sexual matters are immaterial , so that in a specific instance he does not bother either to enquire or to think about them .
8 In the Diaspora , our Jewish people have been inclined to sit back and think that the battle has been won and that in a little while we Jews will have our National Home in our Promised Land .
9 She knew , as Travis must surely have known , that in a little while she would begin to feel really cold .
10 And we have done something about it , grasped the mettle , and I believe that in a short while we 're going to solve this problem , and it wo n't be thanks to you and the Conservative Party .
11 It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight .
12 But I did n't have a single partner who said to me afterwards that in a corporate sense I 'd done the wrong thing .
13 Furthermore , points out O'Connor ( 1973 p 123 ) , because languages have " different numbers of phonemes , and different allophones representing them , it follows that in a foreign language we do not hear the sounds in the same way as a native speaker does …
14 Yes , I can now reveal that in a previous life I was the iceberg that sunk the Titanic .
15 And suppose that in a previous existence you had suffered a particularly unfortunate fate — let us say that you met your death in a burning building .
16 The feeling of foreboding builds as soon as she wakes and remembers that in a few hours she will be jetting off to yet another exotic location .
17 I forgot my circumstances talking to her , that I no longer had power to help , that in a few hours I 'd be gone , and I said , ‘ Of course I 'd love to visit you , I 'd be honoured .
18 The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung .
19 Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well .
20 Emma is always asking when we will go back , and our only worry now is that in a few years she will probably be waking us up at dawn on icy mornings , saying : ‘ Shall we go down the black run first ? ’
21 But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all .
22 But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all .
23 There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene .
24 So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ?
25 ‘ It is true that in the eighteen years she has been here I have never heard her speak .
26 The difference is that in the former case it is the teachers and support staff who use the systems , while in the latter it is the learners .
27 It is that in the former situation it will be possible to adduce evidence as to established professional practice with which the defendant 's actions can be compared , whereas in business , while it may be clear what steps should be taken before a decision is made , it is not obvious by what criteria the decision itself should be judged .
28 Speaking broadly , we may say that in the Roman church it is regarded as presumption , in the Protestant churches it is a privilege or a duty , but in the New Testament it is simply a fact .
29 Equally , if we conclude that other presuppositions are not true , we can be sure that in the long run they will not prove satisfactory either , and we should root them out .
30 You can erm by word of mouth recommendations it means that we , we have to spend less money on advertising , now that means that in the long run we can pass that on to the client like yourself
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