Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might seem odd during a period of so much innovation and advancement in photographic technology that a film developer formulated in 1891 should still be so popular today , over 100 years on |
| 2 | It may seem odd that during a period of so much innovation and advancement in photographic technology that a film developer formulated in 1891 should still be so popular today over 100 years on . |
| 3 | I have read in Ideal Home that a tip to help sell a house is to brew coffee or play soothing classical music when prospective buyers are viewing , but I disagree with this . |
| 4 | It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb . |
| 5 | It is a ‘ heroic poem ’ , even though , as Wordsworth admitted , ‘ it was a thing unprecedented in literary history that a man should talk so much about himself ’ . |