Example sentences of "that [num] [prep] [art] [adj] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among all the fuss about income tax , I should like to point out that one of the best things the Conservatives have done is to allow a wife 's earnings to be taxed separately from her husband . |
| 2 | ‘ It occurs to me that one of the cleverest things about Operation Eagle was the way Colonel Steiner and his men were transported to England . ’ |
| 3 | This is a reminder that one of the first things a Kinnock government is pledged to do is sign the European Commission 's social charter , rejected by Mr Major at the Maastricht summit . |
| 4 | ‘ I am glad that one of the first things |
| 5 | There was a certain irony in the fact that one of the first things Baldwin told the King , on taking over from the decrepit MacDonald , was that he himself needed two months ' rest . |
| 6 | It says that it is the counsel of the witan determined upon as soon as Cnut and his witan established peace and friendship between Danes and English , and that one of the first things the witan decided was that they would zealously observe Edgar 's law and " investigate further at leisure what was necessary for the nation , as best they could " . |
| 7 | Hoping to get the answer that one of the first things we did no rising was to wash , I was a little disconcerted when my same little lady piped up ‘ weight ourselves ’ . |
| 8 | No I quite agree , I also agree with the lady who said that one of the important things is that you like the person , I well speaking from experience , I started out liking somebody |