Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [that] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes that ealy in the last century the then owner , a reverend David Edwards made a good marriage to a rich but stout lady , Miss Purnell . |
| 2 | The withdrawal of their support mean that only 13 of 31 senators backed the privatization bill , with 15 ( PC and left-wing parties ) opposed and three , from the Movimento Nacional de Rocha faction of the Blancos , still undecided . |
| 3 | The ACCA thinks that too much weight is placed on NEDs and that more emphasis should be given to other mechanisms , such as internal audit and control . |
| 4 | Under Irish law , abortion is a criminal offence and recently the courts ruled that even the provision of information on abortion is now illegal . |
| 5 | He was wearing a translucent gossamer painglove that hardly anyone else could see . |
| 6 | A study by the UK Department of Energy 's Technology Support Unit ( ETSU ) at Harwell revealed that about 60 million tonnes coal equivalent of energy — 18% of total UK energy consumption — was thrown away every year as waste . |
| 7 | Asking people to match the colours they could recall with colours on a standard colour chart revealed that only about half the dreams contained colour , and many of these were in pastel shades . |
| 8 | It is not known whether Lady Tynte investigated just what had happened to the bird 's genitalia but subsequent studies of female pheasants showing similar transvestite tendencies revealed that only sexual differences developing at or after puberty were affected and that the reproductive organs themselves remained unaltered ( Yarrell , 1827 ) . |
| 9 | Unofficial estimates varied wildly , with some experts suggesting that as many as 100,000 or 150,000 Iraqis might have died during the war . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the T-shirt stalls that usually clutter the Venice Beach Boardwalk disappeared and were replaced by quaint bookstores and outdoor caféd from the Sixties , so convincingly real that residents of the area walked into them , only to be thrown out by laughing security guards . |
| 11 | More to the point , extensive studies by Dutch biologists suggest that as many as 200 out of the 300 original haplochromine species are now extinct . |
| 12 | Some experts say that even if the eruption stopped today , the sheer pressure of lava piled up behind for six miles would bring debris cascading down on to the town anyway . |
| 13 | Altman found that even though all the animals fell below ‘ optimum diet ’ , given the food resources available , those that came closest did best in the end . |
| 14 | A report from two intensive care units from San Francisco found that almost half the deaths followed a decision to limit treatment . |
| 15 | For many feminists resist the relativist conclusion in this case to demand that both women and men shake themselves free of their conditioning . |
| 16 | In this way , the weakest contestants demonstrated that even they could influence the course of international diplomacy . |
| 17 | Although it is a great advantage to be just inside your weight category , some contestants forget that even a glass of water can tip them over . |
| 18 | Multivariate analysis controlling for potential confounders found that simply being Maori increased the risk of sudden infant death syndrome by only 1.37 ( 95% CI=0.95 to 2.01 ) , not statistically significantly different from 1 . |
| 19 | Fiedler found that extremely favourable or unfavourable conditions required a task-oriented or autocratic style of leadership . |
| 20 | A national survey of parent education and support found that all too often parents were seen as falling into one of two camps : either they were coping adequately and were considered to need no assistance , or they fell below an accepted level of ‘ good parenting ’ and became the focus of immediate state intervention ( Pugh and De'Ath , 1984 ) . |
| 21 | David Graddol and Joan Swann for instance suggest that high pitched voices will lack authority as long as there are squealing children and low , growly dogs . |
| 22 | Mrs Brundtland , Norway 's Prime Minister , complained about it to Mrs Thatcher and New Scientist reported that even the CEGB 's own scientists ‘ discreetly let it be known that they were annoyed by the final version of the video . ’ |
| 23 | The authorities reported that almost 19,000,000 people , or 65 per cent of those eligible , had voted . |
| 24 | Times are so hard at the Manor Ground that even the manager has had to return his club car . |
| 25 | For example , in 1979 a French survey of the world literature reported that only 430 cases of ocular , and 350 cases of visceral , larva migrans had been recorded . |
| 26 | enable your opponent to abandon a commitment by : describing all the concessions you have made so far suggesting that the circumstances have changed blaming some other party or situation for the present position , such as the government , another union , the economy , the personnel department suggesting that somehow there has been a misunderstanding referring the whole matter to another individual or group . |
| 27 | Mo agreed that even politicians could not please everybody and moved to talk to 31-year-old Sandra Gordon-Morgan , a part-time dressmaking teacher who lost her job when the local authority cut its adult education budget . |
| 28 | At the PAUL SMITH & VIVIENNE WESTWOOD shop in Clayton Square , manager Lisa Muscatelli revealed that even in the upmarket fashion echelons the glamorous casual look is what Liverpool women go for in the daytime . |
| 29 | When he addressed a conference of business leaders and academics in Budapest recently , Dr Ian Cunningham announced that too many western management consultants are offering quick fix answers to Hungary 's problems . |
| 30 | It is a pleasure to see that so many museums still have free admission and free events but if you are dropping in on a favourite , remember that many close at Christmas and New Year and booking is advisable . |