Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] that [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , and so then they , they 're a bit miffed that instead of the B one they 're being asked to complete a U B four six one , a U B six seven one . |
| 2 | ‘ I still think it 's a bit odd that not only are your staff here all women , but also all stunningly attractive to boot . |
| 3 | This limits the number of possible combinations such that only a few examples exist in this category . |
| 4 | The head of the Soviet nuclear weapons programme , Viktor Mikhailov , had said in an interview published by Komsomolskaya Pravda on Jan. 31 that slightly over 100,000 people worked in the nuclear weapons programme , including 10,000-15,000 who had secret information and 2,000-3,000 who had important information on " sophisticated technologies . " |
| 5 | Plans for the extensive use of privatization coupons , reserving 40 per cent of nationalized property for sale to citizens at special low prices , encountered problems when it was revealed on Jan. 20 that up to 6,000,000 of the 8,000,000 books printed ( each worth Kcs1,035 or about US$35 — and exchangeable for shares in state companies — see also pp. 38584-85 ) had disappeared , allegedly bought up by private investment funds promising individuals a tenfold return on their investment after a year . |
| 6 | Fraser assumed , indeed , that the government would by degrees allocate frequencies such that more than one ITV station would be able to broadcast in a given area . |
| 7 | An expression for z which is valid for a point ( w , v , z ) on the surface close to O such that both w and v are small can be obtained by a Taylor series expansion : . |
| 8 | The Russian Security Ministry said on Aug. 18. that more than 2,000 foreigners were imprisoned in Soviet labour camps under the regime of Josef Stalin . |
| 9 | President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term . |
| 10 | It was announced on July 10 that nearly 200 Islamic fundamentalists arrested in recent months would be brought to trial in military courts . |
| 11 | Zagreb television estimated in a commentary on July 31 that as many as 3,000,000 votes might be cast abroad , the counts being phoned in from Croatian embassies . |
| 12 | Italo Argentino Lúder , the then Defence Minister , announced on Aug. 17 that about 100 trials of members of the armed forces were to be cancelled but that the armed forces might look at individual cases with a view to punishment . |
| 13 | All-India Radio reported on May 25 that over 100 Tamil Tiger activists and 3,600 " anti-social elements " had been rounded up following the assassination . |
| 14 | The Attorney General Ignacio Morales Lechuga said in an interview in the New York Times of July 27 that henceforward Mexico would not accept US aid directed towards combating drug trafficking . |
| 15 | The official news agency Tanjug reported on Aug. 13 that nearly 90,000 people had left their homes in Croatia since the start of the clashes , quoting Red Cross figures of 48,161 Serbs who had fled to Serbia and 30,651 Croatians to Croatia plus some 10,000 people who had fled to Bosnia . |
| 16 | Such has been the success of the British Flat Roofing Council since its formation in February 1982 that today it is universally respected as the advisory body for the industry . |
| 17 | This year The Council of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations ( COBSEO ) endorsed the major proposals made by Sir Greville Spratt in his Report of July 1989 that still closer co-operation and mutual aid is needed in all aspects of benevolent work . |
| 18 | The figure of 8000 is based on a statement by the Prime Minister in February 1983 that about 12 000 British servicemen and about 1500 civilians served during the whole of the South Pacific and Australian tests , which ran from 1952 to 1958 . |
| 19 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 20 | P. A. Zaionchkovskii calculated for the period June 1861 to December 1863 that even if the number of incidents in which troops were used against peasants is doubled or tripled ( which may be a legitimate procedure in view of the possibility of under-reporting ) , no more than 4 per cent of the places where peasants lived were affected . |
| 21 | It was announced in February 1990 that overall the currency had lost 19.7 per cent of its value against the United States dollar in the course of 1989 . |
| 22 | The Minister for Relations with Parliament , Jean Poperen , reported in December 1990 that over 2,000 parliamentary questions put to the government up to six months previously remained unanswered . |
| 23 | In an effort to gain more precise data on global climatic change , it was announced in January 1990 that more than 40 countries would co-operate in gathering information by ship and satellite for the " World Ocean Circulation Experiment " . |
| 24 | As an undercover customs agent based in Tampa , Florida , it was his suggestion to target a small-time Colombian drug-money launderer called Gonzalo Mora Jnr that eventually led to the uncovering of a huge laundering operation centred on BCCI . |
| 25 | Foreign Minister Geza Jeszenszky said on Oct. 11 that around 50,000 foreigners were illegally resident in Hungary or were engaged in black market activities . |
| 26 | Frantisek Reichel , then a Deputy Prime Minister , told a press conference on Feb. 1 that ecologically responsible development would require an end to inefficient and environmentally damaging production , a change in production programmes , and a review of the current methods of energy production . |
| 27 | It was reported on Oct. 23 that around 350,000 Yemeni nationals and 32 diplomats had returned from Saudi Arabia following a Saudi decision on Sept. 19 to abolish privileges granted to Yemenis . |
| 28 | As far as the army was concerned , I had been told in October 1945 that effectively the matter was ended with the presumption of death . |
| 29 | Is the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that not one Member of Parliament from the Scottish National party is present , although I am sure that , in common with everyone else in Scotland , we shall be challenged by it to hear statements about its separatist policies ? |
| 30 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that today 's statement clearly shows that he is a prisoner of the right wing of his political party , which is responsible for the demise of his party in Scotland ? |