Example sentences of "[adj] that for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that for a girl to have any chance of succeeding , she must play the Tour in some style . |
| 2 | He opened the door but the dimness inside was such that for a moment he could see little ; then , as his eyes accommodated , he saw Maurice standing , pressed against the far wall as though he wanted to vanish through it . |
| 3 | The selection process is not unlike that for a giant multinational corporation , and those who win through have some similarities to corporate executives . |
| 4 | The international banking community was so nervous that for a while no forward foreign exchange markets operated properly anywhere . |
| 5 | It seems likely that for a parent or spouse , the experience may well be comparable to the sorts of events and difficulties implicated in depression . |
| 6 | A devastating result is a system for the post-16s that for a soi-disant modern technological society is grossly inadequate — if not near ludicrous by international comparison . |
| 7 | He looked so contrite that for a moment she was in danger of actually believing him , until common sense came to her aid . |
| 8 | Twelfth-century romances make it plain that for a noblewoman to suckle her own child implied a quite exceptional degree of love . |
| 9 | They were so shocked that for a while I was convinced they would go away and not only cancel our betrothal but probably the wedding between Boz and Alamena as well . ’ |
| 10 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
| 11 | The memory was so vivid that for a second she thought she heard the echo of the slam . |
| 12 | The dust was so thick that for a moment he could not see . |
| 13 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 14 | It is then not surprising that for a very long period the most difficult problems in the social relations of cultural practice revolved around the question of literacy . |
| 15 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 16 | It is certainly true that for a few crucial generations in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , the influence of Spanish Jesuits on the never-very-alert minds of the Habsburg emperors was decisive . |