Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] that [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a genius for staging that was absolutely simple ; and he knew music — ballet , the symphonic repertoire — as well as any conductor . |
| 2 | It is clear that , within the framework of a dual-route model of spelling , phonological dysgraphia is the pattern you would expect if the non-lexical procedure for spelling is selectively damaged , and surface dysgraphia is the pattern expected if it is the lexical procedure for spelling that is the damaged one . |
| 3 | Right now that that the rea other reason for qualifying that is the list may be six to nine months old . |
| 4 | ‘ My dear Mr Martins , I beg you to reconsider , to make no hasty decision , ’ came the headmaster 's voice , raised to a sort of wail that was anything but confidence-creating . |
| 5 | His drawings again register the pleasure in the ingredients and activity of cooking that is also conveyed by the prose . |
| 6 | Well , as you know , it is almost impossible to have a piece of knitting that is exactly the same measurement across 40 stitches and 40 rows. , Only rarely does this happen with certain yarn types and stitch patterns . |
| 7 | No , this was a new healthy way of eating that was going to change previous diet failures into long term success stories . |
| 8 | Unable to develop an idea of filmmaking that was both British and international , they concentrated their energies on defining their position on either side of that spectrum , and lost any sense of what cinema really is for . |
| 9 | It is very difficult to compare statistical data from different countries , because of the variation in the criteria used for diagnosis and notification , and the greater or lesser degree of under-reporting that is found almost everywhere . |
| 10 | My Lord Mayor , I must confess to being quite surprised by the incredible naivety and complete lack of understanding that 's obviously rampant on the benches opposite with most of the items we 've dealt with today . |
| 11 | The objectives of the Unit as laid out in its constitution are as follows : to undertake industrial relations research of a long-term multidisciplinary character ; to contribute towards improving the quality of data and of understanding that is available for industrial relations policy-making by government , employers and trade unions ; to provide for a concentration of resources and continuity of work and thereby improve career opportunities for research workers and facilitate large-scale research projects ; to enhance the quality of industrial relations teaching and research activity of the School of Industrial and Business Studies ; to be a national and international centre for industrial relations research and to attract suitable visiting researchers and research students to the University . |
| 12 | You know , sort of match That 's French polished . |
| 13 | That I could understand , yeah something that was sort of that shape , even if it was only just at an angle , but it , I would of said that was much to big for it . |
| 14 | He sought the means to do something quite different , creating it out of himself as he went along — but he hoped for everyone : a way of looking that was a kind of worship . |
| 15 | In this section and the following ones I am concerned with the ‘ shape ’ of the Belfast speech community as a whole , and in particular with a kind of patterning that is not directly accessible by the classic methods of Labov ( 1966 ) . |
| 16 | Mum when we Murder in the Dark Amanda was dump me and you 're supposed to sort of do that is n't that right ? |
| 17 | But in a piece of electioneering that is almost extraterrestrial in its proportions , the current Tory Cabinet is trying to become the Student 's Friend . |
| 18 | about complete negotiation there 's an element of deciding that 's what we 're gon na do and we 're gon na do it and it 's got ta be spelt out for them . |
| 19 | Even more important than the size of the type , though , is the amount of leading that is inserted between the lines . |
| 20 | Instead , it could more satisfactorily be explained as a continuum , with recall directly dependent on the kind of encoding that is carried out . |
| 21 | Er a and therefore , I would of thought that was a everyone but I 'm just wondering why it is that now what of Wales ? |
| 22 | I did n't think Sarah did n't go to the ol lo oh had oh I would n't of thought that was a pair , |
| 23 | sort of assume that 's a good Saturday afternoon 's entertainment ! |
| 24 | For example , in some tasks , the more direct way of speaking that is more common to boys will be advantageous ; in others , the more tentative approach more frequently found in girls will be more appropriate . |
| 25 | So we must begin with the context , the 600,000 square miles of suffering that is the pock-marked face of the North-East , where cloying fields of sugar cane rot amidst hunger and disease , where authoritarian landlords compete for power with anarchistic bandits , and rural labourers are bound to a semi-feudal plantation economy in a state of perpetual anxiety . |
| 26 | If is greater than X* , the bureau will propose a level of spending that is the reversion level . |
| 27 | it 's just a matter of him sort of saying that 's perfectly okay , I mean , you can get a copy of that or phone call from them , well , if he 's , if he 's not happy with anything , they , they 're quite willing to contact him direct |
| 28 | It was while teaching a form called ‘ the sink ’ — the exam failures and the less bright — that he came to that perception which all good teachers share : to inspire pupils you have first to gain their attention and one of the best ways of doing that is through humour and anecdote . |
| 29 | The only means he has of doing that is by accepting new clause S. He will have to come up with very convincing arguments to persuade any Hon. Member that he can not accept it , but it is framed in the most uncontentious way anyone could imagine . |
| 30 | If the price of doing that is leading another generation into that habit |