Example sentences of "[prep] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If a dolphin can out-manoeuvre or outswim a shark it will do so … . if the dolphins can not take evasive action for some good reason , such as that a birth is about to take place , they will attack a shark . |
| 2 | I was on 1,000 grams of that a day , now I 'm on 187 , so although I 'm still on medication it 's a very minute amount of medication to what I was on before , and I 'm existing on that , so for me it 's worked . |
| 3 | We have one of th we have a la we have a large jar of coffee of that a week , and we have er a jar and a half of jam a week . |
| 4 | Erm , the the other things is a little while ago she was erm , er , er you know , giving me bills like for about five or six pounds once for cleaning materials , and I queried this , because it 's quite a lot of money and erm , so she tells me that she buys expensive erm bleach and she uses a bottle of that a week , well she only comes in three times , and I said well , that 's very extravagant I said and told her what , but since I told her that . |
| 5 | There is a problem in analysing computer designs in this way , in that a computer is an integrated system , and decisions in the design of one section of the computer will have effects in other sections . |
| 6 | SPAR is sensitive to different degrees of referential success , in that a reference to a focused entity is deemed to be more ‘ successful ’ than a reference to an unfocused one . |
| 7 | Some materials , such as stone or wood , are largely subtractive , in that there is a natural substance from which parts are taken away , through chipping , sawing and other means , to create the finished artefact ; while others , such as cast metal or clay , are additive , in that a quantity is utilized in a plastic state which can take the shape of a template or mould . |
| 8 | All — his pride in his memory , his sense of the internationale of writers , painters , musicians , and the aristocrats , his study of form as technique ( no contours , no edges , intellectual concepts , but rounding , thrusting , as a splash of color , as Yeats described his aim in the Cantos … ) it is all a huge AESTHETICISM , ending in hate for Jews , Reds , change , the content and matter often of disaster , a loss of future , and in that a fatality as death-full as those for whom the atom bomb is Armageddon , not Apocalypse . |
| 9 | The effects of this regime on subsequent recovery sleep are similar to the effects of REM sleep deprivation , in that a rebound of about 50 per cent occurs on recovery nights . |
| 10 | An overlap of the two otherwise distinct systems was allowed , in that a Grade I at CSE was permitted to count as an O level pass in that subject . |
| 11 | The position under this Act is that the buyer can recover his money but the court can deduct from that a sum towards expenses incurred by the seller in performing the contract . |
| 12 | Add to that a freebie joystick or light phazer , plus an incredible cash saving , and you 've got an offer that 's hard to refuse . |
| 13 | She had been on the verge of hysteria then ; add to that a day of travelling , with him pushing Chalon as fast as the horse could go carrying a double weight , plus the previous day 's tensions , and it was a wonder she had n't given in to it . |
| 14 | She knew Gwen Evans only slightly ; she had seen her at the funeral , and previous to that a couple of times , but the memory stuck . |
| 15 | Add to that a history as rich and compelling as that of any in the country and the possibilities for excursions with a difference take shape . |
| 16 | But add to that a recession that can cut turnover in half and it 's no wonder that designers are becoming more commercially minded . |
| 17 | Add to that a predilection to falling off buses because you think you see Him on every corner , in every crowd , at every window , and the inevitability of actually seeing Him in the off-licence when you were n't expecting to , and feeling your entire stomach lurch forward involuntarily like waking from a dream of falling . |
| 18 | Add to that a groom in a broom cupboard with the bridesmaid and a case of mistaken identities . |
| 19 | Beside him a three-pronged trident was staked into the low altar , and next to that a jumble of miniature statues danced with their shadows in the firelight . |
| 20 | Add to that a lot of nervousness which led to two false starts , and nobody was too happy , except perhaps Ernie Obeng who just pipped the American Darwin Cook to win . |
| 21 | Add to that a good ‘ who 's who ’ of EC officials and you have the makings of a basic Euro data-base . |
| 22 | Add to that a steamer trunk full of footwear , a stack of rather lavish hatboxes ( occupied ) and enough jewellery to start up a stall at St George 's market , and you get the idea that Pat just might be an out and out fashion fanatic . |
| 23 | Rimsky-Korsakov added an orchestral figure representing flames for the immolation of the Old Believers , and brought back the Preobazhensky March ; Shostakovich added to that a reminiscence of the Dawn music opening the opera ; and Stravinsky used the intended tune plus two more , giving the ending a much more positive and balanced view of the Old Believers as not regressive and obscurantist but charged with dignity and Christian endurance . |
| 24 | Add to that an umbrella and the bag and head covers , and you wonder how someone the size of little Fanny Sunesson manages to haul Nick Faldo 's bag over the usual 7,000 yards for four hours or more . |
| 25 | Erm yea , i I 'll come back on that a couple of points , erm regarding Mr Donson erm and the Southern Ryedale and York greenbelt local plan inquiry . |