Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the decision to commit US ground-based forces , estimates as to the numbers which might ultimately be deployed rose quickly and , on Aug. 10 , it was widely leaked that the administration had adopted a " contingency plan " involving the use of 250,000 ground troops should full-scale fighting break out with Iraq . |
| 2 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 3 | D'Arcy felt instinctively irritated that the générale seemed more worried about scandal than their client 's predicament . |
| 4 | He looks annoyed , but then on seeing that the victim has the only chair , he curbs his irritation . |
| 5 | The minister has since explained that the committee found conflicting evidence in a ‘ preliminary report ’ from Indianapolis , the home of Lilly 's research laboratories . |
| 6 | As she lay blinking blindly into the unfamiliar darkness , her ears filled with a strange background hum , her tired and sleepy brain slowly realised that the sound which had awoken her had been her own desperate sobbing . |
| 7 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 8 | The adjacent Forests of Epping and Hainault are viewed as an intolerable nuisance … the farmers uniformly declare that the privilege of commonage is by no means equal to the one-tenth part of the losses they constantly sustain from the deer in breaking down their fences , trespassing upon their fields , and destroying their crops either ripe or green . |
| 9 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 10 | He goes on to claim that the military are also involved . |
| 11 | In the early 1980s , this view was attacked by Peter White in a controversial article which questioned whether the Elizabethan church was ever fully predestinarian , and went on to claim that the apparently religious conflicts within England in the late 1620s were in fact primarily caused by the pressures of international power politics rather than by theological differences . |
| 12 | Plekhanov next goes on to claim that the character traits of individuals , whether causally efficacious or not , are ‘ accidents ’ in relation to ‘ the historical destiny of nations ’ . |
| 13 | Halliday goes on to claim that the theme of the whole novel , in a way , is " transitivity " : the linguistic pattern of choices realizes a primitive pattern of cognition , which in turn is the key to the tragic vision of the novel . |
| 14 | The report goes on to claim that the people could only be taught " thrift and prudence " by men who would actually associate with them , thereby ensuring that the influence of " the imperishable youth of Oxford " would " induce them to face the elementary laws of economics . " |
| 15 | A leader in the Times Higher Education Supplement called the plan to abolish the ILEA ‘ a disgraceful measure that plainly verges on maladministration ’ , and went on to claim that the abolition ‘ will set back education in London for a generation ’ . |
| 16 | It is now widely realised that a comprehensive education for a mentally handicapped child should continue over a longer time than the normal educational period of 5–16 years . |
| 17 | It is widely recognized that the proportion of women who suffer mental disorders — particularly depression — exceeds that of men ( Cochrane , 1983 ) . |
| 18 | But humbly regret that the Gracious Speech seeks to continue economic policies which have caused a deep and damaging recession , falling output and investment , rising unemployment and record levels of business failures and house repossessions ; and call upon the Government to adopt a programme for recovery which will encourage investment and rising levels of employment by the promotion of sustained investment in the manufacturing sector , by encouraging industrial innovation through the application of science and technology and by fully exploiting the potential of the neglected regions through vigorous regional policies , and by providing new opportunities in education and training which are crucial to Britain 's economic recovery and future prosperity . |
| 19 | The Crown submitted that , even if the defendant 's approach be accepted , the defence could not exclude admissible evidence , even if proper notice of it had not been given , and further argued that Zaidie 's evidence ( confirmed by the defendant ) that an accident was not suggested in the telephone call to him was conclusive when taken with the incontrovertible circumstances of the shooting , thereby suggesting that the ‘ irregularities ’ were not material in the sense that the defence could have profited if they had not occurred . |
| 20 | J. P. Morgan , a New York bank , is optimistically forecasting that the current account for the year will be in balance , compared with a deficit of $99 billion in 1990 . |
| 21 | ‘ such occasions [ when a judge may properly rule that a document ordinarily immune in the public interest should in the public interest be disclosed ] will be exceptional and the fluctuating fortunes of parties in litigious combat will rarely justify a judge in disturbing an immunity firmly rooted in the public interest . |
| 22 | ( 30 January - 3 February 1768 ) Leopold went on to report that the Emperor had in fact suggested that Mozart write an opera : |
| 23 | Little recognized that the cause was an abnormal birth which produced brain damage and secondary spasticity of the limbs . |
| 24 | There was guarded optimism that all Cambodian factions ( the three NGC elements and the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) regime based in Phnom Penh ) would accept the UN framework , as it was widely expected that the five states would put pressure on the respective factions they supported . |
| 25 | It was widely expected that the formal ban on direct trade with the Soviet Union would be lifted in 1990 leaving only mainland China , Albania , Cuba and North Korea on the prohibited list . |
| 26 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 27 | It had seemed a little exaggerated that an elderly woman could move so rapidly and catch a younger man off guard . |
| 28 | But these have been so badly eroded that the controlling guards of critical thought are down . |
| 29 | He went on to allege that the Liberal Democrats had received 15 times as much in donations , but refrained from naming names . |
| 30 | Michael 's lawyers have complained in a High Court writ that the label 's right to reject his work is unreasonable and the legal action goes on to allege that the distribution of profits from his albums ‘ Faith ’ and ‘ Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 ’ was unfair . |