Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that there " in BNC.

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1 The problem of the step was so little regarded that there was no standard solution in the literature and so I asked David Marsh to get one .
2 We 've had er callers earlier on suggesting that there could be problems between Russians and Lithuanians if an goes there , which seems almost certain it will now .
3 The Commission slowly realised that there was a second loophole in their work : on paper the scheme looked simple enough , but in fact the Prussian government had mistaken its own hostility towards the Poles for that of the general populace — with unexpected results .
4 I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content .
5 There 's been plenty of speculation about what will be cut and what will be taxed , but it 's widely expected that there 'll be a big increase in the scope of VAT .
6 Although Bush ( hiimself director of the CIA in 1975-76 ) characterized Webster 's tenure as CIA chief as " superb " , it was widely reported that there was considerable dissatisfaction within the US administration , notably over the allegedly poor quality of the agency 's intelligence gathering associated with both the 1991 war against Iraq and the 1989 invasion of Panama .
7 I was absolutely delighted , colleagues , when the , er , recommendation came through that Eric should be awarded the gold badge because I could personally testify that there can be no better winner or holder of the G M gold badge .
8 Gable is honest enough to acknowledge that there 's some truth in the saying that no publicity is bad publicity : ‘ The cynical and worldly part of me tells me it 's been wonderful because the production must be the most talked about in 20 years of dance .
9 The work was interesting but not so demanding that there was no time for anything else .
10 I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do if I were reprieved .
11 I greatly fear that there is something not right about the man . ’
12 We can not merely stipulate that there be no luck involved , because we all of us rely on luck to some extent .
13 I suddenly realised that there were all these great black players around in Louisiana , and that I 'd missed them completely !
14 ‘ At first I thought art was simply a matter of reproducing what I saw ; but one day I saw a reproduction of Piero della Francesca 's Pietà , and I suddenly realised that there was a huge spiritual element in painting .
15 Standard-setters have long realised that there is a trade-off between objectivity and relevance in accounting information , and on the face of it , unfudgeability is simply a pejorative term for objectivity .
16 Sylvia was an intelligent woman , quite sensible enough to realize that there was probably some reason in her early life for the current problem .
17 I do n't personally think that there 's very much wrong with the security , I do n't see how you can increase it much more .
18 Reason alone insists that there has to exist a non-physical formative cause to provide an appropriate hypothesis , and in view of this realisation by visionaries in the domain of physics , bio-chemistry , biology , neuro science , etc. , a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern insight is now being built .
19 For Locke , it was possible from reason alone to know that there is a God , and the role of revelation tended to be seen as a way to produce belief among those whose reason was undeveloped .
20 But Gray and Gallistel are merely denying that there is any certainty in the selection .
21 Life between sorties was so organised that there was little opportunity to think .
22 Kryuchkov apparently claimed that there was an armed revolt in process in Moscow , forcing the imposition of the state of emergency and the appointment of an eight-man committee .
23 ‘ It will appeal to all those people in any discipline who are knowledgeable enough to know that there is much they do not know , and that learning and re-learning is worthwhile .
24 I do not personally consider that there is a need for a fourth boat .
25 While George Boon rejected the suggestion that the very small coins were votive objects and may thus be found in some quantity on temple sites , he sensibly adds that there could have been a tendency for poor quality coins ‘ to gravitate to these shrines as easily as to the offertory of a country church ’ .
26 At this point I merely suggest that there should be an amendment to the Treaty of Rome , stripping the Commission of its powers to issue of its own initiative interpretative , law-making directives and making it , as with all democratically controlled civil services , the servant of the elected national governments .
27 Delivering a brief lecture on self-control , Leonora began frying bacon , cutting hunks of crusty bread , grating cheese , determined to keep so occupied that there was no attention to spare for the worries which seemed to be multiplying by the minute .
28 Conversely , many players get caught up with the fashionable aspect and spend ages learning how to , say , play slap impressively , then get a gig with a band only to find that there is n't a context where it can be used .
29 For me , privacy was a rare commodity , and I had cut myself off from the subculture which had once sustained me — only to find that there was nowhere else to go .
30 Spring 1992 and the Spitfire was wheeled out of the hangar and engine runs commenced , only to find that there appeared to be oil pressure problems until finally the engine would not start at all , in fact the Merlin was locked solid .
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