Example sentences of "[adv] [that] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The snow was driving down so thickly that the windscreen-wiper could n't keep the glass free of it . |
| 2 | Bolinger points out furthermore that the use of the to infinitive after verbs of perception when they shift to the inferential sense fits into an overall pattern with the object + infinitive construction . |
| 3 | As we straighten our tie and suck on a Cloret , we reflect gloomily that the Mail on Sunday categorized Denice 's former dates as ‘ rich , famous and suntanned ’ and we try to hope that perhaps she feels like a change . |
| 4 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 5 | Dr Losberne discovered suddenly that the air in Chertsey did not suit him . |
| 6 | It seemed to her suddenly that the room had grown smaller , the door thicker . |
| 7 | She realized suddenly that the ground on which she stood , barefooted , was stone hard beneath grass barely damp with early dew . |
| 8 | To please the pack of cameramen and reporters following Mr Major on the campaign trail , Mr Major toasted his own success with a mug of tea , pleased apparently that the galley staff had got the colours right . |
| 9 | They only found out about the marriage afterwards and used it to strengthen their case , which was , basically that the Archbishop could n't have someone teaching in a school in Clontarf who was the author of a banned book . |
| 10 | Parts are still at this time being occupied but it is almost certain before long that the whole of the building will be condemned and we hope that this old building will be preserved and not allowed to fall into decay . |
| 11 | One feels that Stott has not quite entered Ravel 's world of here , particularly as he told the pianist Marguerite Long that the tempo throughout should be the same and even used the word ‘ métronomique ’ ( Au piano avec Maurice Ravel ; Paris : 1971 ) . |
| 12 | When conduct on the part of a government or some other public body is dubbed ‘ unconstitutional ’ , what is often meant is not necessarily that the law has been broken , but rather that the action is out of keeping with the style or , more broadly , the ‘ way of life ’ of a country … |
| 13 | Charity gave a squeak like a startled sparrow , and dropped the binoculars so swiftly that the weight jerked uncomfortably on her neck . |
| 14 | He is also superbly crafty in the book in inserting , so gently that the recipient would n't even notice , the odd barb . |
| 15 | Whenever a claim is presented for damage to the craft occasioned abroad , and the craft has been returned to the U.K. for repair , it must be carefully checked that this period has not been exceeded — and especially that the craft is not being left at a holiday destination for a prolonged period . |
| 16 | With the average pressure hovering around 1030 mb plus for weeks on end last summer , it can be seen quite clearly from the table below that the water level in the Solent area was generally around minus 0.4m lower than predicted values . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , it will be argued below that the nature and form of economic reconstruction had a powerful , long-term influence on British economic performance . |
| 18 | Below that the car risked bogging down in the mud or grounding on an obstacle , above it the tyres might lose adhesion on the continual twists and turns or cliff-like descents , or one of the vicious pot-holes or rock outcrops rupture the suspension or pierce the sump . |
| 19 | point out quite rightly that the matrix clause " expresses the subject 's preference " here but they fail to see the implications of this for the infinitive . |
| 20 | Now , erm , yes , I 'd like to pick up a comment made by the Director , erm , he said quite rightly that the prevention factor is really out of the window as far as the budget is concerned , and pro as far as operations are concerned . |
| 21 | She hoped that perhaps Faye would speak her misgivings aloud that the dress was really far too sophisticated and daring for a humble nurse at her employer 's Christmas party . |
| 22 | She could hardly observe aloud that the subject of his weekend was very boring . |
| 23 | It was bad enough that the anniversary of my David 's death was only a few days away . |
| 24 | The contemporary evidence is fragmentary , but it is clear enough that the strike was the occasion for certain master printers to revive the idea of employing women . |
| 25 | The Berkshire justices had made it clear enough that the scale was payable to " every poor and industrious man " . |
| 26 | Goulding J. made it clear that he was not expressing , on an ex parte application , any decided view of the jurisdictional issue , though he accepted that where orders in personam were concerned it was enough that the court should have the party who must obey its order within its power . |
| 27 | It was logical enough that the Minister for the Army should be a soldier , General Varela ; but the choice of another military man , Colonel Juan Beigbeder y Atienza , rather than a diplomat , as Foreign Minister gives a revealing insight into how Franco thought foreign policy should be conducted . |
| 28 | The move back to full employment , an integral part of the reform being advocated here , will itself have an indirect effect on wage levels , particularly for those at the bottom end of the income pile , although it can not be stressed enough that the drive towards full employment must be matched by a commitment to improve the productivity of all workers — including those on low pay . |
| 29 | Is it not enough that the government has a monopoly on war ? ’ |
| 30 | It has always been puzzling enough that the proportion of men in gynaecology is higher than in any virtually any other specialty , as if detachment were an advantage in this field . |