Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [that] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between the ages of 33 and 33–½ my mind changed , I think due to mere terror , or the outrageous ageing process , or gross deliberate indulgence , or love and emotion , or noticing that all around me friends and enemies were having children and were tons happier than I ever thought possible , or all of a sweet serious sudden it just seemed the only thing to do . |
| 2 | Or written that fucking awful Graveyard Shift thing . ’ |
| 3 | I think from that report there was a there was a requirement or request that perhaps the theatre should actually have a public meeting to talk about which way the theatre was going what things were going on at the theatre and that 's what the meeting is for this evening . |
| 4 | Or suppose that accidentally seeds or fruit of the atropine group of plants had been included in the vegetables or herbs ? |
| 5 | The aggrieved Main , in short , sought either an appointment as tidesman in a particular port , which would carry a regular salary , or failing that even a restoration to his former post of watchman , and naturally he attempted to secure his livelihood through his political friends , the Cunninghams . |
| 6 | Indeed , figures have been put forward in the US that suggest that maybe 40% of all documents currently typeset could be output in this way . |
| 7 | Because of the shortage of such funds , it is essential to arrive at methods for their use that ensure that as far as possible : |
| 8 | Yet it is the state that ensures that only solicitors may be paid for transferring interests in land or that only doctors may issue death certificates . |
| 9 | I know also that some Conservatives that feel that perhaps what I 've laid before you this afternoon has some credence . |
| 10 | And erm with a dog that moves that quickly he 's not just a chaser he 's a catcher as well |
| 11 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 12 | If the unreasonableness produces voidness that means that so far as the law is concerned the clause has never existed : it may well then be possible to claim in tort for the restitution of money or goods although no specific action can be brought on the basis of the contractual force of the clause . |
| 13 | I take no point on this except to say that normally ( and this case would probably have been no exception ) some documents and some items of information would be disclosable while privilege would be claimed in respect of others . |
| 14 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 15 | It was formed to elicit an open-ended response , which can not be quantified , other than to note that only two of the respondents answered negatively . |
| 16 | This may , however , turn out to be hokum and Saturday 's Stradey celebration probably provided an imperfect guide to the two clubs ' chances , other than to reveal that here at least there is no chance of capitulation . |
| 17 | What is most telling here , however , is the sense of history and lineage that both the Omar and Young Disciples albums exude . |
| 18 | Was it a household so permeated by dislike and distrust that only the bald fact of dependence constrained them to preserve an uneasy peace ? |
| 19 | The morning I woke up and realised that perhaps the reason I resented young Tulloch s much was because I too was an observer of human beings and that this most likely derived from an equal failure to establish satisfactory human relationships , was not a happy one . |
| 20 | In July 1986 the Amir dissolved the country 's legislature , the National Assembly , after it had repeatedly criticized the government , and announced that henceforth he would rule by decree . |
| 21 | To try and explain that verbally would be very very hard |
| 22 | Beatrice saw him reading Les Liaisons Dangéreuses and slated that too , claiming that it was a steamy romance seized upon by the mothers of France ‘ and said to have been largely responsible for the modern severity towards young daughters ’ . |
| 23 | Eisenson ( 1962 ) was one of the first to note such effects and reported that right lesioned patients used more descriptive terms and more qualifiers than left brain damaged patients . |
| 24 | The Committee drew attention to the fact that during the experiment fewer Members had been formally penalised for bad behaviour than in several recent sessions , and reported that neither the Speaker nor the Community had any evidence that rowdiness had significantly increased ; on the possible long-term effect , early evidence was ‘ mildly encouraging ’ . |
| 25 | If a family held a small amount of land and was in a village with a large number of households , its strips could be so small and scattered that too much time was spent in travelling between strips . |
| 26 | If you 're really set on it , you can scan a printed document via your scanner and send that too , using the software as a traditional fax machine . |
| 27 | I 'd come across that and used that intravenously and thought well I really enjoy this and at the time the people who I knew were breaking into chemists and things , they used to come across very powerful substances , diamorphine , crystallised cocaine , morphine , that whole range of opiates and also amphetamines , black bombers and all the rest of it and then opium became more available on the streets and it was round about the same price as cannabis was at the time … . |
| 28 | In particular we discuss two aspects of the interpretation of definite pronouns , which we call role mapping and name mapping , and suggest that either one of them may not occur in the interpretation of any particular sentence . |
| 29 | Of course , evacuation was only a part of the enormous social disruption brought about by the war ; but subsequent recollections by evacuees , such as those collected by B. S. Johnson , pay eloquent testimony to the lasting effects — both negative and positive — it had on those who endured it , and suggest that qualitatively it was an experience that stood apart from the wider social confusion of wartime . |
| 30 | And while British filmmakers began to believe in the ‘ decline of Hollywood ’ as their guarantee that the increased popularity of their pictures would be permanent , they were n't disposed to tap the Americans on the shoulder and suggest that perhaps they should start thinking about film schools , new talents programmes , script competitions or anything of that sort . |