Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Harrison is known as Chopper , for reasons that Chelsea fans will understand but upon which the ladies of Esh Winning can only speculate . |
| 2 | Whilst such experimentation in community education may be small-scale it does provide the opportunity for adult education to demonstrate in microcosm the potential for change that inheres within the adult education framework , given the right political context . |
| 3 | This discussion has distinguished between policies that ministers can enact with relatively slight implications for their own departments and those that require elaborate departmental involvement . |
| 4 | But it 's not only for seafood that people today move towards the docks : the Raj in Henderson Street is one of the most elegant Indian restaurants in town and , in the hinterland of the Ferry Road , there 's the Vinotheque , which has the feel , and the appearance , of a genuine French routier bistro . |
| 5 | I 'd read the various bits and pieces a couple of times now , looking for something deep and mysterious in it all but not finding anything ; I 'd even done a little research of my own , and discovered through mum that dad had some more of Rory 's papers in his study ; she 'd promised she 'd try and look them out for me . |
| 6 | Competition was so intense for team-places that managers could isolate activists . |
| 7 | Whilst Rodinal may not be looked upon as a standard developer by the photographic industry in the same way that Ilford 's ID-II and Kodak 's D-76 are regarded , it is interesting to note for instance that Ilford list , among other developers , Rodinal at a 1:25 dilution , complete with recommended developing times , for its new Delta-400 high-speed emulsion at normal , pull 1-stop and push 1-stop exposure indices . |
| 8 | It was also alleged for instance that women were too docile to make really good workers , too lacking in spirit and ambition : " Boys [ i.e. apprentices ] would claim to be shifted on to the higher branches of the trade " . |
| 9 | Editors invented elaborate textual corruptions to explain this , claiming for instance that Shakespeare had written two different versions of Brutus 's reactions and that the text used for the 1623 Folio ( where the play first appeared ) had mistakenly copied them both . |
| 10 | She said I ca n't promise you , so I thought well I 'm sat six months now , so I phoned this ship thing yesterday on the telly called Just Start , no Start Again whatever it 's called and they gave me , they phoned me yesterday and they gave me a number of Cine Hill , Northampton which is the job advisory centre , adults education and then they phoned me yesterday and they told me who to get in touch with so I 've got an appointment Thursday at erm Northampton with the Social Services Department and they apparently map out all the places where you could go , say , say for instance that St Crispin 's is the mental home I can go there and be with the patients and then I can go to the Marina 's and be taught how to lift and how to bed bath and how to manipulate |
| 11 | What all of this adds up to is the conclusion that drawing the line between activities that firms can and can not undertake co-operatively is almost impossible to do in the abstract . |
| 12 | Incidentally , Michael Land reckons that there are nine basic principles for image-forming that eyes use , and that most of them have evolved many times independently . |
| 13 | He was looking for signs that people were not as they first appeared to be , and Charity seemed to be a case of history repeating itself . |
| 14 | Pamela Klein 's crusade against satanism certainly helped to create the right climate for the prevailing tendency of Christian Evangelic Charismatics to step up their search for signs that Satan was at work . |
| 15 | In principle this seems sensible , since for many of the industries , particularly those with monopoly power , information on financial outcomes is of only limited relevance in indicating the value for money that society enjoys from the industries . |
| 16 | It was in his analysis of the speculative demand for money that Keynes differed fundamentally from his predecessors . |
| 17 | Sheriff Higgins said yesterday when Arthur appeared for sentence that witnesses said the accused had threatened earlier that he was going to hurt his victim . |
| 18 | The pope remained torn between disbelief that Offa would ever have attempted to persuade Charlemagne to adopt such a course of action and lingering suspicion of the Mercian king , but he finally received Offa 's representatives and seems to have accepted their assurances . |
| 19 | However , this is no reason for despair since it is by examining and measuring the relationship between indicators that researchers can begin to get a better idea of what are good and what are poor indicators . |
| 20 | She went over to her bookshelves , and began to look for books that Jamie might find useful in writing his article . |
| 21 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 22 | The business community rallied to him for fear that Duke 's election would scare off tourism and outside investors . |
| 23 | She was soundly defeated in her war against Turkey when Britain and France intervened for fear that Russia would establish her sway over Constantinople . |
| 24 | Practically all of them felt it was impossible to back the repeal movement publicly for fear that involvement would jeopardize their own campaigns . |
| 25 | We could n't have gone in daylight for fear that Dad would be spotted and reported to the relief officers ; then as now claimants were not allowed to earn money . |
| 26 | The strongest activity has been at the bottom end of the market , where there is considerable pent-up demand from first-time buyers who have delayed buying over the past few years , for fear that house prices would fall further . |
| 27 | The Guinness Book of Records says it ‘ will not publish any category for the largest collection of conkers for fear that trees might suffer wholesale damage . ’ |
| 28 | She had been noting various titles during Joyce 's discourse ; there was a new book about bats that Edward would want , and one or two things she would like to get hold of herself — the sole perquisite of this trade was a surreptitious early pick of incoming titles before they went on the shelves . |
| 29 | THE FUTURE of the Channel tunnel was in doubt last night after confirmation that costs have escalated by 50 per cent to at least £7bn and a warning that its bankers may not provide fresh loans unless the financial crisis surrounding the project is resolved by Christmas . |
| 30 | If someone had told me after Blackburn that Everton would be third from bottom a few , short weeks later , I would have told them they were living in cloud cuckoo land . |