Example sentences of "[that] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And also because Daniel was encouraging Elisabeth to learn to play the lyre and cittern that Horst had recently acquired in Italy . |
| 2 | Mr Larkin says his suffering is worse for knowing that Gary had only agreed to go to Chorley at the last minute after two people , a man and a woman , had spoken separately to him on the phone . |
| 3 | Glancing carefully round at the little groups of guests she saw that Ian had already claimed Joanna , but there was no sign of Robert . |
| 4 | I was already aware that Ian had recently lost an argument with a South Uist bend resulting in a change in vehicle and I can impart to all past and future travellers to the Uists who depend on Ian for transport that journeys are now much more sedate than they used to be . |
| 5 | What made it ten times worse , you see , was that Lavinia had strongly resisted Isabel 's coming in the first place . |
| 6 | The Jew is nothing more than a popular villain ( bear in mind that Marlowe had just had a success with The Jew Of Malta ) . |
| 7 | But many commentators have long regarded synergy as a will-o'-the-wisp , arguing for the strategy of critical mass in selected global markets that ICI has belatedly adopted . |
| 8 | I am as surprised as anyone to learn that Colin has now signed for current Football League champions Leeds United . |
| 9 | We found that researchers had often been guilty of assuming male dominance . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the explanation might lie in the study by Wagner ( 1984 ) , who stresses that researchers have usually focused upon PIMS data for an average four-year period . |
| 11 | Then Nottingham learned that Rugby had indeed beaten Harlequins so now the Beeston club have to draw or win at Orrell in their last match on April 25 and Rugby have to lose at Leicester . |
| 12 | If we assume that ducks peek randomly , briefly and independently of each other then the probability of the flock detecting a randomly attacking cat is given by P = 1 — e where n is the flock size . |
| 13 | I may no longer be the best thing that Limerick has yet produced . |
| 14 | For , since the Egyptians believed that Osiris had actually lived in their land long ago , his cult signified that a particular historical event , in this case the death and resurrection of Osiris , could be perpetually repeated by magical simulation so that its supposed good effects could benefit those persons on whose behalf the rites were performed . |
| 15 | Lord MacLean heard that MacIver had earlier refused to ‘ grass ’ on his accomplices in the alleged robbery . |
| 16 | All that MacIver shows here , and I think that it is all he intends , is that in certain circumstances , including those where domestic creatures are happily housed , one can argue for the promotion of animals in the hierarchy . |
| 17 | They also acknowledged that operators had initially delayed taking action for nearly an hour , in the belief that a gauge which showed an increase in radioactivity in the secondary system might be giving false readings . |
| 18 | The other view is that institutions have just evolved . |
| 19 | Thus , as in the case of the USA , the size and complexity of the programmes , mixed successes , and the possibility that programmes have significantly reduced soil losses , or even the rate of decline rather than improved yields , point to the need for a longer and more sophisticated assessment than is given here . |
| 20 | Many now have a pause button which allows you to avoid these irritations and means that play starts again immediately you release pause . |
| 21 | Neither the Laws nor the 1991–92 New Zealand first-class regulations say that , and of course it was strongly in the interests of his association 's team that play resumed as soon as possible . |
| 22 | They point out that Parliament has yet to approve the changes which would allow it to go ahead . |
| 23 | And so it was that plans went ahead . |
| 24 | It may be that Taylor had again asked for a reduction of Royalty . |
| 25 | The first soldier remembered that Medoc had always been called the dark , evil , beautiful one , and Dorrainge said , ‘ Oh yes , he is all of that , ’ and several people looked thoughtful . |
| 26 | Aqib predictably bounced him , and the first over he faced encapsulated all that Gower has ever stood for : an edge ( somehow made to seem unregretted ) and an exquisite cover-drive ; beaten again , and a controlled turn to leg for two . |
| 27 | He arrived to find that Ibrahim had recently departed and was at Rass , another ten days away in the very centre of the peninsula . |
| 28 | A couple of years of university so familiarises us with this idea that literature dissolves entirely into the drudgery of reading and writing crit . |
| 29 | In the New Testament , however , faith is synonymous with the obedience of faith , so that faith involves both the understanding and the will . |
| 30 | Using these criteria GIRA SIC found that chains produced more than 70% of the UK 's fast food meals in 1990 , with American groups dominating the market . |