Example sentences of "[that] [prep] [adj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Christian psychologist Paul C. Vitz has said , ‘ From Freud 's example , one has reason to suspect that behind many an atheist , agnostic or sceptic of today lies shame , disappointment or rage directed at the father . |
| 2 | The judges were certainly aware that with such an arrangement , they could be seen as having ignored the merits of the designs and the practicalities of execution , and attempted to explain their position in their report to Hall . |
| 3 | The wind came so swiftly that within half an hour we were reducing sail , taking water over the deck , and beginning to lumber into a building seaway . |
| 4 | During my researches in the library of the Royal Geographical Society I learnt that in 1875 an Egyptian army commanded by Munzinger , a Swiss mercenary who had served under Gordon in Equatoria , had set out to invade Abyssinia from Tajura , and been exterminated by the Danakil before they reached Aussa . |
| 5 | It has been calculated that in 1922 an average of 38 minutes would be spent on going to work and coming back , with a working day of between 14 and 15 hours in the warmer months . |
| 6 | The relaxation of the censorship which was one of his first actions after the death of his mother meant that in 1780–81 an extraordinary flood of pamphlets ( many of them admittedly on very trivial subjects ) engulfed Vienna . |
| 7 | The Chronicle says that in 1009 an opportunity to fall on the enemy was let slip on account of Eadric , " as it always was " . |
| 8 | She knew that in such an obscene position nothing was concealed from view . |
| 9 | It also follows that in such an advanced mechanized world the scope for cost reduction will be limited once manufacturing has commenced . |
| 10 | Warn them that you must be notified of any changes at all , so that in such an event a revised estate plan can be lodged at the Registry in substitution for the previous one . |
| 11 | In the 1830s and early 1840s Palmerston was able to handle both the Belgian question and the Near Eastern crises of 1832 – 33 and 1839 – 41 with little interference from parliament , so that in 1839 an acute observer of British politics could say with much justification that " foreign affairs are never discussed except at the House of Lords " . |
| 12 | The only certainty , she reflected ruefully , soaking in fragrant warm water up to her chin , was that in half an hour or so she 'd have to find the courage to face Roman again , possibly over the breakfast-table . |
| 13 | Further research revealed that in 1414/15 an Andrew Forshey had been chosen as one of two men to represent the borough in parliament , and it seemed sensible to hazard that a man of this standing would have held property in the area , for he would have been unlikely to have been elected by his fellow bailiffs , with the assent of the whole community , if he had not been of substantial material worth . |
| 14 | A glance at the route followed will prove that this is not a guide-book , and a glance at the contents will expose me to the scorn of local patriots who will see , with incredulous rage , that on many an occasion I passed silently through their favourite village . |
| 15 | We have recently shown that at such an excretion rate , breath exhalation is about 50–60% of the total excretion . |