Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver was below the salt , as far as Sir Thomas was concerned , and Gwendolen had been placed next to Lord Beddington so that Sir Thomas did not have to look at her . |
| 2 | It was reported from Brussels yesterday that EC officials had agreed that the Highlands and Islands ' gross domestic product reached only 79 per cent of the European average . |
| 3 | who 's in charge of Eskdale now that Roger up for the M P ? |
| 4 | What are the prospects for mining specialist Bernard Pache hanging on to the top job at state-owned Compagnie des Machines Bull SA now that France is to have a new administration ? |
| 5 | For example , when will the Minister reintroduce plumbers ' registration in Northern Ireland so that consumers are properly protected ? |
| 6 | Companies tend to use a ‘ firewall ’ along their route into Internet so that individuals can not be looked up in the directory of users — a sort of ex directory . |
| 7 | His well-being is of even higher importance to Scotland now that Peter Dods , such an admirable understudy with 23 caps , had decided to call it a day . |
| 8 | This analysis must however be extended if it is to cover all the uses of the infinitive since there are also cases in which the latter is not in relation with another verb , as in the following exclamations : ( 1 ) Oh to be in England now that April 's there ! |
| 9 | The inevitable conclusion which will be jumped to is that he is going because there is about to be some momentous U-turn over Maastricht now that Britain 's presidency of the EC is over . |
| 10 | She told Nigel proudly that Alison could have been anything she wanted , even an air hostess . |
| 11 | The Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , confirmed in Inverness yesterday that elections for the single-tier authorities would take place less than a year after those due next year for the regional councils . |
| 12 | Before I left Britain one of the best-kept secrets of the war had at last been revealed — the breaking by the Bletchley Park mathematicians of the ciphers encoded by the German Enigma machine : this priceless intelligence had enabled us to sink all the Bismarck 's supply ships , monitor the movements of Tirpitz so that attacks could be launched on her ( see page 144 ) and destroy many U-boats at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic . |
| 13 | Employment Minister Michael Forsyth told the Commons yesterday that May Day is to be scrapped . |
| 14 | Ulster Secretary Peter Brooke said in the Commons yesterday that Whitehall 's examination of the application for 400 more officers was in its final stages . |
| 15 | Mr Parkinson told the Commons yesterday that BR would be given three months to report on its progress . |
| 16 | Miss Hatherby explained in her dry , sibilant voice , that they were sent from Paris so that London ladies could know about the latest French fashions and have them copied . |
| 17 | Aldershot-based Magstore Ltd is badging Philips Electronics NV 's CDD521 write-once compact disk drives in the UK so that software vendors and others can do short-run production of disks : the drives are aimed for both audio and data applications — the 63 minute disks can store 680Mb of data and cost £22 while the 72 minute equivalent holds 750Mb and costs £24 — bit high if you simply want copies of your latest songs to sell as compact disks around the folk clubs ; the drives themselves are priced at £4,450 and the necessary software for MS-DOS , Windows or Macintosh costing around £1,500 . |
| 18 | I am pleased also to tell the House that the United Kingdom is sending £20 million worth of animal feed aid to St. Petersburg so that livestock need not be slaughtered this winter . |
| 19 | McCool was omitted from the afternoon singles along with National champion Eavan Higgins so that Hazel Kavanagh of Grange could be given her first match in the tournament and Barbara Hackett from Castletroy her second outing . |
| 20 | He needs a final decision by Sunday so that details can be sent to the printers in time for the Chancellor to announce his mini-Budget next Thursday . |
| 21 | This may cause the trust to be resident in the United Kingdom so that CGT becomes chargeable on the disposal of trust assets . |
| 22 | The technique in question is Bob Blake 's Managerial Grid , still going strong 30 years after it was developed in the US , and likely to show new life in the UK now that management consultants P-E International have taken on the somewhat dusty licence . |
| 23 | He is likely to remind his colleagues meeting in Luxembourg today that ENI , the large Italian state-owned holding company , still has substantial interests in the Libyan petroleum industry , Italian diplomatic sources said last night . |
| 24 | Indeed the one true bright spot in the Fujitsu firmament is ICL now that Amdahl Corp labours under the same woes as its 42% shareholder . |
| 25 | Indeed the one true bright spot in the Fujitsu firmament is ICL now that Amdahl Corp labours under the same woes as its 42% shareholder . |
| 26 | It is this fact , that needs to be recognised by the California Regulators so that hybrids can be encouraged rather than penalised to give more zero emission miles of total use than would be the case with a battery-only car produced in lower volumes . |
| 27 | Perhaps Singapore wants to make Indonesia a counterweight against Malaysia so that Malaysia will not exert too much pressure on it . " |
| 28 | ‘ I want to see the return of the Yorkshire Ridings and the abolition of Humberside and Cleveland so that Yorkshire can again stretch from the Humber to the Tees as it did for a thousand years before 1974 , ’ said Mr Sykes . |
| 29 | ‘ I want to see the return of the Yorkshire Ridings and the abolition of Humberside and Cleveland so that Yorkshire can again stretch from the Humber to the Tees as it did for a thousand years before 1974 , ’ said Mr Sykes . |
| 30 | H. So that people may continue to enjoy the scenery , many parts of the land , mainly near the coast , have been classified as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty . |