Example sentences of "[adj -er] [adv] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously many arts teachers are not entirely happy that the arts are examined at all , but in my interviews the majority of teachers were generally happier now that the new examination had replaced the old system — the most obvious benefit being the removal of the need to discriminate between the two former examinations . |
| 2 | The WRU has to arrange such matches — the more the better so that the selectors can see up-and-coming players in the proper environment . |
| 3 | Calmer now that the crisis was past , she continued to gaze steadily at the inspector 's weary , intelligent face . |
| 4 | In parliament the position seemed worse now that the Unionist leaders sat on the government front bench while their followers continued to sit as the opposition . |
| 5 | It is sadder still that the weight of being given funding may soon be lifted from FAB by the London Borough 's Grants Unit proposal to cut FAB 's grant . |
| 6 | The scientists are now trying to make the difference between the ‘ on ’ and the ‘ off ’ states greater so that the membrane completely blocks transport in the off state . |
| 7 | The manometry catheter was then positioned 5 cm above the upper border of the lower oesophageal sphincter so that the distal , middle , and proximal ports were 5 , 10 , and 15 cm from the lower oesophageal sphincter respectively . |
| 8 | And kids mean money — not money like throw-it-away 1986 money , but chronic money : money which goes slice by slice into the mortgage , the pension plan , the life insurance , the repairs to the house ( yes , it 's goodbye rank , noisy little flat and hallo four bedrooms somewhere quieter now that the family 's started ) , school fee plans , nappies , baby clothes , holidays in DIY villas in southern France , and the bigger car to get you , the kids , and their impedimenta to the DIY villa . |
| 9 | " We could n't find nothin , " said Butterworth , speaking for the first time , bolder now that the truth was out . |
| 10 | It is a female eider , duller and browner now that the mating season — for which she did not , in any case , dress up — is over . |