Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 2 | Some tests done in was n't there , in one of those prisons , and I think they tried with very violent , very aggressive er , prisoners there , and it , they eventually found that the colours that calmed them down most of all was pink . |
| 3 | Briault and West went on to comment that the headteachers in two of their studies gave a good deal of attention to the process through which individual teachers can change themselves . |
| 4 | None the less , it seems likely that the course of studies was so arranged that the students would pass through the same grades of medreses as those in which they would later teach : such would in any case seem to have been the practice in later times . |
| 5 | They give the appearance of a ‘ setting sun ’ under the D string and , as everything else appears to line up okay , I can only presume that the markers themselves are off-centre . |
| 6 | These two factors together mean that the fundamentals of the metric system present difficulties to them . |
| 7 | When applications that year were made , Lauda and others were smart enough to realize that the licences had been so designed as to tie them to their teams , a move cleverly designed by certain constructors to lower the price war among drivers and to prevent desertions in the ranks . |
| 8 | Only a year ago the pundits were shaking their heads and gloomily prophesying that the Democrats would never again provide a President . |
| 9 | Science as a vehicle through which the national curriculum 's concerns can be met for equal opportunities , the heightening of economic awareness , the creation of links with industry , the enhancement of knowledge about the technological aspects of science and the effective use of information technology — these all mean that the principles of TVEI can be embraced at one and the same time . |
| 10 | Virginia was staring at Horatia , her lips almost blue , her pupils so dilated that the eyes looked black . |
| 11 | For instance , in the commercial applications , the articles of association of a company do not specify a procedure , but merely say that the auditors are to certify the value of the shares ( see Chapter 3 ) : the same brevity is encountered in the share option ( 5.2 ) and convertible preference share examples ( 5.6 ) . |
| 12 | Far below the Earth 's surface , the rocks are so compressed that the pores are closed . |
| 13 | I had read enough to know that the figures for anorexics who starve to death or commit suicide are frighteningly high . |
| 14 | There the evidence before him merely disclosed that the defendants whilst being employed by the plaintiffs simply made plans or preparations for their future post termination activities . |
| 15 | Previously self-reliant communities are now so dispersed that the whereabouts of family members remains unknown . |
| 16 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
| 17 | Bearwood is so designed that the ladies get no closer to the offices than the door between the transverse and the butler 's corridor . |
| 18 | Yet if the dances of Vera and Natalia in A Month in the Country and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet are examined it will be discovered how the technical content is so designed that the steps , poses and gestures show how changing circumstances are affecting the individuals . |
| 19 | I know it 's a small point , but how many times have you tried to access the truss rod on a guitar , only to find that the screws are located immediately under the strings and that inserting a screwdriver is nigh on impossible without de-tuning ? |
| 20 | Or schools get very excited by computer-assisted learning , ordering equipment and retraining teachers — only to find that the pupils , so full of enthusiasm three years ago , have totally lost interest , while the ‘ experts ’ are once again suggesting that it was n't such a good idea after all . |
| 21 | If you 've ever come home with newly bought make-up only to find that the colours do n't really suit you , take heart . |
| 22 | So many returners admit to stage fright at the beginning of a re-entry programme , only to find that the expectations of managers and colleagues are much more realistic than they have given them credit for . |
| 23 | It 's perhaps fitting that the Services and Communication Department should bring up the rear in this group of presentations , because one of its key priorities is to provide a coherent professional support service to the organisation as a whole . |
| 24 | I only hope that the police committee will actually support those and get on towards introducing them , because that is a way of using some of the people in our village communities to erm , to keep an eye on the community and see that those people that should n't go round . |
| 25 | The police would not necessarily assume that the bones in the graveyard were of people who had lived at Wyvis Hall , nor that those who had brought about their deaths had lived there . |
| 26 | Any engineer would naturally assume that the photocells would point towards the light , with their wires leading backwards towards the brain . |
| 27 | I can only assume that the words were left out because an assurance ’ vigorously ’ to continue ’ fighting crime ’ would have raised only a horse laugh when offered by a Government with a record of this Government on this subject . |
| 28 | One can only assume that the purchasers of these lichen-grey accoutrements are members of EXIT , and that anyone attempting to rescue them would receive a bloody nose for their trouble . |
| 29 | He constantly proclaimed that the sons of blacksmiths and grooms made the best veterinary surgeons — a general proposition supported by Percivall in 1842 — although he denied that he ever said surgeons made the worst . |
| 30 | In common with the Minister from the Scottish Office , the Minister rightly says that the institutions are best equipped to know the needs of their students . |