Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I regret I am not likely to lose weight in China , as their habit , at least in Peking , is to give us at least twice as much food as we need , and however much we gently suggest that three platefuls rather than six would be sufficient , they still go on just the same . |
| 2 | They did not realise that three years would elapse before Black 's injuries would be sufficiently stabilised to enable them to be measured by his doctors or that there are factors in the functioning of the United Kingdom judicial system which would thwart him from securing justice in the courts . |
| 3 | On Jan. 3 Swedish radio also reported that three diplomats at the Chinese embassy in Stockholm had been expelled at the end of 1990 for spying on Chinese students living in Sweden , while China expelled a Swedish diplomat in retaliation . |
| 4 | The figure also shows that three projects , P1 , P2 , and P3 , are processed simultaneously , each cutting across the authority lines of the functional departments . |
| 5 | Four hours later we came out to find that three inches of rain had fallen , creeks had burst their banks , cars had been swept away , and people were injured and homeless . |