Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A FORMER marine masqueraded so successfully as a policeman that he led a team of real officers on a job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 2 | To this extent the theory can be seen as incorporating the central feature of Wagner 's ( 1976 , 1981 ) interpretation of the phenomenon — the suggestion that further learning proceeds slowly about a stimulus that has formed associations with its antecedents . |
| 3 | Graham Taylor 's battling heroes could not quite hold on for a win that would have allowed the beleaguered England manager to say ‘ Nuts ’ to his critics . |
| 4 | It seems thought will be given to playing Tony Stanger in the centre to provide a bit more physique in defence and on that theme Michael Dods could be destined to be left out , not because he has played badly , but rather as a reflection that the powerhouse physiques are prone to get the better of him in escaping tackles . |
| 5 | One other possible objection is that the difference which we are describing may be real but should not be regarded as part of syntax , rather as a variation that comes into play only when we focus on the correlation between linguistic expressions and external non-linguistic phenomena . |
| 6 | Write ‘ concealed cable ’ on the wall alongside as a reminder that there 's a hidden live cable . |
| 7 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 8 | These receptors wrongly interpret the increased return of blood when lying down as a sign that excess blood volume has caused the blood vessels to become ‘ overfull ’ and so the kidney is instructed to remove the excess water and salts . |
| 9 | There 's no need to actually to put it down as a recommendation that stays forever more , there 's just no need for it . |
| 10 | Elizabeth had noticed the lighthouse on her flight back to England two years previously , and had marked it down as a place that she must see . |
| 11 | His other hand groped feverishly for a sword that was n't there … |
| 12 | But I remember Puzznic very fondly as a game that I could actually get my head around ( it 's very flexible you know ) ; even a thicko like me can understand the concept of joining corresponding icons together . |
| 13 | I was ready to chuck it all in after a decision that flew in the face of reason . |
| 14 | Russia 's prime minister has managed to get two big coal mines back to work , but only after a promise that the Russian republic would get control over the mines . |
| 15 | But Preston found he was scanning the crowd at about the right height for an eight-year-old child , and it was only after a while that he realised he was looking for Uncle Titch . |
| 16 | Heaving over to one elbow just in time not to drown in her own effluent , Jezrael was so involved with her physical self that it was only after a moment that she noticed the base of one wall oozing forward to cover her vomit . |
| 17 | But I left the first of her three Sunday night shows feeling vaguely let down after a set that mixed the great with the gaffs . |
| 18 | But unlike the W particles , which can be predicted by other ‘ non-unified ’ theories , the Z o is a feature only of a theory that unifies forces in a particular way . |
| 19 | No there was a kinda of a veil that kept the voices coming up . |
| 20 | I attended the final meeting , at which the member states , guided by the Dutch presidency , came together behind a text that they found acceptable . |
| 21 | Indeed , it is superficially so like a fish that it is known locally as the Congo eel . |
| 22 | I had just winched in the staysail 's port sheet when the explosion sounded , or something so like an explosion that I instinctively cowered by Wavebreaker 's rail as my mind whipped back to the crash of practice shells ripping through the sleet in Norway . |
| 23 | ‘ It is only with a ceasefire that it will be possible to save the traumatised population of Angola , and the United Nations are ready to help once the hostilities cease , ’ said Joao Lins de Albuquerque , spokesman for the UN representative , Margaret Anstee . |
| 24 | Phoebe could remember no details , could recall only with an effort that was profitless , the numbing passivity that had fallen on her . |
| 25 | It is very difficult to introduce a single specimen into an established tank , especially with a tank that contains adults , but it can be achieved with a little care . |
| 26 | Shortly before ten o'clock in the morning , the Angelina , almost slack-sailed and ghosting along under a Meltemi that hardly rated as a zephyr , tied up along the starboard side of the Ariadne . |
| 27 | It flew through the air to land some distance away as both men went down with a crash that shook the ground . |
| 28 | He slammed the phone down with a crash that must have hurt Tony 's ears . |
| 29 | Putting his coffee down with a violence that made some slop into the saucer , Michele jumped to his feet . |
| 30 | Dalziel put the phone down with a ping that rippled violently across the room . |