Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want to hang on to their fat subsidies and America is entirely right to say that this is unacceptable . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it is only proper to recognise that this is the ground on which the parties have chosen to engage , and to approach the arguments accordingly . |
| 3 | But even if we assume that it is sound at an abstract philosophical level , it would be extremely dubious to assert that this theory can justify our present practices of punishment or anything like them . |
| 4 | It would be only natural to suppose that this order should apply not only to the laws , but also to the conditions at the boundary of space-time that specify the initial state of the universe . |
| 5 | In addition , although the deputy head was clearly exhausted by the enormity of the task he had set himself , he had found the experience sufficiently valuable to recommend that all teachers should extend their understanding of curriculum evaluation and develop skills in addition to the testing of pupil outcomes . |
| 6 | The move from a fenland cottage to a rented London flat had been far too abrupt for Kate , and she was sufficiently self-aware to acknowledge that this was a large factor in her current sense of alienation . |
| 7 | And those of you who see this as some bureaucratic nightmare or the real face of 1984 — that is , State imposition of values and goals — it is perhaps helpful to recall that this is what happens now in an unsystematic , and therefore inefficient , way ; and , of course , it is the route accepted by that arch-priestess of free choice , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 8 | The pop singer , Morrissey , was so astounded to discover that some girls ' breasts are bigger than others that he wrote a song about it . |
| 9 | It was corporation booty however , and it was only reasonable to expect that this early entertainment centre might not be firing on all cylinders . |
| 10 | LAB noted the revised arrangements concerning the Top of the Bench competition and was especially pleased to note that each local section would be entitled to send a team to the finals in London . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it is only fair to say that this marks a period of ‘ boom ’ in house prices . |
| 12 | It is only fair to add that some lawyers play exactly the opposite role , persuading clients who are itching for a zero sum fight that they would do better to reach a nonzero sum settlement out of court . |
| 13 | It is only fair to add that this kind of language finds less favour with some modern experimenters . |
| 14 | It is extremely difficult to believe that this cult did not have political overtones . |
| 15 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 16 | It is extremely tempting to suppose that this picture and the Centauromachy and Amazonomachy on the other vase are copied from three of the murals in the Theseion . |
| 17 | Whilst the 1985 Act obliges us to ‘ afford access to our lands for the purposes of knowledge and enjoyment ’ , it is perhaps true to say that most visitors , possibly as many as 95% , make use of the Gardens as an amenity , and that we may have failed to emphasise the ‘ knowledge ’ goal . |
| 18 | It is not possible to say that all agents owe the same duties to their principals : it is always necessary to have regard to the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 19 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 20 | While it is not possible to demonstrate that any of the Continental braids are of Anglo-Saxon , even Kentish , manufacture , the very close similarity between some examples on each side of the Channel makes it possible that they are at least from the same source . |
| 21 | It is not right to assume that those in inner-city areas can not be expected to achieve good examination results . |
| 22 | I 'm not prepared to accept that any more than I am prepared to accept the hogwash that we heard from Bob Morgan and his Liberal Democrats , because of course it may be extremely comfortable for him to be acting like a beached dolphin on the shores of Abu Dhabi , but the fact of the matter is , of course , that the Liberal Democrats , with or without the backs of their envelopes and cigarettes packets , are extremely unlikely to be making any national legislation , so they are quite comfortable in being able to observe how others might or might not do it . |
| 23 | If the Government are not prepared to abolish that most ineffective policy , will they at least consider flexibility in the application of the rules , taking particular account of men who are kept on shore because of bad weather or boat maintenance ? |
| 24 | It is thus wrong to assume that any one form can be ‘ more evolved ’ or ‘ better-adapted ’ than any other . |
| 25 | It is not unfair to say that some turn out not to mean quite what everyone thought but nevertheless because they represent government policy — seldom of a direct party kind — they are useful . |
| 26 | Given Aitken 's fervent support for the Biafrans , it is not unfair to assume that any suggestion of confidence that was not specifically expressed would have been dampened in his mind , since the publication of the document in his view would lend strong support to critics of the government 's policy . |
| 27 | Yet it is not unusual to find that many people make no distinction between even the physically and the mentally handicapped , often to the apparent detriment of the former who have more capable brains . |
| 28 | The plain shimmered below a cloudless sky , and it was not unusual to hear that some contadino ( peasant ) who had been working in the afternoon heat had been taken to the local hospital suffering or even dying from sunstroke . |
| 29 | In cases where there was more than one accused , it was not unusual to discover that some evidence was admissible against one accused only and not the other accused . |
| 30 | It was desperately hard to accept that this serene man , so calm , so dignified , such a majestic cricketer , could have been taken in this way . |