Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] that [num] [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 | Next door was a parchment maker , who had one corporal billeted on him , but we also know that 2 soldiers died in his house , and so it 's possible that he actually looked after wounded soldiers , which was , of course happening all over Oxford . |
| 3 | We now know that two protons will not directly make helium ; two protons can not survive the electrical disruption on their own and the stable helium nucleus contains neutrons as well . |
| 4 | Most four-year-olds do not , for example , fully understand that six cakes are six cakes whether they are in a row , a circle , divided into two threes , or inside a small tummy ! |
| 5 | I certainly think that nine months down the road we are saying to ourselves , ‘ Well what are we about ? ’ |