Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |
| 2 | Having obtained the poles of , the relevant physical transfer function is deduced by rejecting poles in the positive half of the s-plane and a network is synthesised so as to generate that transfer function . |
| 3 | The words used will be interpreted according to the so-called " golden rule " : they will be given their ordinary grammatical and literal meaning unless that produces absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy , when the literal meaning can be modified so as to avoid that absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy . |
| 4 | The tenor of the above letter seems to endorse rather than diminish that inference — Ed . |
| 5 | Accordingly , rather than declaring that question ( 4 ) in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) has become otiose , I propose that the court should answer it in the negative . |
| 6 | Where the person ‘ is not in a position to express a view , the least unsatisfactory test is to ask what one would choose for oneself : would I choose death rather than have that sort of life ? ’ |
| 7 | In this respect , many of us in fact reform and bend English to our needs rather than allow that language to impose itself on our realities . |
| 8 | How often are they raised by adding on a small , discrete area to existing topics ( for example , ‘ Women in … ’ ) — thereby leaving the rest untouched — rather than acknowledging that feminism has generated a challenge to the whole field ? ( see BSA , 1986 , for a discussion of teaching in higher education ) . |
| 9 | In 1944 , Bryn Weare more than repaid that debt by fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Resistance and he 's proud to repay it once more in 1992 . |
| 10 | Sensing the dangers of such rivalry , the Communists intensified their attack on the ILP , going so far as to declare that disaffiliation was but a temporary manoeuvre . |
| 11 | The mitigation of the law was at first carried so far as to sacrifice that object , said J.S. Mill . |
| 12 | We might even go so far as to say that amplification of deviance among one group rather than among another could simply be due to chance . |
| 13 | He was even prepared to go so far as to admit that monotony was the most comfortable way . |
| 14 | The recent Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution even goes so far as to recommend that straw burning should be banned in five years time . |
| 15 | I tell you , I 'd rather go without than have that lot screw me . |
| 16 | And you 're gon na feel it this time as well because having that cold . |
| 17 | The Londoners have won twice and drawn twice on their six League visits to Anfield , as well as having that Cup final to savour . |
| 18 | The extent to which these young people were able to read and write , even when claiming that ability , was often limited to stringing together a few simple words — the Lord 's Prayer might be learned " parrot fashion " . |