Example sentences of "[noun] that it [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which came mercifully swiftly , in the shape of another devastatingly accurate straight left , and then a perfect right uppercut which hardly seemed to travel more than a foot , but which was delivered with such a force that it lifted Mike up on to his toes , before toppling him backwards in a heap at his elder brothers ' feet . |
| 2 | It connected with such force that it cut Mr Major 's right cheek , splattered his glasses and dribbled down his dark blue suit . |
| 3 | which the House of Lords would have exercised if it had been asked to do so but had not in fact been so asked , Berry ( No. 2 ) would have been a very easy case for the Court of Appeal to deal with , but there is no indication that it found Berry ( No. 2 ) to be so simple . |
| 4 | Mountain View , California-based Drexler Technology Corp says it has informed Sony Corp that it believes Sony infringed its patents with a a new eight-track Dynamic Digital Sound system to be introduced this summer in Columbia Picture 's ‘ Last Action Hero ’ movie : Drexler has two patents on the reading of high density optical data in a strip format and believes the two patents may be infringed each time digital sound from the movie track is played back using the Sony system . |
| 5 | The Government previously assured both Brussels and local authorities that it used EC grant to provide additional resources for qualifying programmes . |
| 6 | Quorum says that it has some Echo Logic-type technology in development that it calls Autoport and might be interested in a cross-licensing deal — see page four . |
| 7 | The Kabul government said this week that it believed Pakistan intended to supply the guerrillas with chemical weapons for use in the Jalalabad battle . |
| 8 | The United States attempt to modify its own declaration in April 1984 was an implicit acknowledgment that it believed Nicaragua to have a valid declaration . |
| 9 | The simple statement was delivered with such smug certainty that it made Caroline 's blood heat . |
| 10 | So perfect was his information that it enabled President Kennedy to call Khrushchev 's bluff over the Cuban affair . |
| 11 | In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born . |
| 12 | It had originally been erected in AD 276 in the reign of Florian , and records that it stood M(ille) P(assuum) I ( i.e. one Roman mile ) from its official point of measurement . |
| 13 | Amber Scott , playing Banning 's daughter , entertains the sighing pirates with a ballad of such sick-making sentiment that it makes Shirley Temple look like Billie Holiday . |
| 14 | Amber Scott , playing Banning 's daughter , entertains the sighing pirates with a ballad of such sick-making sentiment that it makes Shirley Temple look like Billie Holiday . |
| 15 | He looks such a snip that it enabled Southampton to command £3.6m for Alan Shearer , Ian 's partner in attack tonight and , in my opinion , the best foil for him in England . |
| 16 | France announced on June 3 that it would sign the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) , which it had hitherto refused to endorse on the grounds that it compromised France 's nuclear independence . |
| 17 | The three powers issued a joint ultimatum to Japan demanding retraction of the Liaodong cession on the grounds that it endangered Beijing and invalidated Korean independence . |
| 18 | There was such an awful mockery in that face that it made Tuan Ti Fo want to strike it with his fist . |
| 19 | There was a slight awkward pause and in the tiny fraction of time that it lasted Harriet experienced a stab of pique . |
| 20 | Traditionally its importance is demonstrated by the fact that it underpinned Gloucester 's usurpation and his brief reign . |
| 21 | Traditionally its importance is demonstrated by the fact that it underpinned Gloucester 's usurpation and his brief reign . |
| 22 | China was so remote from Europe that when silk first became available for the wealthier classes in Imperial Rome no one knew where it came from , but the fact that it reached Rome shows that these two civilizations were not totally devoid of contact with each other . |
| 23 | A huge figure for any programme , but what Was it the quality of the scripts and the fact that it starred David Jason ? |
| 24 | Even volcanoes in areas where there are no established tectonic frontiers are guiltless in this respect : Vesuvius , despite the fact that it buried Pompeii and Herculaneum , Stromboli , Mt Etna and the twin volcanoes of the island of Hawaii have not produced , and do not produce , earthquakes . |
| 25 | He takes equal pride in the fact that it contains Berlioz 's complete dialogue , often abridged in the past . |
| 26 | Iran gave the impression that it believed Iraq was planning to replace them with single-buoy moorings ( SBMs ) , a subject on which rumour had been rife since 1980 . |