Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although rainfall has now returned to normal , Georgia 's leaders remain keenly conscious that water is a scarce commodity , to be carefully managed . |
| 2 | Lebanon 's own power-sharing institutions lasted longest and only finally fragmented when Muslim–Maronite friction — and foreign interference — became so intense that parliament could no longer elect a president . |
| 3 | The drops of water became so naughty that Rain Cloud decided to teach them a lesson . |
| 4 | Do you remember much about the the attitude of the of the old L N E R management you know , er especially during the lead-up from Labour coming to power , and it becoming more obvious that nationalization would in fact take place ? |
| 5 | Daily we are becoming more aware that AIDS is as much a development issue as it is a health issue . |
| 6 | It 's becoming increasingly clear that Class War 's gone soft , what with the film and the book . |
| 7 | Nor do you know how cruel that blindness and weakness can be — and all the more so when they are sugared over with sentiment and concern , with the pretence of tenderness . |
| 8 | Even if there was still a peace to be saved in 1940 , it seemed most unlikely that Labour would win the election . |
| 9 | It seemed tantalisingly obvious that country life was healthier , but actually proving it was another matter . |
| 10 | Next morning she seemed so ill that Breeze telephoned Doctor Andrews . |
| 11 | Susan broke off and leaned back , looking so tired that Breeze could not ask her any of the things she naturally wanted to know , about their father 's last weeks of life . |
| 12 | And when Dermot Corcoran stepped back into her life , it seemed almost natural that Captain — now Major — Lewis should reappear also . |
| 13 | Chinese parents do , of course , shower love and attention on their children but it is always made quite clear that child's-play has to remain well within the limits of normal social behaviour . |
| 14 | The services take a serious view of bullying and it has been made very clear that bullying and ill-treatment will not be tolerated . |
| 15 | When the issue of the single currency was being discussed at Maastricht , did its promoters suggest that this would make more easy that enlargement , and how did my right hon. Friend respond ? |
| 16 | Using word processors was already standard practice for us and it became rapidly apparent that desktop publishing was the way to go , so far as production systems were concerned . |
| 17 | But , as indicated above , the real importance of the singularity theorems was that they showed that the gravitational field must become so strong that quantum gravitational effects could not be ignored . |
| 18 | It is common ground between the parties and their Lordships readily accept as correct that section 20(8) of the Constitution of Jamaica is simply intended to embody the common law doctrines of autrefois convict and autrefois acquit . |
| 19 | America 's thrifts debacle showed how dangerous that impulse can be . |
| 20 | I can still remember how good that coffee tasted , and how different it tasted from the common-room coffee I was used to . |
| 21 | ‘ You would n't believe how sexy that skirt is blowing around like that , ’ Mandy said michievously , now that she 'd been granted her pardon . |
| 22 | It has become abundantly clear that policy is now reducing inflationary pressures in the economy . |
| 23 | In some policies the two problems are seen to be combined where the systems of farming collectively called shifting cultivation have reached a point where their carrying capacity has been exceeded , and fallow periods have become so short that degradation and erosion have set in ( Allan 1967 ) . |
| 24 | There is no doubt too that parents have become more aware that immunisation can carry a risk of adverse reaction and this has been most publicised in relation to the whooping cough vaccine . |
| 25 | The supplementary is , " How do you decide how large that business should be ? " . |
| 26 | You know how rotten that house was . |
| 27 | At the very least they will regard as over-severe that judgment of Owen which condemns his failure in his fifties to act upon Marxist doctrine before Marx , still in his teens , had formulated it . |
| 28 | Although it seems highly probable that sea level changes have been similar over very large areas of the earth 's surface , the possibility of local terraces of different dates due to other causes can not be excluded . |
| 29 | With or without the complicity of the government statutory services are performing a very limited role , However , we must not underestimate the potential role of services as it seems highly likely that propensity of the informal sector is enhanced rather than diminished by the support of statutory agencies . |
| 30 | As effective economic policy can hardly be judged in less than a three year period , and political affiliation is also a long-term question , it seems entirely reasonable that aid should be committed over a three year period . |