Example sentences of "[adj] that in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd asked him if he was embarrassed that in 1966 he was saying he would be with Suzy Kendall forever , and then in 1969 it was all over , and then he was saying he would be with Tuesday Weld forever , then in 1981 it was all over , and so on . |
| 2 | The French economy was so weak that in 1953 it had to renege on an OEEC agreement of two years earlier . |
| 3 | Its great expectations were such that in 1975 it produced what it called a ‘ Reference Programme ’ of future development based on a dramatic growth in electricity demand . |
| 4 | The Third Programme 's elitist appeal ( as it would now be called ) to a minority ‘ whose tastes , education and mental habits enable them to take pleasure in close and responsive listening to broadcasts of artistic and intellectual distinction ’ ( Annan , 1977 , p. 12 ) was so limited that in 1957 it was confined to weekday evenings and weekends from 2.30 onwards . |
| 5 | The paperwork was so vast that in 1988 I had to add an entire floor in my house in Ireland to accommodate it , and that turned out not to be enough . |
| 6 | I suppose it was inevitable that in 1918 he should capitalise on his expertise at a time when the post-war craze for the new-fangled wireless sets was at its height . |
| 7 | Indeed the authorities became so concerned that in 1935 she became the first cartoon character to be censored . |
| 8 | After his father 's death in 1885 the cable companies persuaded him to set up his own manufacturing business , Muirhead & Company , which was so successful that in 1894 he was able to take over his father 's old firm when it was finally wound up . |
| 9 | Erm , it 's true that in general we do have different memories than other people do er but it does n't seem to be fully individuating in that any change in the contents of the memory would produce a change in . |