Example sentences of "[adj] that this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After all , if it were to be something to mark the beginning of a new stage in her life , then she could make it clear that this new life would n't involve any further outings with him .
2 The main variables for the inner-city research ( most of which were reported in J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1978 ) were therefore selected on the general principle that a large number of tokens must be identifiable in the data , and it is clear that this stark necessity must override any other consideration .
3 However , it is also clear that this general principle is subject to exceptions .
4 It is far from clear that this essential step is always taken .
5 The availability of CD-I , CDTV and DVI in 1991 makes it clear that this fundamental change has come to stay .
6 It was clear that this polarized debate could have arisen in relation to all situations in which dementing people may find themselves .
7 In retrospect , it is clear that this preemptive strategy succeeded : in most areas of France , the transfer of power into the hands of the Gaullist state went relatively smoothly ; Vichy 's bureaucracy put up no substantial resistance to de Gaulle ; and the AMGOT threat was averted .
8 It was clear that this privileged student body with its energy and antagonism to the central authorities could one day be involved in a serious confrontation with the authorities .
9 It is becoming increasingly clear that this whole process , defined in one recent study as ‘ a set of procedures for uniting those who control the resources necessary for certain tasks ( the members of a municipal council or the shareholders in a company for example ) with those who use the goods or services produced from these resources ( pupils , patients , tenants , customers , etc. ) 'i is itself part of policy making .
10 In retrospect it seems clear that this ideological shift was made , as were a whole series of later ones , because the Soviet Union in its role as emerging superpower ( rather than as leading socialist nation ) wished to respond to a perceived change in the world situation in a more positive way than was permitted by the orthodox formulations .
11 It is when we think of the eternal and the infinite that this inner being is woken from its sleep , and our souls are stirred .
12 It was not until the late 1980's that this one-third reduction target was adopted by the Scottish Office .
13 Once the range of competencies has been identified , and SCOTVEC is most insistent that this key element of the development exercise must be correct and acceptable , then unit writers , with the appropriate professional knowledge , expertise and experience , will be appointed .
14 It seems odd that this extra day should suddenly appear every Leap Year but there is a good reason .
15 It is odd that this abstract term is applied , not to our lives , but to the activities of people who tend to have difficulty with abstract concepts .
16 A family with a rounded flat disk covered by small imbricating plates amongst which the centrodorsal and primary plates usually distinct ; the radial shields small , length less than half the radius of the disk , well separated from one another ; the jaw broader or as broad as long ; usually one sometimes two apical papillae flanked by 5–7 oral papillae on each side the distalmost slightly curved and extending beneath the largest oral papilla just proximal to it , it is possible that this distalmost papillae is part of the second oral tentacle pore ; the adoral shields large and wing-like ; the oral shield large , rounded triangular or arrow shaped , usually longer than broad ; the arms long and slender ; the dorsal and ventral arm plates well developed and contiguous at least proximally ; the tentacle pores moderately large each armed with one or two flat leaf-like tentacle scales ; usually three times long , erect arm spines , equal in length to two arm segments .
17 It is just possible that this far-off configuration will be unstable , and that the Sun will draw the Moon away into an independent orbit around the Sun , leaving the Earth Moon-less .
18 It is possible that this physical activity , combined with his medical condition , may have brought about some degree of incapacitation in flight prior to impact .
19 Is it possible that this wild boy is hunting at night with a fast , intelligent dog ?
20 Since the same concept occurs in an even stronger form among groups like the Pathans who still retain their tribal structure , it is possible that this particular form of family identity originated in the strife- and tension-ridden relationships between Muslim tribes .
21 However , he cared little about his life at this time , and it was possible that this lone female might be in need of courteous assistance .
22 It is possible that this expansionary effect could be stronger than the contractionary effect on world trade caused by the trade diversionary effects of the SEM .
23 It is possible that this unexpected increase may not have occurred if a greater number of subjects had been used for the shadowing tasks .
24 Was it possible that this percipient Norseman had recognised that she was still unviolated ?
25 It seems strange that this great surge of medical interest in dietary fibre should have occurred only in the past decade .
26 I felt guilty that this hard-won water should be wasted on a tea ritual when I had gallons of mineral water at my camp .
27 It seems unbelievable that this particular aircraft has graced the British and European airshow scene for a whole decade , during which time the warbird movement in Europe has quite literally ‘ taken-off ’ .
28 Secondly , it is very striking that this liberal disjunction between liberty and democracy so readily overlooks the fact that in history the struggle for democracy and the struggle for fundamental liberties have very often been one and the same .
29 As she went on talking , making occasional references to the length of my fingers or the breadth of my brow , I thought it ironical that this odd woman should be defending me , not from outright attack but from my mother 's protectiveness .
30 In this regard it was estimated that the state of the established supply would be such that this additional land would not require to be available for development until 1991 .
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