Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Synthetic statements are those which make a claim about how the world is and are true ( or false ) accordingly , for instance that all bachelors are carefree . |
| 2 | Moreover , ‘ structural ’ relations between them can be clarified , by showing for instance that this computation is or is not a necessary prerequisite or accompaniment of that one . |
| 3 | Well you will find for instance that three times as many people will strongly oppose and was strongly in favour , something omitted from the report in front of me and there are eight per cent there that were indifferent . |
| 4 | In his veto message to Congress Bush reiterated his opposition to abortion and stated that the veto was " important in order to prevent taxpayer funds from being used for research that many Americans find morally repugnant " , but also because of the bill 's " potential for promoting and legitimatizing abortion " . |
| 5 | The attempt has failed , through scepticism that one man could have supervised such a major project whilst still discharging Elias 's functions as steward and administrator elsewhere . |
| 6 | The moon was sailing in the sky , making her woebegone grimace , when she brought it to her , and Zenaida was torn , you could tell , between disappointment that brave Carmellina had fulfilled the impossible ordeal she had set her , and pleasure in the work of the dress itself , the fine weave , the dashing shape , the fall of the supple cloth , the nimble stitching . |
| 7 | Museums and archaeology both suffer from chronic under-funding , and at present there seems to be no cause for optimism that this situation will change . |
| 8 | But the law did not take specific account of Arabs who left their homes for fear that Israeli forces might cause them harm — the reason most Arabs give for their sudden departure . |
| 9 | They may be unwilling to criticise the decision for fear that future projects will be jeopardised . |
| 10 | He could not seem to sleep or rest for fear that some danger would come from which he would have to flee . |
| 11 | Frankfurt : Prices fell sharply on inflation worries after news that wholesale prices surged by 1.1 per cent . |
| 12 | Lawrence could express the strongest emotion through dialogue that used dialect — as in this section from John Thomas and Lady Jane . |
| 13 | No-one in their right minds would have believed that Labour wanted to abolish heterosexuality or promote AIDS , but such was the level of fear and ignorance about homosexuality that these ideas could be aired . |
| 14 | What it will do is to identify those kinds of misspelling that most pupils are likely to make : appropriate teaching at this stage helps to avoid remedial teaching later . |
| 15 | Straining the last possible revolutions from her roaring Paxman engines , the old lady of the fleet , Vigilant was first to reach Guiding Lights , but despite darkness and mist had to wait no more than a few minutes for the other cutters to join her — a feat of seamanship that later lead to great praise from their Investigation colleagues ashore . |
| 16 | In Sweden , it is claimed that nearly 10,000 lakes have such high concentrations of mercury that any fish caught in them should not be eaten . |
| 17 | There is a lot hidden in that word ‘ suitable ’ , but let us put an upper limit of 1 in 100 billion billion for the maximum amount of luck that this argument entitles us to assume . |
| 18 | A minority were more fortunate , if one can take as reasonably accurate the report by the Commissariat of Agriculture that 109,705 peasants were taken out of the famine zone and settled on farming land in Siberia , the Ukraine , the Caucasus , and elsewhere . |
| 19 | Again , since it is assumed by this act of faith that all individuals are equal in the sight of God , man or both , then dissent must be tolerated and each has the right to put his own point of view . |
| 20 | It is likely in this kind of case that Regional Railways might seek a partnership operation with a local council or one of the passenger transport executives to establish a light rail line . |
| 21 | ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . ) |
| 22 | Well it may be of course that that kind of thing has always tended to happen gather of society skirmishing goes on and young men are expected to go and find very often |
| 23 | ‘ You realise of course that this Taczek character might take it further . |
| 24 | We know of course that this mother has the normal strong biological drive to care for her offspring , and if she did handle him would no doubt develop an emotional involvement . |
| 25 | The answer was he usually ignored them , which meant of course that some entries were obscured and the whole was not as clean as it may have been but it was certainly speedy . |
| 26 | Many people swear that their horse has a sense of humour , especially when it likes tipping them off ; but it is possible of course that these people actually have a considerable sense of humour themselves to put up with the vagaries of their horse ! |
| 27 | A problem with this idea is of course that most dreams are not remembered , so that even if solutions to problems are achieved during dreams they can not be regarded as adaptive , unless we are to believe that these solutions are somehow incorporated unconsciously . |
| 28 | If Rutland was typical of agrarian society it would have been understood as a matter of course that most men were peasant farmers and smallholders ; indeed , husbandman was the commonest description there , followed by labourers and servants whose status was one of dependence , and landless peasants who did not conform to the stereotype of a society composed of small independent producers . |
| 29 | If so , the Government should be taking another look at the amount of grant that that council receives . |
| 30 | It will mean that there will be a reduction in the amount of money that that school will have to run its sixth form , just as there is a reduction in the amount of money that a primary school is going to have to run its school . |