Example sentences of "[adj] [that] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Botswana could not cut itself off from South Africa during the long years of apartheid but Botswana did make clear that it opposed apartheid and voiced this very strongly and much to the annoyance often of the South African government . |
| 2 | Statements by the Iranian government made it clear that it saw ECO as the basis for a future Islamic common market which might ultimately embrace some 300 million people — a quarter of all Muslims — and rival the European Communities in importance . |
| 3 | In another change of tack — there was a time when OS/2 was the whole future as far as the company was concerned , Microsoft Corp is switching its signals and is now making it clear that it expects MS-DOS users to prepare to switch to Windows NT . |
| 4 | Johanna was so popular that it took police a day to talk to all her friends after she was reported missing . |
| 5 | Christians see the power of God 's love as so strong that it overcomes sin and death . |
| 6 | As he rushes hither and thither , his note-books become crammed with an amazing collection of miscellaneous information which is so diverse and uneven that it gives colour to and so in a way explains Robert Lowie 's famous definition of culture as a ‘ thing of shreds and patches ’ . |
| 7 | It 's still a hot air story , and we give most hot air stories — some dignitary with no power to do anything to change the situation has ‘ called for ’ , ‘ demanded ’ , ‘ warned ’ or whatever — but the issue is so serious that it deserves notice : we have frequently highlighted the manner in which US — and European — anti-dumping measures that supposedly benefit a tiny minority are to the detriment of the vast majority , and there is now a groundswell of opinion at the US Department of Commerce that the International Trade Commission 's brief in considering charges of dumping should extend to a review of the impact of duties on consumers ; the current issue is the anti-dumping duties likely to be made permanent today on memory chip imports from South Korea , which are sought by Micron Technology Inc but opposed by both all memory chip users and by the US chip capital equipment manufacturers that sell to the South Koreans . |
| 8 | Funnily enough , we had just as much peril when the thaw came , because it was so rapid that it caused flooding . |
| 9 | In the event , however , it was a glossy book from the Town Planning Ministry in 1986 that really took the message to the public — and that message was so remarkable that it deserves examination in some detail . |
| 10 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 11 | I have ridden in the hon. Gentleman 's car , which is so large that it enters Wandsworth as soon as it enters the boundary of Lambeth . |
| 12 | I think has summed up quite well there I think , which , what everyone 's aims is , which is that we want an effective and efficient police force , which everyone has got confidence in to make sure that it protects citizens against crime in this country , and nothing could be , I do n't think anybody who is erm , civilised in this county or this country would want anything different . |
| 13 | Will my right hon. Friend be sure to ask for a branch of the kiosk in any new catering facility for visitors , and will he make sure that it has House of Commons fudge and humbugs on sale ? |
| 14 | The published statistics are therefore retained for this purpose , but , as one company commented , their use is , however , so infrequent that it has difficulty in locating the relevant data when they are needed ! |
| 15 | The eyes especially were beautiful ; very large , their ovals faintly twisted , a cool doe 's eyes , almond eyes , giving a natural mystery to a face otherwise so regular that it risked perfection . |
| 16 | The speed of her car was still so great that it took Chesarynth a while to realize the signs were n't complete . |
| 17 | The shock was so great that it brought tears to his eyes , and when he 'd turned off the tap and dried his hand , the tears did n't stop . |
| 18 | He says that the pain is so great that it brings tears to his eyes , makes him grumpy , and means he 's sometimes confined to his armchair for days on end . |
| 19 | Huy struck a flint and the lamp spread a tight circle of yellow light , so deep that it drew objects into it . |
| 20 | Without warning , it suddenly let out a blast of the 62 first line of Dixie on a five-tone airhorn , so loud and so unexpected that it made Alina take a startled step back . |
| 21 | Includes the classic mod ‘ floater ’ ‘ I 'm So Thankful ’ , a record so cool that it makes Inspector Morse look like The Bill . |
| 22 | His expression was so tender that it shocked Lee . |
| 23 | Regretfully she decided not to wash her hair ; it was so thick that it took ages to dry and she was sure his patience would n't last that long ; also she had to get to work . |
| 24 | Scandinavia is so expensive that it makes Switzerland feel like Andorra , and so dark in mid winter that many of the slopes are floodlit to avoid disappointment . |
| 25 | Edward had conceived and arranged the exhibition himself and was aware that it lacked verve : he was not good at these things . |
| 26 | The noise was so constant and so intense that it fabricated silence . |
| 27 | Over forty years ago , Sutherland 's ( 1940 , 1945 , 1949 ) contribution to our knowledge and understanding of corporate crime was so significant that it led Mannheim to comment that if there were a Nobel Prize for Criminology , ‘ Sutherland would have been one of the most deserving ’ ( 1965 : 470 ) . |
| 28 | The smoke this produced was so dense that it closed airports and smothered half the country . |
| 29 | His sons were there and so was a concourse of knights so huge that it reminded men of his Coronation . |
| 30 | The swing was so wild that it unbalanced Sharpe , but it also terrified the second Dragoon who swerved frantically away from the blade 's hissing reach . |