Example sentences of "[adj] [that] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the offer was not completely rejected by the Palestinian side , they made it clear that it fell short of Palestinian aspirations for a legislative council to take over control of the occupied territories from Israel [ see p. 38837 for Palestinian self-government proposal tabled at the fourth round of talks ] . |
| 2 | Precise details of the evidence presented at that meeting have not yet been revealed but it is clear that it proved inconclusive . |
| 3 | Ford , however , has made it clear that it wants ultimate majority control of Jaguar — something which the company 's board , led by chairman Sir John Egan , is resisting fiercely . |
| 4 | These relations between finite coordinate distances are generally so inconvenient that it makes more sense to start calculations from the differentials which do transform linearly : . |
| 5 | Finally , though it must be generally accepted that individuals can not be protected from foolish actions based on an inadequate knowledge of the law , the situation following the 1954 Act was so complex and , because of the inevitable unpredictability of the necessity for compulsory purchase , so risky that it appeared likely ( in retrospect at least ) that public opinion would demand a further change . |
| 6 | The room , painted a white so fresh that it seemed pale blue , was cool and soothing . |
| 7 | It 's a par three and I 'm assured that it measures more than the hundred and forty yards required for us to be par three . |
| 8 | Devotees of this label can rest assured that it retains more than anyone 's fair share of glitzkrieg . |
| 9 | If you choose a backing in the middle of the tonal range , such as a bright turquoise green , its colour will be so strong that it overpowers those of the pressed materials . |
| 10 | Very soon , even before they went under dome , Arcady surrounded them from horizon to horizon , its size so prodigious that it banished all Ari 's ideas of what a city might be . |
| 11 | In a sense this is an extreme form of heterogeneous accretion of volatiles , though the separation of planetary accretion from the veneering by volatiles is so complete that it merits separate consideration . |
| 12 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 13 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 14 | Out of the rock 's foot grew a shadow so dark that it contained all colours . |
| 15 | The value charge of such a word reflects the mores of the language users , and they may be unaware that it has two distinguishable components to its meaning . |
| 16 | It is ironic that IT makes fundamental change both essential and possible , but — to repeat — we need the change anyway . |
| 17 | The building was so perfect that it became fantastic , and we imagined a huge finger coming from the sky and pressing on the dome . |
| 18 | Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced that it has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers . |
| 19 | The children had heard this song many times but they were always sad that it sounded such a lonely song . |
| 20 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 21 | Village hoardings are covered with adverts for Astra margarine — a product made of saturated fat so hard that it stays solid even in tropical heat . |
| 22 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 23 | But that had been seven months ago , a chill morning in mid-February , when the bushes which screened the canal walk from the neighbouring council estate had been tangled thickets of lifeless thorn ; when the branches of the ash trees had been black with buds so tight that it seemed impossible they could ever crack into greenness ; and the thin denuded wands of willow , drooping over the canal , had cut delicate feathers on the quickening stream . |
| 24 | THE upheaval that shook Eastern Europe felt so natural that it seems pointless to ask why it happened . |
| 25 | The snow is so white that it reflects any available light . |
| 26 | The bid-ask spread was so large that it converted significant profits into significant losses . |
| 27 | It has leg-like fins with fleshy bases like the coelacanth ; it seems very likely that it had air-breathing pouches from its gut like a lungfish . |
| 28 | It is interesting and perhaps unusual that it developed first in politics but now is used more and more in commerce and industry . |
| 29 | Some of the patterns shown are so elaborate that it seems doubtful that they were woven : some may have been printed with blocks , while others may have been produced by a mixed-medium method , combining printing , embroidery , and appliqué work . |
| 30 | ‘ But it is so naive that it seems unlikely the politicians will want to spend much time on it , ’ says Jean Rankine , the museum 's deputy director . |