Example sentences of "[adj] that [noun prp] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke almost offhandedly , making it clear that Ellwood had little or no say in the matter . |
| 2 | ‘ What is new in the book is that we 've produced surviving British intelligence officers of senior rank who make it clear that Popov had this information and was specifically sent to the US to impart it . ’ |
| 3 | Apart from that , and a brief exchange with Boswell on one of the Macleod family , it was now clear that Johnson found little stimulation on Raasay : ‘ There was not enough of intellectual entertainment for him , after he had satisfied his curiosity , which he did , by asking questions , till he had exhausted the island ’ : does Boswell mean the topic of Raasay or its people ? |
| 4 | The first lecture series was given by Max Müller , a signatory , in the spring of 1878 ; the venue , the Chapterhouse at Westminster Abbey , was arranged by another signatory , Dean Stanley ; the course proved so popular that Müller gave each lecture twice . |
| 5 | It is interesting that Hahnemann discovered this method of dissolving insoluble materials such as gold , silver , platinum and so on long before colloid chemistry was ever dreamt of . |
| 6 | It is possible that Minton chose this subject , in which the relevance of the Crucifixion is cancelled out by the attention given to a game of chance , as an expression of his own despair at the malignancy of fate . |
| 7 | David Dorn , a nuclear physicist working for the Commission , was quoted in New York on Jan. 15 as saying that it was possible that Iraq possessed enough components for up to 10,000 gas centrifuges . |
| 8 | It is possible that Plynus embodies some of Leapor 's misgivings about rising from her station . |
| 9 | It is even possible that James saw this programme as a means of creating a reservoir of manpower , from which — as in the time of Judas Maccabeus — an army might be created . |
| 10 | It is even possible that Innocent commissioned this collection . |
| 11 | Norris may well be right that Derrida deserves such attention , but he is not often likely to receive it in the conditions of actual pedagogy , or in the random public exchanges of higher cultural life , which put a premium on the simplifying and the reductive . |
| 12 | Kate was quite unable to offer any more resistance , in fact was so busy mentally castigating herself for the happy daydreams she had had while dancing with Ace that Dara had little need of her determination to take control of the rest of the evening . |
| 13 | It is arguable that Russia suffered more than her fair share of famine and plague , and her wooden cities were again and again ravaged by fire . |
| 14 | ‘ The Land Rover broke down on my way back from Norwich , ’ he explained with an air of bewilderment that was so patently false that Hilary gave another reluctant smile . |
| 15 | The raw , rough feeling in his voice was so obvious that Julia forgot all her determined restraint of the previous evening and put her arms around him as he sat at the table , laying her head on his . |
| 16 | I 'm not sure that Joyce thinks this altogether a good thing . |
| 17 | Er I 'm not really quite sure that Bedford take that sort of really interest in our affairs actually , certainly based on those |
| 18 | Er the , the only good thing to come out of these proposals is that erm that he supports the erm the appearance of the public enquiry and the sale of erm that , that erm he suggests for example that we should try the airports policy consortium , well we dealt that five years ago when we realised that Surrey and it 's surrounding areas were getting their own pressure group organised to make sure that Stansted got all of the flack got all the , got all the few other things as well . |
| 19 | I hope today we can get rid of this issue we can put it where it belongs in the House Of Commons , we can get rid of it and make sure that Leicestershire helps that and I am still willing to talk to the hunt . |
| 20 | It is helpful that SFA spells this out clearly . |
| 21 | He seemed genuinely concerned that Harriet lived all alone in such an isolated spot . |
| 22 | It quickly becomes evident that Hoving has more on his agenda than just reportage , and like Nancy Reagan in My Turn , his primary concern is with settling old scores . |
| 23 | This was the first time that father and son had been separated and it is apparent that Leopold undertook much of the organisation for the visit , advising Mozart and his mother of places to stay , even giving the costs of meals as they made their way through the German states . |
| 24 | It is probable that Jesus extended this to mean anyone of any race . |
| 25 | It is very probable that Grey took some part in Leapor 's subscription . |
| 26 | It is rare that America inflicts such punishment on an American . |
| 27 | It is thus necessary that PR orchestrates these messages in order to help develop a corporate identity or personality . |
| 28 | We 'll make certain that Lewis knows all the facts and ca n't twist them . ’ |
| 29 | And there was one other that Preston liked least of all . |
| 30 | Jenna was a bit surprised that Alain knew this man and the fact that he knew him was n't making him any more gracious , either . |