Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the decision to commit US ground-based forces , estimates as to the numbers which might ultimately be deployed rose quickly and , on Aug. 10 , it was widely leaked that the administration had adopted a " contingency plan " involving the use of 250,000 ground troops should full-scale fighting break out with Iraq . |
| 2 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 3 | D'Arcy felt instinctively irritated that the générale seemed more worried about scandal than their client 's predicament . |
| 4 | The minister has since explained that the committee found conflicting evidence in a ‘ preliminary report ’ from Indianapolis , the home of Lilly 's research laboratories . |
| 5 | As she lay blinking blindly into the unfamiliar darkness , her ears filled with a strange background hum , her tired and sleepy brain slowly realised that the sound which had awoken her had been her own desperate sobbing . |
| 6 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 7 | The adjacent Forests of Epping and Hainault are viewed as an intolerable nuisance … the farmers uniformly declare that the privilege of commonage is by no means equal to the one-tenth part of the losses they constantly sustain from the deer in breaking down their fences , trespassing upon their fields , and destroying their crops either ripe or green . |
| 8 | It is widely recognized that the proportion of women who suffer mental disorders — particularly depression — exceeds that of men ( Cochrane , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ such occasions [ when a judge may properly rule that a document ordinarily immune in the public interest should in the public interest be disclosed ] will be exceptional and the fluctuating fortunes of parties in litigious combat will rarely justify a judge in disturbing an immunity firmly rooted in the public interest . |
| 10 | Little recognized that the cause was an abnormal birth which produced brain damage and secondary spasticity of the limbs . |
| 11 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 12 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
| 13 | The government accused Czechoslovakia ( which represented Cuba 's diplomatic interests in the United States ) of " hypocritical inconsistency " — sheltering asylum seekers while requesting official protection to deal with the " consequences " of such an action , and additionally claimed that the episode was aimed at causing embarrassment in the run-up to the July 26 celebrations . |
| 14 | It was widely reported that the Republican party placed considerable pressure upon Thornburgh to contest the Senate vacancy — his Pennsylvanian background was seen as a considerable advantage — which was seen as crucial to the party 's hopes of recapturing control of the upper chamber in 1992 . |
| 15 | The committee overwhelmingly voted that the platform should once again contain , as it had since 1980 , the demand for a constitutional amendment to prohibit abortion . |
| 16 | The man will swiftly think that the Duke knew all along . |
| 17 | Initially Ramos expressed no opposition to the ruling but , on Aug. 17 , he altered his position following pressure from central bank governor Cuisia who had said that individuals would not be let off past breaches ; Justice Secretary Franklin Drilon , who had initially merely commented that the judge had made an erroneous decision , since the new regulations were not even in effect at the time of the ruling , later instructed government lawyers to investigate the possibility of an appeal against the dismissal of charges . |
| 18 | However , for optimum performance the size of control intervals and control areas should be so arranged that a sequence set record will be stored on the same cylinder as the control area it indexes . |
| 19 | The dance has to be so arranged that the mistake must appear accidental . |
| 20 | In such a setting , too , conversation is more likely to be encouraged if the furniture is so arranged that the interviewee and the interviewer are not physically separated by a desk ; that the chairs are reasonably comfortable and in a position to allow eye contact ; and that there are no unplanned interruptions . |
| 21 | The crypts were small , too small to have needed a central pillar to support the ceiling , so we can only presume that the pillar had a symbolic significance to the Minoans ( Plate 18 ) . |
| 22 | One more adventurous boy decided to explore the overgrown slope behind the hut and he was pushing his way through the undergrowth when he caught sight of a figure approaching the hut further down the slope ; the boy was close enough to see that the figure was that of a tramp wearing tattered clothing and crowned with a battered trilby hat . |
| 23 | Even if there was a booking in a Girl 's home town , John 's regime was so demanding that a husband would no doubt have objected to his wife giving priority to her work . |
| 24 | Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped . |
| 25 | There was a hint of panic in the air yesterday , as though the markets suddenly realised that the grapeshot fired by the authorities last week might be heading in their direction . |
| 26 | We may surely placate the shade of Max Beerbohm sufficiently to acknowledge that the danger we run in approaching poetry this way is indeed the danger of one sort of professionalism — specialized and therefore blinkered , inflexible , and humourless . |
| 27 | They especially fear that a bridge across the beck at Iburndale near Whitby is threatened and are now pressing the North Yorkshire highways committee to investigate the problem . |
| 28 | He suddenly realized that the impact of this too-vivid memory had slowed him down and finally arrested him in the middle of the wet pavement Two girls in a shop-doorway were staring at him and giggling . |
| 29 | The correspondent , however , was sage enough to emphasise that the relationship was far from causal . |
| 30 | He claimed to have been at the Munich Olympics in 1972 while serving with the US Army , and seemed particularly proud of a photograph of himself in officer 's uniform ( without apparently realising that the insignia were incorrect ) . |