Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [that] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , much of this work is heavily weighted towards the study of individual words , even though it is widely recognized that most vocabulary growth comes from encountering words in the course of reading . |
| 2 | In fact it is now widely recognized that some consumption expenditure of this type , in so far as it combats malnutrition , should be considered as equivalent to investment . |
| 3 | I do n't know what I think in view of what you say , Mary , go into to great detail as to what went wrong with this , erm because I can cut that short because the fact is that Russell eventually admitted that this programme simply was n't viable . |
| 4 | It is widely claimed that English speech tends towards a regular alternation between stronger and weaker , and tends to adjust stress levels to bring this about . |
| 5 | On Nov. 7 it was widely reported that Nigerian Alpha jets had bombed NPFL positions in the Monrovia suburbs of Gardnersville , Mount Barclay and Stockton Creek the previous day , and had also attacked areas close to the rebel headquarters at Gbarnga , 160 km north of Monrovia on Nov. 5 . |
| 6 | In the large public company it is now accepted as part of conventional wisdom that the shareholding is so widely dispersed that each shareholder does not own a significant enough proportion of the company to perform any of the functions of monitoring and supervising the directors that the legal model casts upon him . |
| 7 | ‘ I remember that my invitation extended to 14 days , but it was so arranged that any visitor who might have to leave for the day could do so and could return again . |
| 8 | There are only a few isolated examples of Jacobite riots or demonstrations in England during the 1690s , perhaps suggesting that Jacobite sentiment was not particularly widespread . |
| 9 | ‘ We can only stress that such information from the public is vital if we are to bring people like Watson to trial . |
| 10 | to do it do n't necessarily think that that type of event happens |
| 11 | This is harassment , plain and simple , ’ she charged him grittily , only to see that insolent grin appear on his face . |
| 12 | He was shrewd enough to realize that western-style government could not easily be grafted on to a chiefly structure profoundly resistant to rapid and uneven modernization . |
| 13 | The link with sovereignty and with the ultra vires doctrine is provided by implication : parliament only intended that such discretion should be exercised on relevant and not irrelevant considerations , or to achieve proper and not improper purposes . |
| 14 | Cardinal Tisserant suddenly announced that further voting on religious liberty would be postponed until the next session , claiming the document now before the Council was so different from what had gone before it needed to be debated all over again . |
| 15 | But I hope you are amiable and fair-minded enough to accept that this switch was not in any way part of my original purpose . |
| 16 | I think this merely emphasises that each school is operating its own erm thing , as it were . |
| 17 | Robert Dexter obviously expected that shocked reaction because his voice sounded infinitely soothing , even formal . |
| 18 | By rights they should now be quietly decomposing in Manchester , having tried out their experimental rhythm rock surrealism only to discover that self-analytical dance with guitars could not really compete with belching ego-Mancs who wanted to be adored or abhorred . |
| 19 | Nevertheless his choreographic plan is so designed that each movement of every dancer , whether as an individual or part of the group , is co-ordinated with the others so that it fits correctly into the overall pattern and within the space allotted by stage , wings and backcloth which — in Symphonic Variations — delicately echoes the curving lines or the dance . |
| 20 | A comparable version of this is the face made by someone who barges into a room unannounced expeeting to speak to a friend , only to find that this friend is engaged in an intimate professional consultation with another colleague . |
| 21 | This column has long argued that Scottish football needs to reduce the quantity of matches played and increase the quality . |
| 22 | As expected , most ulcers were so sited that venous insufficiency was immediately suspected : 392 ( 85 per cent ) were situated in the classic gaiter area . |
| 23 | Although for safety the main unit must be situated indoors , the hosepipe and solenoid valve will probably be outside but so sited that catastrophic failure of the circuit or a sticking solenoid valve would not cause problems with flooding . |
| 24 | ‘ What 'd I Say ’ sounded so possessed that many radio stations refused to play it . |
| 25 | It has considerable agility , and its powers of dry staccato have been so much exploited that this form of musical humour has quite lost its savour nowadays . |
| 26 | In the main , the college has produced little radical comment or research of note during the four decades of its existence , for the various chief officers have jealously ensured that any consolidation of ideological excellence at this location has been neutered , and under Home Office direction its senior courses have primarily been used to provide a stream of suitably acquiescent candidates for the ACPO ranks , who readily take on the symbols and metaphors of dominance which feed the appetite for power Stead warns against . |
| 27 | One can only assume that this puppy 's there so Olympic hosts Spain at least get a sniff at a medal . |
| 28 | We now understand the day before another young boy af about nine saw a amn dressed exactly the same some distance away in the Sparcells estate so we can only assume that this man is lurking around in the area . |
| 29 | They had all made that shrill moan during their funny parties , and by the time of Gary 's birth , Mary had come to recognise them for what they were — satanic incantations . |
| 30 | Mr Savoy , who is based at the Andean Explorers and Ocean Sailing Club in Reno , Nevada , has long suspected that ancient man had far more trans-oceanic contacts than most orthodox historians accept . |