Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A FORMER marine masqueraded so successfully as a policeman that he led a team of real officers on a job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 2 | To this extent the theory can be seen as incorporating the central feature of Wagner 's ( 1976 , 1981 ) interpretation of the phenomenon — the suggestion that further learning proceeds slowly about a stimulus that has formed associations with its antecedents . |
| 3 | It seems thought will be given to playing Tony Stanger in the centre to provide a bit more physique in defence and on that theme Michael Dods could be destined to be left out , not because he has played badly , but rather as a reflection that the powerhouse physiques are prone to get the better of him in escaping tackles . |
| 4 | One other possible objection is that the difference which we are describing may be real but should not be regarded as part of syntax , rather as a variation that comes into play only when we focus on the correlation between linguistic expressions and external non-linguistic phenomena . |
| 5 | Write ‘ concealed cable ’ on the wall alongside as a reminder that there 's a hidden live cable . |
| 6 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 7 | His other hand groped feverishly for a sword that was n't there … |
| 8 | But I remember Puzznic very fondly as a game that I could actually get my head around ( it 's very flexible you know ) ; even a thicko like me can understand the concept of joining corresponding icons together . |
| 9 | Russia 's prime minister has managed to get two big coal mines back to work , but only after a promise that the Russian republic would get control over the mines . |
| 10 | But Preston found he was scanning the crowd at about the right height for an eight-year-old child , and it was only after a while that he realised he was looking for Uncle Titch . |
| 11 | Heaving over to one elbow just in time not to drown in her own effluent , Jezrael was so involved with her physical self that it was only after a moment that she noticed the base of one wall oozing forward to cover her vomit . |
| 12 | But unlike the W particles , which can be predicted by other ‘ non-unified ’ theories , the Z o is a feature only of a theory that unifies forces in a particular way . |
| 13 | No there was a kinda of a veil that kept the voices coming up . |
| 14 | I attended the final meeting , at which the member states , guided by the Dutch presidency , came together behind a text that they found acceptable . |
| 15 | Indeed , it is superficially so like a fish that it is known locally as the Congo eel . |
| 16 | I had just winched in the staysail 's port sheet when the explosion sounded , or something so like an explosion that I instinctively cowered by Wavebreaker 's rail as my mind whipped back to the crash of practice shells ripping through the sleet in Norway . |
| 17 | ‘ It is only with a ceasefire that it will be possible to save the traumatised population of Angola , and the United Nations are ready to help once the hostilities cease , ’ said Joao Lins de Albuquerque , spokesman for the UN representative , Margaret Anstee . |
| 18 | Phoebe could remember no details , could recall only with an effort that was profitless , the numbing passivity that had fallen on her . |
| 19 | It is very difficult to introduce a single specimen into an established tank , especially with a tank that contains adults , but it can be achieved with a little care . |
| 20 | Lacuna came to a stop behind her , and pulled her gently into an embrace that for once was nothing but tender . |
| 21 | Esther hinted that it was the grim circumstances of their childhood that had drawn them together with a love that dared not speak its name . |
| 22 | This point , together with a proof that stabilizing monetary policy can have a role within rational expectations models which emphasize ‘ intertemporal substitution ’ , can be made after modifying the island parable model developed earlier . |
| 23 | Quebec also received recognition of its status as a " distinct society " , together with a guarantee that its share of seats in the federal House of Commons would not fall below 25 per cent . |
| 24 | A theory is a model whose internal logic we understand together with a claim that reality conforms to the concepts and logic of the model . |
| 25 | The charge sheet cited " organizational motive " as the prime cause for Gandhi 's murder , together with a belief that the Tamil cause had been let down by India . |
| 26 | ‘ Quickest and cheapest ’ sounds an attractive proposition , but ‘ proceed with caution ’ might prove a sensible warning , together with a reminder that in many areas , LEA experience and expertise — on legal issues , employment law , salaries and conditions of service regulations and bulk purchasing facilities , for example — are first class . |
| 27 | It would be perfectly proper in an appropriate case to order the contravener to pay £100,000 to the investor , subject to the investor restoring the shares to the contravener , together with an order that the responsible third party should on a joint and several basis pay £50,000 to the investor . |
| 28 | Since rural development here is a major aim of government policy , such research is an essential prerequisite to the formulation of efficient management programmes : clearly , long-term development of this kind is only sustainable if the soil resource is adequate , especially in a country that already has a widespread soil erosion problem . |
| 29 | Does the Secretary of State imagine that such figures could have been given to any other Parliament in the European Community — especially in a country that had enjoyed a North sea oil bonanza over the years ? |
| 30 | She just thought that people were remarkably ill-advised in not coming to offer her love and devotion , especially in a town that had residents as diverse as Lord Olivier and Dame Flora Robson — and Dora Bryan . |