Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put it so nicely and so firmly that no one seemed to mind too much . |
| 2 | Your first battle will be changing the routine , gently but firmly so that everyone knows that things will be different from now on . |
| 3 | This is a way of holding an anaesthetized animal ( by now of course not an animal at all but a ‘ preparation ’ which ceases even the pretence of life once the support system is switched off ) gently but firmly so that its brain can be exposed and an electrode lowered into it , according to known coordinates . |
| 4 | Fergus knew the stories ; he knew how it was whispered that once inside the Prison of Hostages no one ever returned to the world of Men , but to Fergus , who had led the Fiana from the age of eighteen , and who knew the secrets and the devices and the weaknesses of half the ancient fortresses in Ireland , no prison was ever sealed so utterly and so completely that there was not a way out of it . |
| 5 | In thermodynamics a reversible process is one that is carried out infinitely slowly and carefully so that it is virtually in a state of balance at all times . |
| 6 | This is again to put it broadly — that they must not exercise their powers arbitrarily or so unreasonably that the exercise of the discretion is clearly unjustifiable . |
| 7 | At one moment we were all saying more or less volubly that he could not possibly succeed ; the next we found ourselves travelling along behind him " . |
| 8 | SAFFRON AND CURRANT BISCUITS 2 tbsp cream or milk generous pinch saffron strands 6oz/175g butter 2oz/50g icing sugar 6oz/175g self-raising flour 2oz/50g fine semolina 4oz/100g currants Put the cream or milk and the saffron into a saucepan , bring just to bubbling point and then leave to cool , stirring once or twice so that the saffron infuses well . |
| 9 | SAFFRON AND CURRANT BISCUITS 2 tbsp cream or milk generous pinch saffron strands 6oz/175g butter 2oz/50g icing sugar 6oz/175g self-raising flour 2oz/50g fine semolina 4oz/100g currants Put the cream or milk and the saffron into a saucepan , bring just to bubbling point and then leave to cool , stirring once or twice so that the saffron infuses well . |
| 10 | The translations were not the only technical difficulty : there were only two shorthand writers in the court and they were hard pressed to keep up with the proceedings , causing the court to be adjourned more than once so that they could transcribe their notes . |
| 11 | Do n't shed too many tears for the publishers of computer magazines and newsletters that major on the IBM Corp market : their readers need aid , comfort and advice more than ever now that the giant 's feet of clay have been so mercilessly exposed . |
| 12 | She needed it more than ever now that Alain was gone . |
| 13 | She displays how to build living structures of pictorial importance by weaving individual dancers or groups deliberately and solemnly so that they frequently pause in a meaningful picture of distinctive shape . |
| 14 | Her season began unpromisingly with an attack of shingles which kept her out of action for a couple of weeks but she recovered quickly and so completely that in addition to compiling her formidable record on the golf course , she was able to cope more than adequately with her school exams . |
| 15 | They know nothing about the means of organising , nor are they particularly militant , but they see quickly and quite clearly that they are being exploited . |
| 16 | And she knew more and more clearly that she was beginning to care about him . |
| 17 | The object of these exercises was sometimes to try and get a change of policy , sometimes to indicate alarm should certain lines of policy be carried further and sometimes so that the critics can signal their feelings to sections of the party outside Parliament ( Left-wing MPs , for instance , use this method to get support in the annual elections to the National Executive Committee of the party from activists in the constituencies ) . |
| 18 | If we said , like , if we , every second month say or every third month , then we , we knew we were going to have a speaker , we could the time before we could then do the business more thoroughly and carefully so that the month of the speaker we could just go through it very quickly . |
| 19 | Also on item one six two indicated very very clearly and very positively that the money would be found in the nineteen ninety four ninety five budget , not from the ninety three budget and er somehow you 've got to resolve one or the other . |
| 20 | It was about their last overall assertion of authority , and was carried out smoothly and simultaneously so that the Indonesians were unable to reply . |
| 21 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 22 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |
| 23 | They broke down so often and so grievously that they were all withdrawn from service within three years . |
| 24 | These ulcers heal spontaneously and rapidly so that seven days after their induction the ulcer area was usually reduced to about 30% of its initial size . |
| 25 | You can do things and be so upfront and so ahead that nobody can appreciate it . |
| 26 | Picking up her tray without the fruit and cake she had planned to take , Belinda left the cafeteria line with tight lips and stiffened shoulders , but , before she had gone very far , Deana had caught up to her , grabbing her upper arm roughly and painfully so that her hot dinner spilled on to the tray and splashed her wrist . |
| 27 | The online catalogue , unlike its predecessor should provide the user with the opportunity for search negotiation ; i.e. , the system should assist in the formulation of the compromised need ( Q4 ) so that the system can be searched not only more efficiently but also so that the compromised need satisfies the visceral need ( Q1 ) . |
| 28 | When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free … |
| 29 | With videodisc it is possible to select the frame precisely and speedily so that a set of stills on the screen could very easily be used . |
| 30 | As his hand was crushed down onto the red-hot ring again , Connelly 's body jerked convulsively and so savagely that the man holding him up was almost knocked off balance , but he stood his ground while his companion pressed down on the limb . |