Example sentences of "[noun sg] that it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the fact that the ‘ soft left ’ has lost even the illusion that it runs Labour ( it lost the reality years ago ) opens up the possibility of realignment within the party . |
| 2 | There was so much snow that it seemed impossible that this was not the natural surface of the earth . |
| 3 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 4 | These are so ponderous and unwieldy and so vulnerable to obstruction that it seems remarkable that major decisions are ever made outside of crisis situations . |
| 5 | Remarkably , the first sighting of Dr Johnson 's ‘ Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel ’ was in The New Republic in March 1989 ; by which time such a bedrock of well-meaning patriotism had been wedged under the case that it proved difficult , if not impossible , to shift . |
| 6 | He always used to speak so bitterly about his experiences as a monk that it seemed bizarre to think of him working alongside them at Hurstdown . |
| 7 | To verify or disprove that therapeutic vaccines can induce an anti-HIV immune response of such a kind that it has clinical , positive consequences ; and |
| 8 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 9 | There were abortive attempts at a settlement by the American Secretary of State , General Alexander Haig , and discussions over a Peruvian peace plan which would bypass the British contention that it possessed sole sovereignty over the Falklands . |
| 10 | It was only when no parking places were to be found anywhere near the hall that it became clear that this was not normal . |
| 11 | ( In Example 90 , the triads are so frequently of the augmented type that it seems probable that the harmony was composed first and the horizontal outline of each voice delineated only afterwards . |
| 12 | With case study material print has an important role but there is always the danger that it goes astray or just does n't get read . |
| 13 | Superfly Curtis Mayfield 's superlative score makes superfluous blaxploitation pic that it accompanied redundant . |
| 14 | Secondly , even if the applicant has not sought the alternative remedy , judicial review may still be allowed if the applicant alleges malice on the part of the decision-maker ; or if the court thinks that the applicant 's interest in the action is of such importance that it deserves judicial protection : an example would be personal liberty . |
| 15 | One morning the young man was seized with a fit , in Dr. Prior 's presence , of ‘ such a frightful nature that it required strong nerves to witness same in those who are used to such sights ’ . |
| 16 | Indeed , the pineal of a New Zealand reptile known as the tuatara is pigmented and so close to the surface that it looks similar to a real eye . |
| 17 | From the analysis above , it would be reasonable to recommend the use of open matching specific grants for each individual service that it wanted expanded . |
| 18 | Obviously if one does not start from this premise , then the point about the wider range of jobs is no longer relevant ; the belief that degrees are taken in order to get jobs is so much part of the physical science students ' taken-for-granted ideas about education that it remains implicit rather than explicit . |
| 19 | Greenpeace anti-nuclear campaigner Bridget Woodman said : ‘ Nuclear Electric wants to operate Sizewell B in the full knowledge that it has sub-standard components and an increased potential for a disastrous accident . ’ |
| 20 | This was open to the criticism that it imposed constructive liability : a person who risked a minor assault might be held guilty of a more serious offence if ‘ actual bodily harm ’ happened to result . |
| 21 | The dominion status declaration was made in October 1929 and met on the Congress side by what amounted to a demand that it take immediate effect . |
| 22 | People who say this , like me , always use the word ‘ kids ’ in the belief that it sounds open and democratic and leaps generation gaps at a bound . |
| 23 | It need not , therefore , be related to any act performed in the belief that it has normative consequences . |
| 24 | We voted against it on the ground that it seemed absurd to respond to a crisis in the beef sector simply by throwing yet more money into a system which has not been reformed . |
| 25 | In fact , it was only as a consequence of this earlier work of literary , linguistic , and historical categorizing that it became possible for a sense of national and vernacular " ancestry " to challenge the cultural and educational rule of the classical languages and literatures . |
| 26 | These are wishes of the ego , and they 're gratified in the illusion of religion , but as we 've also seen , Freud erm , notices even though he does n't comment , that the illusion of religion is pro-social , in the sense that it maintains social order , systems and morality , and so on . |
| 27 | Whilst it rendered the monarch formally subordinate to Parliament in the sense that it became acknowledged that , at the end of the day , the will of Parliament was to prevail , it failed to provide adequately and efficiently for the discharge of executive government . |
| 28 | Entitled Challenge , it ‘ will be progressive in the sense that it understands Christian faith to be of necessity a commitment to the cause of all who are oppressed , discriminated against or unjustly treated . ’ |
| 29 | However , in the world of Orwell 's 1984 there may be people who although sure that the events abolished by official historiography did happen , are not so sure that the experiences treasured in memory keep the value which official propaganda degrades ; they might be happier for the assurance that , in the sense that it remains true that an event happened even if universally forgotten an experience remains good even if in universally shrinking awareness there will never again be anyone capable of appreciating it . |
| 30 | The decision is logical , in the sense that it places local authorities in the same position as other builders . |