Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] that [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this too might fail to expose the error , for the stranger might simply guess the right answers , or his answers might be so close to those expected of him that even the most scrupulous interrogator would be deceived . |
| 2 | On that very point sir I 'm grateful to the honourable member for giving way but would he not agree with me that actually the failure of G A T at the end was that by which Caribbean bananas failed to be protected . |
| 3 | Though I suspect that what we will find if we really are honest with ourselves that quite a lot of things which we see here are not always exaggerated from the point of the exercise , that we exaggerate things out of all proportion so that we can actually start looking at it and seeing . |
| 4 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |
| 5 | They are so far away from us that only the poet can understand them . |
| 6 | The size and cost of a present day Olympic complex suggests to me that both the summer and winter games should now have permanent , internationally-funded homes . |
| 7 | It seems to me that quite a few of our senior British players have had to put up with more than their fair share of criticism in recent years , when perhaps a bit of encouragement might have been more appropriate . |
| 8 | Sir , Arising out of your questionnaire ( Transport September — October 1991 ) it occurred to me that perhaps the CIT logo could be looked at with a view to substituting something more modern or vibrant for the horse/steed . |
| 9 | It later occurred to me that almost every one of the board members was of a different nationality . |
| 10 | From this it is clear to me that almost every possible subject and source is covered in Edinburgh libraries and everything is reasonably easy to find and the library staff are happy to assist . |
| 11 | It really appears to me that almost the only thing in the world which other men do but which Frenchmen can not , is the making of drains and sewers . |
| 12 | She finally admitted to herself that even the risk of another snub was preferable to her growing anxiety about what lay ahead . |
| 13 | But then it occurred to him that perhaps the joke was Nicola 's and not Blufton 's at all , some invention to impress her boss and ensure her succession to Jane Pargeter 's job . |
| 14 | It occurred to us that either the gap between the rich and the poor had become much wider than anyone had ever imagined and that these people had not a clue about our reality or else their campaigns were a deliberate conspiracy to cover up the real cause of our appalling health record . |
| 15 | The criminal classes are so close to us that even the policeman can see them . |