Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adj] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lebanon 's own power-sharing institutions lasted longest and only finally fragmented when Muslim–Maronite friction — and foreign interference — became so intense that parliament could no longer elect a president . |
| 2 | The drops of water became so naughty that Rain Cloud decided to teach them a lesson . |
| 3 | Even if there was still a peace to be saved in 1940 , it seemed most unlikely that Labour would win the election . |
| 4 | It seemed tantalisingly obvious that country life was healthier , but actually proving it was another matter . |
| 5 | Next morning she seemed so ill that Breeze telephoned Doctor Andrews . |
| 6 | And when Dermot Corcoran stepped back into her life , it seemed almost natural that Captain — now Major — Lewis should reappear also . |
| 7 | Using word processors was already standard practice for us and it became rapidly apparent that desktop publishing was the way to go , so far as production systems were concerned . |
| 8 | America 's thrifts debacle showed how dangerous that impulse can be . |
| 9 | At the same time it became increasingly apparent that research using instruments like the PARI was not producing clear-cut relationships : on the basis of attitudinal measures alone it has proved difficult to predict child personality . |
| 10 | Their efforts were swiftly dealt with by the police and in the late 1870s , unable to mobilize peasant revolt , they became increasingly conscious that class struggle could not be divorced from political struggle . |
| 11 | Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic . |
| 12 | ‘ In late 1990 , we became increasingly concerned that credit managers ’ skills and expertise were being tested to the limits . |
| 13 | He shot a 67 and nobody knew how good that round was because they were all talking about Greg 's 63 . |
| 14 | When they first met up on a ‘ Carry On ’ set a couple of years before no one knew how strong that love would be . |
| 15 | In practice , by 1975 , the resistance to this approach proved so great that settlement was the real objective , with the justification that farming families could be supported in every way — agriculturally , medically and educationally — much more effectively on a group basis . |
| 16 | The Acclaim proved so successful that production was continued after the introduction of these cars , although a restyled model was named the Rover 200 as part of Rover 's plan to improve the image of the company by concentrating on fewer marques . |
| 17 | He sounded so anxious that Folly was quite relieved to hear Luke put him at his ease . |
| 18 | She sounded so apologetic that Folly almost laughed . |