Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note 2.4.4 The rather pedantic observation that ( ab ) c = a(bc) is included here only to emphasise that the associativity of unc depends heavily on that of . |
| 2 | So much so , that in the conventional use of the term , ‘ being critical ’ has come almost exclusively to mean that the object or action in question has fallen short of the standards in question . |
| 3 | I have seen enough already to know that my work on Christabel must be seriously altered in the light of what you have in these letters — I would n't be happy going on without taking them into account — and that must be true of Dr Michell 's work on Ash too , just as true . ’ |
| 4 | The progression and results of this study ( which took a number of years and involved the House of Lords Record Office , the British Library , the Public Record Office and the College of Arms , as well as the Bridport manuscript books and medieval wills and testaments ) have been presented not only to show that reference books can be wrong , but that the wealth of material available to the local historian can be utilized to very positive effect over an extremely narrow range as over a wide one . |
| 5 | This must be done very carefully to ensure that the opening of the oviduct remains intact since it is extremely difficult to insert a needle once it has been damaged . |
| 6 | Even if neither we nor they were quite clued up enough to realise that Jethro Tull was a group and not the inventor of the seed drill ! |
| 7 | The question is whether prices and mortgage rates have fallen far enough to ensure that this position will be reached in the near future . |
| 8 | Some have gone even further to suggest that , since people are purposive beings , all practices , including moral practices , are purposive in nature : ‘ a practice without a point is an empty ritual ’ . |
| 9 | I am fascinated to notice that your profession has at last started not merely to say that , but to criticise those who refuse to allow so manifest a fact to be stated in order that it may be examined . |
| 10 | Most of us have lived long enough to know that you ca n't say with any certainty , where you might be in the future . |
| 11 | Beddington had lived long enough to know that very few people were quite what the public considered them . |