Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun sg] that [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid . |
| 2 | Comparison of the results of the two groups shown in Fig. 5.7 also allows us to reject an explanation in terms of changes in associability or in terms of the transfer of some specific response that directly modifies test performance . |
| 3 | Now Darwin got from this this idea that somehow sudden things are miraculous , are natural , erm but admittedly they may happen but I mean there is a miraculous element about sudden things , whereas things that are natural should happen gradually , and he retained this view in spite of changing his ideas about all sorts of other things , and let us now see why the gradualism was so important a component of his theory of evolution . |
| 4 | That 's another interesting point that actually , you 're saying there that shop stewards were lost er became foremen , chargehands and whatever . |
| 5 | Another interesting network that totally rejects signals of a certain frequency is the L-C-R bridged-T of figure 8.9(b) . |
| 6 | It still did n't hit me that within hours we would have a baby : I vaguely felt I was immersed in some surreal soap-dream that constantly receded back into itself . |
| 7 | Although some of these issues went beyond the main remit of his Inquiry , he drew the conclusion from this basic finding that only a national government-led initiative to deal with problems of policing , unemployment , poor housing , and racial disadvantage could get to the roots of the unrest . |
| 8 | I would argue that it was this domestic response-signalling that even moderate and gradual reform was unacceptable to the Cuban elite — which was the most immediate cause of the shift in Castro 's strategy . |
| 9 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 10 | It was this soft part that often persisted longest . |
| 11 | It is in this latter sense that very often it is claimed that the Conservative Party is advocating an incomes policy , by which is simply meant that the policies which we advocate would , we believe , have as a result the stability of money values and thus have the effect that increases in earnings were real and not merely monetary . |
| 12 | I think it 's wrong to underestimate erm i i it 's particularly initially , how , how positively reinforced it can , it can be around you erm , just this the idea of losing weight and that er you know , people will be wha , for whatever reasons are , either envious or they want to know how you can do it , they want to know , and particularly if it 's linked with exercise then it 's all very good things to do and you know , the media 's telling you and a , everyone 's telling that this healthy lifestyle that actually then goes out of control through being so controlled erm e e , there 's a , well there 's a thin line between it , being a very positive experience , and you 're suddenly buying smaller jeans and erm you know , it 's just everything is is feeding , if that 's the right word , this idea that it , that that it 's tremendous to be |
| 13 | But it is this very oil that currently keeps the wheels of British industry turning . |
| 14 | I 'm afraid that this time he wo n't be so lucky … he wo n't come back and I 'll end up losing him to some atrocious person that really and truthfully I do n't think should be on this earth |
| 15 | And the more obvious it is that I 'm the best , the more convinced they are that under the surface , in some subtler way that only a more discriminating critic would appreciate , they are … |
| 16 | And the culmination of the production of some financial information that simply enables you to ensure that you can meet those goals in that coming year if you choose to do so . |
| 17 | I was so impressed by this young man that immediately on my return to Vancouver I wrote a long and detailed letter to my parliamentary friend at the House of Commons in Ottawa , A.M. ‘ Sandy ’ Nicholson , M.P. , urging more federal action for the case of the Indian . |
| 18 | In fact , to Lisa 's relief and surprise , her reception from her new workmates was fairly friendly — though tinged with that nervous wariness that always greeted a new broom . |
| 19 | He kept thinking of Lucky Lady Firelight and himself aboard , constraining that nervous power that so intrigued him . |
| 20 | Nor do I accept that all the questions referred to a visitor involve such arcane learning that only those intimately aware of university affairs can begin to understand it , the judges of the land not being able to appreciate the issues . |
| 21 | The best speech synthesisers are capable of producing speech of such high quality that only an expert can distinguish it from a recording of a human being 's speech ; less sophisticated synthesisers are becoming so cheap that they can now be bought for attaching to ordinary micro-computers . |
| 22 | He felt himself to be in the presence of a creative genius and experienced " enjoyments of such peculiar piquancy that today I am not quite my old self … |
| 23 | But this was such specialized work that only a lucky few got it , none of them women . |
| 24 | For almost any likely means of planetary formation , Jupiter is of such large mass that initially the internal temperatures would have been very high . |
| 25 | They had been geared up to use so much physical energy that even when they were very old they had a dynamic force within their bodies for which they had no outlet . |
| 26 | The gentle melodies of Ireland filled the place with much tender nostalgia that even her brother 's eyes became moist , and Maria Candida had to go outside and howl over something she called her " saudades " . |
| 27 | The scientific establishment can resist a new idea with such complacent zeal that even Joshua with his trumpets would have no effect . |
| 28 | Housework is such fragmented work that almost never does the housewife report thinking about the task in hand . |
| 29 | Her feelings on that day had been so overpowering , had filled her with such sharp pleasure that always she hoped that their ghosts must still be lingering among the leaves . |
| 30 | The FMLN should ‘ publicly renounce all violent action that directly or indirectly affects the civilian population ’ , the accord said . |