Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It hangs on that sort of knife-edge . |
| 2 | Whenever anyone makes something too long , she snips one edge of the knitting , then snips the other edge on the same row and pulls out that line of knitting . |
| 3 | It lays down that loyalty to the nation — and in established States , the State — ought to take priority over all other loyalties , including that to the family , and that the crime of disloyalty is treason , the punishment for which is frequently death ( that is , the nation has the power of life and death over its members ) . |
| 4 | Broadly speaking , although it is discussed in more detail below , a business is transferred as a going concern if the purchaser carries on that business in succession to the vendor as distinct from the purchaser selectively choosing specific assets of the vendor for use in the purchaser 's own business . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if ‘ rent reserved ’ has a more specific and discriminatory meaning it is not a phrase which instantly yields up that meaning to a Scots lawyer , untrained in the techniques of English conveyancing . |
| 6 | Even now , cycling idly along the lanes in the lee of the downs , it is possible to speculate about such things in a whimsical sort of way ; a rare tranquility which pervades everything brings about that state of mind . |