Example sentences of "that [pron] is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 2 | Rejoicing in the Lord is having the assurance that nothing is ever lost , that nothing is ultimately beyond him and his power . |
| 3 | A comforting aspect of wildlife watching in Scotland is that nothing is out to eat you . |
| 4 | The problem with being an astrologer is that everyone is always pestering you to find out what 's to happen in the next few days . |
| 5 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 6 | The only people they do n't want to upset are the people at the garage the fact that somebody is n't doing their job properly somebody 's sitting on a form somewhere |
| 7 | This means that nobody is around to use the local amenities including shops , taxi services , libraries and the like . |
| 8 | A woman who is generally satisfied will organize her days so that she is not overcome by the many demands on her time . |
| 9 | Chung gains too from the fact that she is not balanced quite so closely as Perlman . |
| 10 | She may know that she is not going to recover from the blow of widowhood any sooner than other women do , many of whom at least have a large legacy of happy memories upon which to draw in the years ahead of them . |
| 11 | ‘ Even though you know that she is not coming back , it does n't stop you missing her every day . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well , we 'll get the cars to keep an eye out for her , but I have an awful feeling in my gut that she is not coming home . |
| 13 | The Queen has been told that she is not to summon anybody to form a Government until she has heard who the new Leader is . |
| 14 | The fault element in rape is that the man knows that the woman is not consenting or ‘ could not care less ’ that she is not consenting . |
| 15 | It may be difficult in certain circumstances for the man to understand that she is not consenting . ’ |
| 16 | A hostess in tight teeshirt and jeans lingers only long enough to assure Kate discreetly with her eyes that she is not poaching on her territory , smiles velvetly at Jeremy , brings them their drinks . |
| 17 | That she is not taken seriously as a poet seems to be the greater problem . |
| 18 | She suspects that she may get rather more exposure to outpatient clinics and theatre sessions than her medical colleagues because they get bogged down on the wards with tasks that she is not allowed to do . |
| 19 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 20 | Check , though , that she is n't sleeping in an awkward position , which may sometimes cause the problem . |
| 21 | Except for the fact that she is n't meant to be Jewish , we are in stock Jewish-mother territory . |
| 22 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 23 | That she is probably dealing with a barren original only emphasizes the problems of conventionality . |
| 24 | Her clutched hands are locked together showing that she is completely cut off in her emotions towards her husband . |
| 25 | Although some poems , especially her essays , suggest that she is also looking toward a wider audience , in the vast majority of poems she speaks specifically to some woman she knows . |
| 26 | The procedure continues for weeks with the man unable to tell the girl that he still buys the ticket even though he no longer has a car , and the girl not wanting to hurt his feelings by revealing that she is just taking a short cut , walking through the car park on her way to W. H. Smith . |
| 27 | Nell dies in mid-winter , far from home ; but we all know that she is homeward bound and will see another and better spring : |
| 28 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 29 | For it can not be emphasized too much that the transsexual , even after conversion surgery , continually seeks reassurance that she is now accepted in her new sex role . |
| 30 | Susan : Mrs C is prejudiced herself because , I mean , she said to Karen that she is only getting bad because she hangs around with too many black people . |