Example sentences of "that [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In addition it was suggested that only about a quarter of the earlier sample of women had used birth control methods other than withdrawal compared with 57 per cent of the latter group .
2 They both were astonished that so far no indication of trouble had come from the town common ; but reckoned that it would not be long now before it did , for a few escapers from the castle had been glimpsed running in that direction .
3 Before moving on to make use of the database , it was necessary to assess whether or not the data itself was valid for the organisation being studied , bearing in mind that so far the exercise had been a systems-thinking one , rather than a study of what was happening in practice .
4 Douglas Scott , the region 's senior corporate advisor , said that so far the council has concentrated on upping the region 's profile in Brussels and honing its statistical case .
5 We can conclude that so far the law 's quest to subject the power conferred on corporate managers to controls to prevent it from being exercised arbitrarily has not been successful .
6 Large volume users , like British Steel and ICI , have complained that so far the market mechanism has not proved effective
7 Erm I think just I 've answered that just probably the way you put it .
8 Is the Prime Minister aware that just over an hour ago I received a letter from British Alcan , which has a factory in my constituency at Falkirk , informing me that 169 of the work force will lose their jobs , not because they are inefficient but because the machinery on which they work is 50 years old ?
9 If you have tried Bolo 's Adventures part 1 and you are thinking that just maybe the author has run out of difficult problems to set for you , well think again .
10 A recent divorce petition cited the fact that just about every wall , fitment and piece of furniture in the home was in a half-dismantled or half-done state and had been for years .
11 ‘ I 'm saying that not even a ten-year-old would fall for the line of crap you just had me feed Kevin . ’
12 The harbour was crowded with boats berthed two and three abreast but the market sheds were empty , sluiced down so that not even a small of fish remained .
13 This is something that not even a Washoe or Lucy , far less a baby calf , begins to approach .
14 Why trim the grass so short that not even a goat could get its incisors into the chlorophyl ?
15 So that not even a sparrow shall fall to the ground unnoticed by Him ’ .
16 The workload is considered such that not even the appointment of a number of additional limited case judges has made much of a dent in it .
17 Some of these , such as gill and skin flukes , can be medicated , but there are others that not even the world 's greatest pessimist would credit .
18 Despite pleas from both Spanner and the referee I insisted that the match go ahead , pointing out that not only a principle but also three certain points were at stake .
19 Note it is important in that case that not only the settlor but the spouse of the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time of the last to die otherwise the property would not be in an excluded property settlement — see s80(1) which refers to the last of the spouse or the settlor to cease to be beneficially entitled to an interest in possession .
20 I believe that not only the ASB but accounting jurisdictions all around the world have now introduced an unfudgeable bottom line in p&l accounts ; and one can understand why .
21 It seemed that not only the president , but the whole country , might have been in some delightful lotus-sleep for the past few years .
22 ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void .
23 We had bought Rudge Biframe folding mountain bikes specifically to go in the back of the 172 , and trips to the Norfolk Broads , Dartmoor and west Ireland had allowed Anne and I to refine our planning so that not only the flying but — just as importantly for our holiday — the non-flying sections of the trip would be practical and highly enjoyable .
24 These factors imply that not only the setting-up of institutions ' arrangements , but also the growth of common cultural attitudes to the conducting of business activities , are a necessary component in the establishing of an effective SEM .
25 There is a very good argument that not only the rent should be suspended but also the service charge and the insurance rent , particularly where the premises form part of a shopping centre .
26 Parents have to be aware that not absolutely every accident is preventable and if they 're not prepared for their children to run that element of risk then obviously they have the choice of not letting their children go . ’
27 It is sometimes supposed , more extremely , that direct acquaintance or introspection is so uncertain or fallible that not merely no analysis but nothing of value can be got by means of it .
28 There is the fact that more recently the unit has promulgated stark rules including a drastic sanction in the event of breach .
29 ‘ Ca n't you leave us alone now ? ’ he pleaded and Wexford felt impotently that once again the man was enclosing himself within the unimpregnable defence of grief .
30 We must all despair that once again the bullet has triumphed over the brain .
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