Example sentences of "that at [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dominating Nefta is another extraordinary feature , so incongruous that at first sight it might well be a mirage . |
| 2 | This is so obvious that at first sight it might seem superfluous to state it . |
| 3 | The vast foyer was carpeted in the softest green imaginable , the walls were even paler , so that at first glance they might have been taken for white , and the venetian blinds were a perfectly blended shade of moss . |
| 4 | The new remedy rapidly encroached upon the spheres of trespass and replevin so that at one time it looked as if any ‘ asportation ’ or moving of the property might be regarded not only as a trespass to it but also conversion of it , but this very wide doctrine was restricted to a principle that the dealing with the goods must amount to a denial of the owner 's title . |
| 5 | For example , so detailed was the Texas Instruments integrated circuit catalogue that at one time it was the standard specification reference work for electronic component buyers . |
| 6 | The same reasoning , I suspect , saw to it that at one time you could n't get olives , only peanut and crisps , in smart bars in Spain , because olives were what peasants ate . |
| 7 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 8 | I believe that at one time he was the Prime Minister 's press officer and , indeed , worked in his office . |
| 9 | All I remember is that at one point he walked along with one foot on the kerb and the other in the gutter and was told off for limping . |
| 10 | So much so that at one point she was actually investigated by the Inquisition — in its mildest form — who were however unable to discipline or control her life . |
| 11 | To Joan , he confessed that he was ‘ not sure ’ so often that at one point she left the boat , determined to have the child on her own . |
| 12 | He commented with amazement that the charge was supposed to be entirely arbitrary and that at one ground it was said to be nil . |
| 13 | Some candidates leave the examination room complaining that at one stage they remembered a case , but later forgot to cite it . |
| 14 | Roy also revealed that at one stage they went to local paramilitaries to ask them to leave one young offender alone . |
| 15 | Tom did n't know that at that station you had to book your pitch in advance , add your name or the name of your band to the list under the No Smoking sign . |
| 16 | Yeah , but my old man he 's a , he 's driving he was driving the one of the that 's , that erm , Lieutenant Colonel was in at the time of the , and he , he was in there and he said my old man knows for certain that at that time they were under fire , cos they drove in and picked up two bodies and put them in the back of the jeep all under fire |
| 17 | Fourthly , the 1966 White Paper made it plain that at that time it was the government 's intention that the polytechnics should remain primarily teaching institutions ; as the DES notes of guidance subsequently indicated , research would be justified only in so far as it was of educational value to the teaching staff and of benefit to industry and business . |
| 18 | But above all , I needed something that at that time I was quite unable to put into words . |
| 19 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 20 | The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness . |
| 21 | We asked after Pop and were glad to hear that at that time he was still well . |
| 22 | Perhaps it was fortunate that at that time he discovered girls , and a year later met the Dawsons , who always seemed to have time to stop and gossip with him . |
| 23 | A great advertisement , you might think , for the use of steroids — except that at that time she did n't use them . |
| 24 | Robbie was terribly tempted to ask how he would describe the glamorous-looking Petula , so perhaps it was just as well that at that moment they came in sight of the first lock . |
| 25 | For the first time in her life Horatia was terrified of Rossmayne There was insanity in his eyes , and she knew without a doubt that at that moment he wanted to murder her . |
| 26 | A Luciferian fire was consuming you — which means that at that moment you were bearing light . |
| 27 | Modem linkage for Dawyck will be needed within the next five years , and it may be that at that point we could decide to install a multiplexor to deal with all of our external computer links — use of local EUCS services , JANET , PSS , Royline and others . |
| 28 | Presumably what he means is that at that point they will have lost their representative character and become embodiments of the divine . |
| 29 | The worker accepted that at that point he did not require any more help , and terminated the contract , leaving her address . |
| 30 | The likelihood is that at that point you will then turn into what the young term a boring old fart and that transition from enfant terrible to boring old fart is immediate at the age of sixty . |