Example sentences of "of [noun sg] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straining the last possible revolutions from her roaring Paxman engines , the old lady of the fleet , Vigilant was first to reach Guiding Lights , but despite darkness and mist had to wait no more than a few minutes for the other cutters to join her — a feat of seamanship that later lead to great praise from their Investigation colleagues ashore . |
| 2 | There is a lot hidden in that word ‘ suitable ’ , but let us put an upper limit of 1 in 100 billion billion for the maximum amount of luck that this argument entitles us to assume . |
| 3 | ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . ) |
| 4 | Well it may be of course that that kind of thing has always tended to happen gather of society skirmishing goes on and young men are expected to go and find very often |
| 5 | ‘ You realise of course that this Taczek character might take it further . |
| 6 | We know of course that this mother has the normal strong biological drive to care for her offspring , and if she did handle him would no doubt develop an emotional involvement . |
| 7 | If so , the Government should be taking another look at the amount of grant that that council receives . |
| 8 | It will mean that there will be a reduction in the amount of money that that school will have to run its sixth form , just as there is a reduction in the amount of money that a primary school is going to have to run its school . |
| 9 | Allocating to biodiversity studies the same amount of money that big science projects already attract would allow these institutions to convert centuries of knowledge to a readily available form through the application of information technology . |
| 10 | It is perhaps in the field of attribution that this catalogue serves the most useful purpose . |
| 11 | So crawling along a girder that was swaying gently under the dome of a gigantic space station induced a level of fear that Ace thought she could handle . |
| 12 | However , despite the initial expressions of fear that this practice could cause problems , it does not in fact seem to have become widespread . |
| 13 | 2.5 The second , and more important , cause of action that English law now allows on death is the independent cause of action given to the near relatives of the deceased who have been deprived of his or her support or services . |
| 14 | The genuinely provoked killer , on the other hand , is in such a disturbed state of mind that such calculation does not occur . |
| 15 | It follows from Descartes 's view of mind that personal identity consists in the continuation of an immaterial substance , a mind or soul . |
| 16 | But once you 've experienced the peace of mind that this insurance gives you , we 're confident you 'll want to continue with your valuable protection . |
| 17 | Learning how to love — you see a lot of it depends on benevolence , as I say , there 's caring for other people , you see , developing a sense of community , you see , it is avoiding the sort of things we get into in Northern Ireland , erm Cyprus , Lebanon , where you get these absolutely nightmarish cultures of violence that just go on generation after generation and are utterly useless . |
| 18 | It was just a load of crap that some joker had sent . |
| 19 | And do you remember we went to er David 's er , one Sunday with me to his grave and when we come out of cemetery that public house across the road |
| 20 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 21 | He argues that there was in force in England from the Restoration to the early twentieth century a system of marriage that approved cousin marriage ( that is , to someone of one 's blood ) and discouraged marriage to affins ( that is a relation by marriage , including inter alia , the deceased wife 's sister ) . |
| 22 | It was a delicious quirk of fate that this situation should have arisen even as the legal action with Sting loomed on the near horizon . |
| 23 | It is this particular level of grouping that this research aims to investigate . |
| 24 | Hence it would seem both helpful and important to examine a number of aspects of work that industrial sociology has highlighted as critical in the explanation of job satisfaction . |
| 25 | Assessing the effectiveness of programmes in a systematic and regular way is the newest and most difficult area of work that public sector management must adapt to . |
| 26 | Smith was of opinion that adequate protection could be given by keeping a mobile force ready , who , on warning of danger , could be swiftly moved to the danger area ; but , if police were to be billeted in the colliery , 70 would be sufficient . |
| 27 | I am therefore clearly of opinion that this appeal should be allowed … |
| 28 | At times they veer towards the kind of sulk-metal that dodgy punk bands used to come up with when the guitarist was a closet Jimmy Page buff . |
| 29 | WE must also insist that contractors adopt the same high degree of professionalism that British Gas expects of its employees . |
| 30 | The negative attitudes of one deprived group towards another yet more deprived group is demonstrated by the lack of attention that many disability organisations pay towards older people with disabilities , in spite of the fact that 70 per cent of disabled people are over retirement age . |