Example sentences of "that it [verb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her blouse was scooped so low at the front that it left her shoulders and upper arms bare . |
| 2 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 3 | This was part of his belief that poetic composition was not an activity that could be consciously controlled , that it had its roots far down in the unconscious . |
| 4 | It is not without significance that it had its source in a campaign which effectively combined Cobdenite principles of free trade with a ‘ bellicose philanthropy ’ worthy of the most self-righteous of Victorian imperialists . |
| 5 | Unfortunately for the Patent Office , the advertising agency failed to ensure that it had its facts right — and the Patent Office did not check the agency 's new advertisement . |
| 6 | That it had it head bit off by it young ’ |
| 7 | And did you feel that it affected your lifestyle ? |
| 8 | The , the result of this , this constraint on us is that it reduces our opportunity to secure the best returns available . |
| 9 | Then we went to a lake with wooded and marshy shores where we saw several ‘ new ’ birds : a crane flew past , looking like a grey heron except that it carried its neck outstretched in flight instead of ‘ folded back ’ . |
| 10 | Apart from the fact that it divested its foundry business some four years ago — and has no intention of getting back into that game — Motorola can supply 88000 parts at a $850 apiece . |
| 11 | Her fair hair was so long that it touched his hand whenever they sat side by side . |
| 12 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 13 | He has stayed on the contract/corporate side of the fence ever since because he feels that it suits his style and temperament . |
| 14 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 15 | The apothecary 's rose grows at Provins in France and has the property that it keeps its perfume even when the petals have been dried and powdered , thus making it of great use to add to medicinal compounds and ensuring that they are pleasant and soothing . |
| 16 | The art deco style brasserie attracts discerning customers from the Bourse stock exchange at lunchtime and theatregoers in the evening who ensure that it keeps its standards high . |
| 17 | Sadism had always been of theoretical interest to Freud , and he suggests in Beyond the Pleasure Principle that it derives its energy from the death instincts . |
| 18 | A sport , like a new spouse , can be so infatuated with its glamourous partner that it loses its head . |
| 19 | ‘ Assessment is not in question ; it is when it becomes an automatic and unvaried process that it loses its value both for teacher and pupil . ’ |
| 20 | She did nothing to improve her appearance ; her flaxen hair was cut short so that it fitted her head like a helmet and accentuated the angularity of her features . |
| 21 | He complained that it reduced his ability to walk around which was already somewhat restricted by arthritis . |
| 22 | The only comprehensive attempt to measure venereal infection , which plainly had a strong connection with some kinds of extra-marital sex , revealed little except that in Prussia , not unexpectedly , it was much higher in the megalopolis Berlin than in any other province ( tending normally to diminish with the size of cities and villages ) , and that it reached its maximum in towns with ports , garrisons and institutes of higher education , i.e. with heavy concentrations of unmarried young men away from their homes . |
| 23 | The Ecology Building Society argues that it is recreating the original grass-roots feel of a membership-owned mutual society , and says that it involves its members closely in the development of new savings accounts . |
| 24 | I suspect also that it influences your attitude towards that person . |
| 25 | Mum says that it took her hours to look up all the verses . |
| 26 | It was so quick , so unexpected , that it took her breath away . |
| 27 | They held each other tight , so tight that it took their breath away , zipped together into one being . |
| 28 | Let us assume that in the split second that it took our sender to walk into the room and to recognise another person , a decision was made to smile . |
| 29 | Albert had spoken so calmly that it made her calm too . |
| 30 | Odd that it made our mother so neurotic |