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

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1 You , of course , have your headquarters in Tunbridge Wells , is n't that rather a long way to have much contact with Brighton ?
2 When Liman , the Senate Counsel at the hearings , suggested that it had been ‘ on-the-job training ’ , North thought that rather a good description .
3 ‘ Or is that rather a naïve question ? ’
4 And at this stage , is n't that rather an academic consideration ?
5 And Neighbourhood Watch is really to try that down a little bit .
6 Sir Patrick said that analysis backed up the view of Lord Colville , who conducted the review of the emergency laws , that only a small minority of cases involved allegations of police assaults inside the holding centres .
7 It is important to note , though , that only a small number of industrially advanced countries may be able to gain economically in this manner .
8 It is difficult to imagine , as the swifts circle and the vast Edwardian lawn rollers rumble in the middle distance , while maids in pale grey and broderie anglaise move silently through a Zoffany interior , that only a short journey away lies the centre of Manhattan .
9 that only the final product of the primary school system is worthy of serious evaluation ;
10 The logical conclusion of all this is that there can no longer be a justification for the massive nuclear arsenals held by both sides , that only the absolute minimum of nuclear defence is required and that , because President Yeltsin , too , now has his finger on the nuclear button , we should now be doing business with him on this issue as on so many others .
11 Barro focused on the other major prediction of that model : that only the unpredictable movement in aggregate demand affects real variables such as output and unemployment — his contribution is discussed in section 6.2 .
12 A joint venture goes further than co-operation , in that generally a new business entity is created , but falls short of a full merger of the parents , who remain independent .
13 Danny Baker 's new breakfast show Morning Edition ( R5 ) , provoked comments that we were downright insulting : ‘ He is no more that just a loutish version of Jonathan Ross . ’
14 Body language , yes we 'll talk a little bit about body language and take that just a little bit further
15 But erm did that have a message , or was that just a fun thing for you to do ?
16 Was n't that just the typical end to a perfectly awful day ?
17 Is that normally a legitimate part of
18 Or were the acts which produced this end so far away from them in time that somehow the temporal distance anaesthetised reality ?
19 At the TCCB winter meeting at Lord 's yesterday , the chairmen and chief executives of the 17 first-class counties opted for Chamberlain rather than the only other candidate , Don Perry , the Gloucestershire chairman , and although no one was giving very much away at Lord 's yesterday Chamberlain 's majority , like that elsewhere the previous day , was believed to be substantial .
20 At the TCCB winter meeting at Lord 's yesterday , the chairmen and chief executives of the 17 first-class counties opted for Chamberlain rather than the only other candidate , Don Perry , the Gloucestershire chairman , and although no one was giving very much away at Lord 's yesterday Chamberlain 's majority , like that elsewhere the previous day , was believed to be substantial .
21 Is that not a political cop-out ?
22 Is that not a crushing answer to those who would maintain that Miller and myself live in the same flat ?
23 Is that not a humiliating prospect for the Edinburgh summit next year ?
24 Is that not a significant springboard for the future for British manufacturing industry ?
25 ‘ Is that not a horrible smell , no , Uncle Rory ? ’
26 For to say that entities of a certain sort do not exist is to say , in effect , that not a single entity in the world has the indicated property , or properties ; or , expressed differently , that the relevant concept can not be correctly applied to anything .
27 But she could not see it as such and indeed it could be said , on her behalf , that not a single object had been purchased or positioned for its decorative value .
28 Is that not a pertinent question in the context of the millions of pounds worth of drugs on the streets throughout the United Kingdom ?
29 Is that not a clear case of fraud ?
30 This low incidence of visual handicap means , in effect , that not every local education authority in England and Wales will have a range of appropriate educational placements for the severely visually impaired pupil , and it may be necessary to look for a solution in regional terms , or perhaps attendance at a residential special school may be considered .
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