Example sentences of "that [adv] a [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 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Body language , yes we 'll talk a little bit about body language and take that just a little bit further |
| 12 | But erm did that have a message , or was that just a fun thing for you to do ? |
| 13 | Is that normally a legitimate part of |
| 14 | Is that not a political cop-out ? |
| 15 | Is that not a crushing answer to those who would maintain that Miller and myself live in the same flat ? |
| 16 | Is that not a humiliating prospect for the Edinburgh summit next year ? |
| 17 | Is that not a significant springboard for the future for British manufacturing industry ? |
| 18 | ‘ Is that not a horrible smell , no , Uncle Rory ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Is that not a pertinent question in the context of the millions of pounds worth of drugs on the streets throughout the United Kingdom ? |
| 22 | Is that not a clear case of fraud ? |
| 23 | Is that not an interesting observation ? |
| 24 | Is that still a viable method of energy production ? |
| 25 | Marslen-Wilson , Tyler and Seidenberg ( 1978 ) take the view that this online view of language processing is not necessarily inconsistent with a weak form of the clausal hypothesis , in that once a complete information unit ( which may not always coincide with clause boundaries ) has been interpreted , other processing which results in the freeing of working memory then takes place . |
| 26 | Is that also a different derivation of the inductance ? |
| 27 | Well I thought I was adequately , adequately provided for the er future but obviously I 'm not , I 'll have to bump that up a little bit . |
| 28 | It always pays to stick as closely to the truth as possible , I found that out a long time ago . |
| 29 | Is that quite a high score there ? |
| 30 | In scores of other towns , on the other hand , the market places have been partly built over , so that one gets a broad main street , a block of buildings down one side and behind that again a narrow street running parallel to the main street . |