Example sentences of "of [noun sg] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it will do is to identify those kinds of misspelling that most pupils are likely to make : appropriate teaching at this stage helps to avoid remedial teaching later . |
| 2 | He describes this period of work as one of , of terrible strain , it was also a period in which he was personally very unhappy , and I get the impression that he really did use the best of his mind on this problem , and that for the rest of his life he found it difficult to press his thinking home with the kind of ruthlessness that many of the problems that he then assumed required . |
| 3 | As Grainne drew closer , a dry hand , the back covered with teethmarks as if it had been gnawed , came up and , with an abrupt gesture , pushed back the mat of hair that half covered the face . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In Sweden , it is claimed that nearly 10,000 lakes have such high concentrations of mercury that any fish caught in them should not be eaten . |
| 6 | Electronic databases which are copyrightable have the same length of protection that all ‘ literary works ’ obtain which , in the UK , is the life of the author and 50 years ( it should also be noted that there is currently another proposed Directive which will harmonise and extend this period to 70 years ) . |
| 7 | In the key marginal seat of Stretchford North , for instance , where John Grudge , nephew of the veteran retiring member Arthur Grudge , is standing for Labour against the Conservative Mike Jelkes ( formerly known as the Hon M. S. B. St J. St X. Haggard-Jelkes ) and the Liberal Democrat Frank Pale-Jones , a former official of the British Boring Board of Control , there is said to be such a degree of apathy that any one of the 26 ‘ fringe ’ candidates may easily win . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I have felt the weight of responsibility that that brings , and I have to admit to you as well that I have felt the temptations that are attendant to it . |
| 10 | A minority were more fortunate , if one can take as reasonably accurate the report by the Commissariat of Agriculture that 109,705 peasants were taken out of the famine zone and settled on farming land in Siberia , the Ukraine , the Caucasus , and elsewhere . |
| 11 | Again , since it is assumed by this act of faith that all individuals are equal in the sight of God , man or both , then dissent must be tolerated and each has the right to put his own point of view . |
| 12 | It is another act of faith that this will lead to the raising of standards ; it may also , of course , lead to considerable conflict between governing bodies/parents and head teachers and teachers . |
| 13 | The key to healing the divisions in man 's nature which produce the tension between active and contemplative life is love , only realised in playing the game of faith that this is true . |
| 14 | It is likely in this kind of case that Regional Railways might seek a partnership operation with a local council or one of the passenger transport executives to establish a light rail line . |
| 15 | ( 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 . ) |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |
| 18 | The reason is of course that that is where the opportunities have arisen through the planning process . |
| 19 | There is profound and deep argument of course that that is no more representative or true of democracy than a single member constituency . |
| 20 | We also accept responsibility for the negligent acts and/or omissions not only of our own employees or agents but also of our suppliers and sub-contractors and their servants or agents ( provided of course that any such negligent act or omission is within the scope of or in the course of their employment ) in respect of claims arising as a result of death , bodily injury or illness caused to the person who signed the booking form and/or any other person named on the booking form . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | So it 's argued of course that this electoral sequence , especially election by thirds is a reason for public confusion about local government . |
| 23 | Er now it claims , of course that this is a more efficient purchasing mechanism on behalf of the patients and the community of this area the problem is , of course , it depends what you mean by efficiency and the truth is , that we may get increased our purchasing in terms of frugal as they put it delicately our patients ! |
| 24 | ‘ You realise of course that this Taczek character might take it further . |
| 25 | The reason for that is of course that this is significant to the syllabus that we 're doing , you know Chapter eleven is the beginning of Jesus coming into Jerusalem in his final final weeks . |
| 26 | It should be realised of course that this does not close the door on further delegation each year should indeed there be indication from the schools that they would so wish . |
| 27 | The answer was he usually ignored them , which meant of course that some entries were obscured and the whole was not as clean as it may have been but it was certainly speedy . |
| 28 | Many people swear that their horse has a sense of humour , especially when it likes tipping them off ; but it is possible of course that these people actually have a considerable sense of humour themselves to put up with the vagaries of their horse ! |
| 29 | She must respect the ideas and methods of the ward , provided of course that these correspond to accepted hospital practice . |
| 30 | If Rutland was typical of agrarian society it would have been understood as a matter of course that most men were peasant farmers and smallholders ; indeed , husbandman was the commonest description there , followed by labourers and servants whose status was one of dependence , and landless peasants who did not conform to the stereotype of a society composed of small independent producers . |