Example sentences of "in [adj] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in vain that she told herself he was a stranger , a man who had probably by now forgotten her . |
| 2 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 3 | The BBC 's coverage of the election caused great offence to Mr Major and senior Tories , who voiced concern in private that it wanted to see the return of a Labour government to safeguard its future . |
| 4 | He first visited Sicily while he was still an undergraduate , and it was on a second visit to the island in 1808–9 that he wrote the first of his many privately published books , a translation of Cicero 's The Last Two Pleadings … against Caius Verres ( 1812 ) . |
| 5 | Hay & Maddock note that in the United Kingdom there is no statutory obligation to notify theses to any central body , and Urquhart said in 1971 that it was often more difficult to obtain sight of a British doctoral thesis than it would be to obtain copies of theses emanating from European and North American Universities . |
| 6 | Erm but I mean there 's nothing in , in that that we get from national level that has anything at all appertaining to Northumberland in it or on it , has it ? |
| 7 | According to Dr O'Toole , Dr Baltimore told her in 1986 that she could write a letter to Cell about it , but that he would publish a rejoinder . |
| 8 | Royal author Andrew Morton said yesterday one of Diana 's closest confidantes was aware in 1986 that she wanted to end her marriage to Prince Charles . |
| 9 | It was in 1986 that she joined Gerard Kantarjian and Coenraad Bloemendal to form Canada 's Rembrandt Trio . |
| 10 | The Prussian Finance Minister , von Motz , explained to the King in 1829 that he saw the economic union of Germany as the prelude to its political unification ‘ under the protection of Prussia ’ . |
| 11 | They were sufficiently impressed by his abilities to request in 1829 that he be relieved of his military duties and appointed president of the council of government on the Gold Coast . |
| 12 | All too typical , however , was Lord Keith 's remark in 1799 that he had given a lieutenant 's commission to ‘ the Duchess of Atholle 's friend Glen Geary … a heavy dog too ’ , while passing over a brighter but less well-connected midshipman . |
| 13 | John Hayward had , in fact , first suggested in 1935 that they should set up house together , but Eliot chose not to do so . |
| 14 | Just occasionally a lesser official might eschew them : Sir Edward Hoby , for instance , told Robert Cecil in 1599 that he would like an office in reversion , since this would give him something to do ; he would not exercise the post by deputy . |
| 15 | Margaret Irwin told the Royal Commission on Labour in 1893 that she did not think many women were " at case " outside Edinburgh . " |
| 16 | If you are male , the odds are about 1 in 12 that you are colourblind . |
| 17 | I can only assume that it was from his previous experience as chairman of the Greater London council in 1985-86 that he learnt all about ’ getting your friends appointed to the key jobs ’ , and that that is why he assumes that the same is happening in the civil service now . |
| 18 | While exploiting the conquered territories France constantly proclaimed in public that it had come to Indochina on a " mission civilisatrice " to help the backward nation into the light of the twentieth century . |
| 19 | A week earlier , Michael Heseltine , whose challenge in the leadership election contest brought about her fall , had still been adamant in public that he would not stand against her . |
| 20 | you 've got lots of other work in this that you should be doing . |
| 21 | The Government claimed in 1987-88 that they had a mandate for their legislation . |
| 22 | It was in 1985 that he won this championship at Dornoch when nobody expected him to , but this time he could start favourite over what he calls ‘ my own private Shangri La ’ . |
| 23 | Delamere told Margery Perham in 1929 that he ‘ would take land from the Masai tomorrow for farms . |
| 24 | It is in Anglo-Norman that we find the earliest evidence of the concept of fabliau in England , and it is appropriate , therefore , that our earliest English fabliau is labelled a " " fablel " " in an Anglo-Norman rubric . |
| 25 | He had told the legate in 1095 that he knew very well what needed to be done , but that he had no power to do what was necessary without the king 's aid and consent . |
| 26 | He may have cooperated with the Danes in some way at the siege of Canterbury in 1011 , and it was maybe in 1023 that he received the bishopric of Sherborne after the expulsion of Bishop Brihtwine . |
| 27 | However , on behalf of many of my constituents — I am sure that this is true for many other people around the country — I should like to stress that , although none of us thought in 1979 that we would be discussing this situation today , as a result of it many of our constituents have received a quality of life far superior to that which they might otherwise have had . |
| 28 | Many Nonconformist leaders were outspoken in their criticisms of public behaviour at religious meetings and services : the Rev. Alfred Rowland told Nonconformists in 1898 that they were ‘ sadly deficient in reverence ’ , while some services were marked by ‘ downright vulgarity ’ and an abundance of chattering and unpunctuality which often indicated a ‘ lack of inward reverence and true spirituality ’ . |
| 29 | While it is in these that we are primarily interested in for the development of teaching material , they are likely to be dependent on the climate of attitudes that prevails in the lesson . |
| 30 | Other special Air Force camps were built in different parts of Germany and it was in these that I eventually spent my rime as a prisoner . |