Example sentences of "[that] [indef pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts had been made to find alternative uses , but it was evident that nothing suitable was forthcoming . |
| 2 | Refusal ‘ Clyde Walcott , the match referee , was entirely satisfied that nothing illegal had been done to the ball at the Oval and we want to point out that there was no suggestion of it being tampered with . ’ |
| 3 | They changed that , so the money er it 's a bit different than the Maxwell , the money has n't been erm a switched over to the Cayman Islands and all over the place , it 's it 's stayed in , in the but of course we 're told by the trustees and by our legal advice that nothing illegal 's taken place , the money 's been used to st er finance early voluntary retirement etcetera , etcetera . |
| 4 | Indians believe that nothing much happens to bandits any more since so many of them have links with politicians , and some have even become ministers . |
| 5 | Today 's caddie will probably tell you that nothing much has changed since 1560 ! |
| 6 | The garden plan this month illustrates the raw winter period when it can seem that nothing much is happening . |
| 7 | In the shadow of Mount Etna it seemed that nothing much had changed . |
| 8 | In this report , it accused the asbestos industry of deliberately pursuing profit in the face of known dangers , and ‘ in the light of the damage done to people working in the industry and likely to occur in the future , … it is simply incredible ’ that nothing much is done about it . |
| 9 | The evidence is , in the case of corporate crime , that nothing much happens by way of public scandal and social ruin . |
| 10 | I think she felt that nothing much would happen for a few years . |
| 11 | But this also held the depressing implication that nothing much had changed since 1981 , and that the antiracist movement had largely failed to shift either popular attitudes or state policies . |
| 12 | The general feeling that one gets from reading this novel is that nothing much has changed and that the cold-war machinations are still at play and are as irrelevant and as brutal as ever . |
| 13 | Not for the first time , she was going for broke ; she tried to tell herself that nothing much bad could happen , at the worst she could be discovered and thrown out , but somehow the stakes seemed much higher . |
| 14 | And it was easy to be reassured by pastoral images on the packaging and in the advertising that nothing much had changed ‘ down on the farm ’ . |
| 15 | I thought McAllister played quite poorly and with Strachan having a quiet game , this meant that nothing much was happening in midfield . |
| 16 | ‘ Why do I get the feeling that nothing much has changed since … oh , I do n't know , Biblical times . ’ |
| 17 | Yet , she knows , as the unemployed assuredly know , that nothing much is going to happen quickly . |
| 18 | ‘ The internal politics of the steel industry were interesting , but I felt that nothing much was ever achieved by anyone . ’ |
| 19 | However , it does not follow from this that there is nothing in an animal 's head , or that nothing useful can be said about it . |
| 20 | When the radio is playing , they think to themselves that nothing serious can be wrong because the background noise is still there and it reassures them . ’ |
| 21 | They exclaimed and condoled , with — once I had assured them that nothing serious had happened to my brother — a rather charming mixture of sympathy for me and pleasure in the excitement of the news . |
| 22 | September will see a much grander array of weird shaped balloons , so the organisers will be keeping their fingers crossed that nothing serious happens again . |
| 23 | A hapless junior colleague , posted on the reception desk , tries simultaneously to flash a winsome welcome at browsing passers-by , and to pretend that nothing odd is happening behind her . |
| 24 | So every time you return the carriage to the machine , tip it up first to check that nothing metallic ( pins and needles are great offenders , not to mention the double ended bodkin ) has been drawn to these magnets . |
| 25 | Later , he used the opening of the Cortes , on 17 May 1952 , and the International Eucharistic Congress , held in Barcelona in June , to indicate that nothing essential had changed . |
| 26 | Nuthatches , nesting in tree holes , habitually narrow the entrance by rimming it with mud so that nothing bigger than they can enter , and even the probing beak of a magpie hunting for nestlings can not reach the young within . |
| 27 | This means that nothing contrary to reason can be accepted on the basis of supposed revelation . |
| 28 | ‘ If he hears rumours about what happened at the museum I want him to know that nothing terrible happened after all . ’ |
| 29 | It is nearly always quicker to check what exists than to check that nothing extra is included in the assets and liabilities of the company . |
| 30 | Experience had taught them that nothing alienated support within their districts more swiftly than bombs which killed or injured Roman Catholics and that nothing reduced the inflow of money from Irish American sympathisers more drastically . |