Example sentences of "[noun] that [verb] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily had taken her revenge swiftly , severing the ties that had long been between the Grenfells and the Morgans . |
| 2 | Planning in the railways has traditionally had an important political dimension that has sometimes been at odds with its use as an internal business tool . |
| 3 | Thanks to records above all we are no longer in danger of forgetting such joyous Purcell inspirations as this , pieces that have always been in danger of dropping out of the repertory simply for being ‘ occasional music . ’ |
| 4 | These are questions that have long been of concern . |
| 5 | ( It will be clear that PHOTOGRAPHY NOW gives no special favouritism to work from Britain — but our belief that work here is at a very impressive pitch of creativity is echoed internationally , judging from the exhibitions and other attention from around the world , and much of the Museum 's collection can be found in the Aperture publication BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY : TOWARDS A BIGGER PICTURE , published in New York in November 1988 ) . " |
| 6 | His father 's four mahogany filing-cabinets from Primrose Cottage were there , in pairs against two walls , between glass-fronted bookcases that had always been in the room . |
| 7 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
| 8 | There was a book that had always been in Primrose Cottage , a thick book with a torn green dust-jacket . |
| 9 | Rachel could see the reasoning behind that , but nevertheless felt angry towards Damian Flint — not because he had so obviously done the right thing , but because he was so clearly in complete control of a situation that had always been beyond Rachel . |
| 10 | There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago . |