Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] that [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 The hope that at least the disappearance of the Party might be one thing to emerge from a lost war was said in one report to be more widespread in rural areas than appeared to be so on the surface .
2 From past experience he knew that this subject was usually given a low priority , on the basis that by far the majority of business is transacted without ever having to refer to the small print .
3 Despite such claims , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that in both the USA and the UK , the audio-visual movement rarely came to grips with the need for an elaborated theory going beyond the use of audio-visual materials as decorative additions to the traditional lesson .
4 Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible .
5 If you are an Imperial player and facing a foe that uses such despicable tactics then console yourself with the thought that at least the units firing at the Helblaster are not firing at other targets .
6 In spite of the best efforts of the health service , we had been unable to persuade the public that by far the bigger danger was of children not being inoculated .
7 In Darcy 's Utopia parents will have some reassurance in the fact that at least the neighbours thought they were fit to rear children : some of the responsibility for failure , should failure there be , will rest with the community .
8 But the rate of loss of forest threatens to outstrip any of this basic work , and practical plans are hampered by the fact that until recently the birds have simply not been very well studied : not much is known about them .
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