Example sentences of "that [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 Of the seven or eight countries that secretly have nuclear weapons , or are close to having them , only one ( India ) started building a bomb because it was worried about one of the big five ( China ) .
2 Of the seven or so countries that secretly have ( in South Africa 's case , had ) nuclear weapons or are close to having them , only three are thought to have conducted a test .
3 There are many other good things in the production , a passionate and gripping Lady Macbeth from Clare Benedict ; witches dressed to look like maggots ; and fight scenes that presumably use the Balinese experience in becoming savage death dances .
4 Specific amplification results in an intense band of 450 bp , when using female DNA , together with a series of higher molecular weight products that presumably result from degenerate regions in the repeats .
5 Sadly , one thing has not changed in 30 years : certain governments of the world still falsely imprison , torture and execute their citizens , regardless of internationally agreed standards that expressly forbid such abuses .
6 Then that little fawn you shot last night wo n't feel lonely in the museum . "
7 He then leaned forward and , looking straight to camera , continued : ‘ Except that little weasel Fletcher .
8 Well ye 'll pay — ye and that little 'hure upstairs !
9 Terry burst out laughing , and Feargal gave her a long , thoughtful look , before allowing that little indent to appear beside his mouth again .
10 Although the rewards of breeding may be high for males that successfully mate with several females , the costs may be substantial too .
11 Companies such as Hanson are often discussed as if they were conglomerates that successfully build up ‘ unrelated ’ clusters of businesses .
12 According to tests with the missile in the US , of the missiles that successfully penetrate as far as their target , half will land within about 12 m of the aiming point .
13 But the essays are most demanding and ultimately most productive when they too occupy that position of liminality between the discourses that uneasily constitute us and our knowledge of the world .
14 There are steeply progressive income taxes ( up by a third in 1990-91 ) , as well as property taxes that blatantly bleed companies to subsidise home-owners .
15 If Mellor can learn from that experience sufficiently to bring some soundly-constructed strategy to the review of the BBC 's charter in 1996 , then Major will have succeeded in the introduction of some long-termism , at least some medium-termism , in two areas that badly need it .
16 Much good publicity has been given to five areas of Britain that badly need it .
17 Both sides spare themselves awkward questions that badly need to be answered .
18 A tax on — smoke or water-polluting production processes , or a higher tax on leaded petrol or a congestion tax on vehicles in city centres , or a duty on heavy lorries that badly damage road foundations , could be justified in these terms .
19 But his tranquillity was disturbed by the annual Hoggar Super Marathon , a 104 mile race run over four days in temperatures that rarely drop below 30 degrees in the shade , if there is any shade .
20 However , its physical beauty is unsurpassed and silk rugs are normally used as decorative , rather than functional examples of textile art — either as wall-hangings , or floor coverings in rooms that rarely see practical use .
21 The availability of detailed , comprehensive and up-to-date guidance on good practice is critical for local authorities that rarely feel able to take risks in design that might have long-term financial consequences .
22 Rather it is necessary to look at the people involved — the professionals — and understand how they relate both to their clients and to the organisations in which they work , for it is these structures that powerfully condition the primary relationships .
23 Many of these occur in the Cambrian — it is as if the echinoderms tried out various designs before settling for the successful models that mostly survive today .
24 Similarly , it is receptors that predominantly mediate constrictions of the renal vasculature of the rabbit ( ) , but receptors are more important in the rat kidney .
25 Searches that predominantly involve specific words or phrases known to have been used in the source material .
26 Five items from the Christmas Numbers that properly belong with Christmas Stories were included : ‘ The Poor Relation 's Story ’ , ‘ The Child 's Story ’ , ‘ The Schoolboy 's Story ’ , ‘ Nobody 's Story ’ , and ‘ A Christmas Tree ’ — see under their respective titles for these pieces .
27 ( f ) Indemnity Whilst it might readily be implied that where one partner 's breach of some provision in the partnership agreement leads to liability attaching to his co-partners the latter should have the right to an indemnity from their colleague , the better practice is to make that right express ( Clause 16.02 ) in the partnership agreement .
28 The drugs that effectively modulate the disease process — such as steroids , sulphasalazine , and 5-aminosalicylic acid — affect most or all of the inflammatory mediators .
29 Magee moved closer , inside the high stone walls of the yard , walls that effectively cut it off from anyone who might be passing .
30 That is , if a group announces that it will organise a counter demonstration in opposition to one of which the police have been notified under section 11 , the police can if necessary subject the late comers to conditions imposed under sections 12 or 14 that effectively prevent the two groups from clashing , or permitting them to meet only in carefully controlled conditions .
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