Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] that [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You had to be in on the script meetings and the rehearsals to realize that underneath that company executive exterior lurked a funny man who took it all very seriously indeed . |
| 2 | A single 30-ton sauropod corpse would have lasted Tyrannosaurus for three years , leading the Halsteads to surmise that among other anatomical reasons T. Rex was a slow-moving scavenger , incapable of moving faster than 2 mph ( 4 kph ) . |
| 3 | If man has evolved to maintain his selfish genes , why can not he be happy to do just that and to fulfil the other biological drives like curiosity , sociability and the desire to dominate that at one time presumably aided the survival of his genes ? |
| 4 | She used every trick to ensure that at 50 she looks no more than 30 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've always thought you were so pretty , and that it was such a shame to hide that behind those thick glasses , and that studious pallor . |
| 6 | They it 's simple , it 's nice , it 's elegant and it 's not an item at all unless you have a further premise that the world itself is simple , nice and elegant and you have no reason to believe that at all , but since that applies across all sides , I think linguistics is in no worse shape . |
| 7 | There is therefore no reason to believe that in such a system these two relatives are equally my mother 's husband or that they both have similar sexual rights over my mother . |
| 8 | They will probably correctly object that this theory of mine seems to get things round the wrong way , and that even if we grant my argument that growth in the power of the state detracts from that of the individual 's superego , there is every reason to suppose that in most cases the total power came first , and the deterioration in personality , however we like to describe it , later . |
| 9 | It is by no means an exaggeration to say that for many years worked conscientiously behind the scenes in the shadow of five successive transport managers who relied heavily on her efficient and accurate administration skills . |