Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [be] [adv] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our link with Civil Affairs Service ( Burma ) in Delhi was Colonel Leslie Glass , and plans were so laid that when the civil government took over from the military , there should be an easy transition from the initial operation under the military . |
| 2 | Secrecy and restrictions on communication between scientists and engineers are so stultifying that many reportedly are discouraged from undertaking defence work . |
| 3 | Prices and conditions were so controlled that there was little scope for initiative . |
| 4 | The selectors have long refused to hear a strident case for Carlisle Best , and locals were also miffed that Desmond Haynes was overlooked for the West Indies captaincy . |
| 5 | Radical deputies pointed to Yanayev 's credentials as a bureaucrat and denounced him as an " old-style leader " , and regrets were also expressed that a non-Russian had not been nominated . |
| 6 | To begin with , young girls and women are frequently told that they talk too much , that they make facile use of words , that they chatter idly . |
| 7 | Gaps were pinpointed which made this potentially excellent tool incomplete and hopes were fervently expressed that , as the funding from the Getty has come to an end , resources can be found to keep the system running and continued input assured . |
| 8 | If ethics and the interests of the business conflict , managers and employees are invariably told that they must always do the right thing — for no other reason than that it is right . |
| 9 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 10 | But situations were also encountered that had not been foreseen by the Instruction Book . |