Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | These represent times when the land rose , the seas drained away and the sea bed became dry so that the deposits that had accumulated on it were eroded away . |
| 2 | About 10000 years ago , over 15 genera of Central American large herbivores became extinct so that the megafauna , previously comparable with that of Africa before the decimations caused by man , largely disappeared . |
| 3 | ‘ They also believe that … it should be dealt with speedily and its finding made public so that the confidence of the public in its health care will be restored . ’ |
| 4 | The tapered frame of the original pattern was straightened and made broader so that it became rectangular in design . |
| 5 | The tapered frame of the original pattern was straightened and made broader so that it became rectangular in design . |
| 6 | Although references to the presence of black people are available from the Roman period onward , especially in the early sixteenth century , the most famous of the early documented references is the arrival in 1555 of a group of five Africans , brought here by a merchant to be taught English so that they could return to Africa to act as interpreters for British traders . |
| 7 | The cost of any scheme would be very large and I should make clear now that the Government can not contemplate funding expenditure on this scale from public funds . |
| 8 | Well no no plus the fact that the lid got broken so that |
| 9 | He has a duty , his Christian duty that he 's adopted to communicate this so that other Christians can understand what was happening to Jesus . |
| 10 | Some , it was said , even put out silk weighed damp so that when the finished stockings were weighed dry they could claim a deficiency . |
| 11 | Stuart changed this so that he travelled with his team and stayed in the same cheap hotels . |
| 12 | They are in danger of becoming complacent now that we have reached welcome lower levels of inflation , and are lulling themselves into believing that the problem has been ’ licked ’ . |
| 13 | Late in the evening , she finally slipped up to her bedroom , walking barefooted so that she would n't be heard . |
| 14 | The Secretary of State argued , inter alia , that the selection process necessary now that the grammar schools were to be retained could not be adequately organised within the available time , and that this was unreasonable behaviour within section 68 . |
| 15 | I became convinced then that there was a conspiracy and this was confirmed in no uncertain manner when later , A and B — what a pair of troupers they were — set off from John o' Groats bound for Land 's End with lorries full of rubbish . |
| 16 | For instance , houseflies fixed so that they can only roll about their long axis , orient themselves to keep edges aligned vertically in their frontal visual field . |
| 17 | It seemed clear now that there was a side to Elise which Merrill had n't known at all . |
| 18 | In 1747 the postmaster of Stirling was one of the magistrates , Bailie Maiben , and it was made clear enough that his job was at stake in the political contest of that year , for Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane , one of the candidates seeking to represent the district in parliament , complained to Lord Milton that the bailie |
| 19 | It seemed improper somehow that someone like Tulagai , his motives suspect , should mock Siban , who had served the Khanate so well , and Alexei thought that he was sorry that he had goaded him into leaving . |
| 20 | It seemed impossible then that Italy could ever recover from the damage it had suffered . |
| 21 | It seemed incredible now that Luke had held her in those heart-rocking moments , that the hands which were now thrust deeply into his pockets had caressed her until she was torn with longing . |
| 22 | Erm so perhaps we could have a a look and see what whether there is a plan afoot to er do those so that we could have some available for |
| 23 | for services , information has to be made available so that you know what sort of services are , are available , erm on which to base a judgement about what so , what sort of erm , services you would like . |
| 24 | I hope , therefore , that appropriate information packs will be made available so that benefits are not inadvertently lost . |
| 25 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 26 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 27 | In parliament the position seemed worse now that the Unionist leaders sat on the government front bench while their followers continued to sit as the opposition . |
| 28 | Firstly , do the findings of the Black report relating to the period up to and including 1983 remain unchanged now that more comprehensive data sets and analyses are available ? |
| 29 | What is worse is that the caravans are painted white so that they stand out against the green landscape . |
| 30 | What you could do with is labelling these so that , which one of them is the first question , sort of pie chart A if you like then pie chart , pie chart A and again if you 've got the total on , on your pie chart then you , you wo n't get confused will you ? |