Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.

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1 Probably the most effective means is to find a task which is sufficiently simple that the patient can carry it out and thereby begin to experience success .
2 They will produce a criminal law enforcement system for Britain which is very unlike that currently prevailing there , but very similar to that to which Northern Ireland has become accustomed .
3 For instance , among the beliefs in virtue of which I claim to know that Napoleon was a great soldier there may be one which is false , but which is so insignificant that my justification for believing that Napoleon was a great soldier would survive my changing my mind on that particular point .
4 But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman .
5 If you are the guard you have to wear a blindfold because you are armed with a laser torch which is so powerful that it would blind you if you could see it .
6 Labour has to create a state system which is so good that no one will want to send their children anywhere else . ’
7 We soon reach Hungerford and Rob 's bridge which is so low that he usually gets cramp from bending flat on the boat .
8 There are a number of modelling programs suitable for use on microcomputers at a price which is so low that a complete system often costs less than the terminals used merely to communicate with larger computers .
9 Some have hearing which is so acute that they can detect insects as tiny as a midge up to 60 feet away .
10 When it launched a complete make-up range last autumn , it introduced ‘ Mirror Image Consultation ’ , a new way of selling which is so simple that all the other companies were left wondering why they had n't thought of it first .
11 To celebrate the release of Marty 's new album , Jackson have asked us to give away the new ‘ Marty Friedman ’ Signature model , which is so new that even we have n't seen it yet .
12 I have ridden in the hon. Gentleman 's car , which is so large that it enters Wandsworth as soon as it enters the boundary of Lambeth .
13 Nobody is yet convinced that he really would be willing to raise interest rates if there were a prolonged run on the pound sometime this year .
14 ‘ … so now she 's absolutely convinced that we 're the anonymous benefactors — is n't that silly ?
15 She 's absolutely livid that she 's been freezing for no reason at all .
16 So she 's quite pleased that she 's put them on to it , it is difficult .
17 Oh , she 's very lucky that a child of that age had gone , I mean she do n't see his , his nana that much
18 She 's so convincing that co-producer Alex Cutler promises , ‘ She 'll break your heart . ’
19 and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang .
20 Oh yes , er I mean she 's so lucky that she has all living in Griffing .
21 ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof .
22 She is equally keen that they should have black role-models .
23 She is particularly worried that a freeze on public sector pay will cause outcry among doctors , nurses and hospital workers .
24 She is probably afraid that if Anthony likes you too much she will be excluded , ’ she said slowly through the pain .
25 She is also concerned that Amy is not putting on weight and that Keith disregards her .
26 She is also concerned that Amy is not putting on weight and that Keith disregards her .
27 ‘ She 's been having trouble with her periods , if you must know , ’ she says , imputing a prurient inquisitiveness to Vic , although she is well aware that such gynaecological disclosures are the last thing he wants , especially at this hour of the morning .
28 I have been over her story several times and she is quite positive that she saw Monsieur Erdle walking towards the belvedere at about half past nine , although she is unable to state the precise hour .
29 She is never sure that she is loved .
30 She is absolutely convinced that his death was not suicide . ’
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