Example sentences of "[adv] that [prep] [num] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is clear enough that by 1519 the Household system badly needed reform , it is less clear that the Edwardian system existed only on paper . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the gastronomic-minded citizens grumbled , but made shift with the aid of the black-market , so that throughout 1916 the food scarcity was still barely noticeable . |
| 3 | The Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital Committee was formed in 1887 and the colliery owners and public of this area played a prominent part in maintaining the hospital ; so much so that by 1935 the three bed hospital now had 153 beds and its income had increased from £300 to £18,000 . |
| 4 | As it was , the chantry duties of the guilds had been in steady decline since the early fifteenth century , so that by 1547 the majority had for many years been looked upon as burial societies . |
| 5 | More likely , they said , was that China would continue to modernise its economy , so that by 1997 the situation would be more one of China 's adjusting to Hong Kong , than of Hong Kong 's trimming itself to China . |
| 6 | The number of grants awarded increased rapidly so that by 1977 the number stood at 27,500 . |
| 7 | Substantial growth had already taken place during the course of the eighteenth century , but after 1801 the pace quickened so that by 1851 the population of England and Wales stood at 17·9 millions . |
| 8 | The rapid decline in noble land-holding continued , so that by 1914 the nobility owned less than a third of what they had owned in 1861 . |
| 9 | But the whole Turkish diplomatic and consular establishment , which was further swollen for political reasons by Sultan Abdul Hamid in the 1880s and 1890s , was considerably reduced by the revolution of 1908 – 09 which overthrew him , so that by 1914 the foreign ministry staff had fallen to probably no more than 150 . |
| 10 | Subscriptions increased rapidly throughout the inflation-sick 1970's , so much so that in 1970 the men 's subscription had been only £28 but by 1980 was £126.50 + V.A.T. ( In 1960 it was £14 and today ( 1986 ) is £165 + V.A.T. ) . |
| 11 | In the 1830s and early 1840s Palmerston was able to handle both the Belgian question and the Near Eastern crises of 1832 – 33 and 1839 – 41 with little interference from parliament , so that in 1839 an acute observer of British politics could say with much justification that " foreign affairs are never discussed except at the House of Lords " . |
| 12 | Scolding wives seem to have predominated , so much so that in 1673 a jury demanded that the borough provide a cage and ducking-stool for the punishment of scolds and ‘ lewd ’ women . |
| 13 | He insisted that there be no increase for the rest of his reign , a wish which was adhered to , so that in 1870 the original sum had not been altered . |
| 14 | At the end of 1864 he went to Bombay to superintend a large land reclamation scheme adjacent to the harbour , which he did so successfully that in 1873 the government of India formed the Bombay Port Trust with Ormiston as chief engineer . |
| 15 | Crocker had damaged the Midland so badly that in 1986 the Bank of England sent in Sir Kit McMahon , its deputy governor , as chairman and chief executive to sort things out . |
| 16 | From about 1780 onwards , the population grew so steadily and so rapidly that by 1950 the number of inhabitants had again increased by seven times . |
| 17 | To put it into perspective , let me point out that since 1988 the German economy has grown by 10 per cent . |
| 18 | He also said the Government was spending more on law and order and pointed out that since 1984 the length of prison sentences had increased by 31pc for robbery and 73pc for rape . |
| 19 | Abel-Smith has pointed out that before 1911 the doctors were in conflict with the Friendly Societies about the conditions under which they were hired to care for members . |
| 20 | Nigel Haigh of the IEEP points out that in 1979 the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution reported that evidence for the other major health worry — the potential for nitrite , which is formed from nitrate in certain conditions , to create ‘ nitrosamines ’ and cause stomach cancer — was only ‘ weak and equivocal ’ . |
| 21 | Stanyer ( 1976 , pp. 271–2 ) , for example , points out that in 1967 the turnout in Maidstone Rural District was 14.7 per cent while that in Knighton Rural District was 89.6 per cent . |
| 22 | Myers points out that by 1986 the population in the uplands was in excess of 18 million , representing one-third of the total , mainly rurally based , population . |
| 23 | It was here that in 1846 a revised version of Catherine 's largely unsuccessful Charter to the Towns ( 1785 ) created the first urban institutions capable of significantly improving local amenities . |
| 24 | It can be assumed then that by 1910 the age range ran from 14 to 43 for certain , and there will most likely have been a few women in their late forties or early fifties . |
| 25 | it was there that in 1973 the first taekwondo world championships took place . |