Example sentences of "[adv] that [art] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the third day they were quarrelling openly and at times so fiercely that the knights standing around went for their swords . |
| 2 | This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant . |
| 3 | Finally , the twenty-four hours of detention do not have to have produced one jot of evidence to justify their continuation ; it is enough that the police want to obtain such evidence by further questioning . |
| 4 | Even in a healthy society it is enough that the officials accept the secondary rules of recognition , adjudication and change and that the citizens acquiesce . |
| 5 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 6 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 7 | It is tempting to consider that the current legislation and the case law which has arisen under it , provides equivalent protection to that required by the Directive so that no changes need to be made . |
| 8 | If you MUST change something make a written note of it so that no muddles arise later . |
| 9 | ‘ We felt it was important to try and make the programme last longer this time around so that the friendships made are n't lost . ’ |
| 10 | They always had to do them on Boxing Day , so that the letters went into the first possible post after Christmas . |
| 11 | They just behave like absolute pricks so that the ladies have no choice but to drop them if they have any self-respect . |
| 12 | As regards items ( a ) and ( c ) above , it will be necessary to you to reassure the target on the mutual benefits of the deal , including career development opportunities and the benefits of synergy , so that the shareholders feel less inclined to commence an informal auction for the target . |
| 13 | The directors are , firstly , made accountable to the shareholders by structuring the internal division of power within the company so that the shareholders have the power to appoint and dismiss directors and to supervise them whilst in office . |
| 14 | Some library authorities work out their own average book prices based on accessions to stock , so that the figures relate more closely to their actual needs . |
| 15 | As it progresses , the nodes ' weights are changed a little at a time so that the nodes drift into clusters . |
| 16 | " I ca n't turn over The Times so that the pages lie flat , I ca n't fold up a map in the right creases , I ca n't draw corks , I ca n't drive in nails straight , I ca n't go into a bar and order a drink without wondering what everyone 's thinking about it , and I ca n't strike matches towards myself . |
| 17 | Now , hold the book with the spine upright and towards you , and open the book right down the middle so that the pages face away . |
| 18 | It was felt by many politicians and officials that local government , in its recent form , was slow and inept so that the departments dealing with local authorities either developed a mass of controls to enable them to watch over local authorities or actually withdrew services from the local authorities . |
| 19 | Once a star 's real brightness is known , its distance can be worked out , so that the Cepheids act as ‘ standard candles ’ . |
| 20 | Such a definition takes a word with a certain valuational meaning , and rather vague descriptive meaning , and broadens , narrows or shifts the descriptive meaning so that the emotions expressed by the valuational meaning are directed at more or less substantially different targets . |
| 21 | The case was strong in law ( so much so that the defendants had contemplated pleading guilty in return for a fine ) but so was the public merit of the " illegal action " . |
| 22 | ‘ The bridge was too high for a good angle anyway and the fact that it blocked the view of so many meant that the atmosphere never developed properly , so that the cameras had nothing convey . |
| 23 | He smiled grimly , letting the car 's speed increase so that the hedges whizzed past in a green blur . |
| 24 | A lengthy enquiry concluded that the accident had been caused by the aircraft landing on grass , 127 feet short of the runway , so that the wheels dug into the soft earth and the plane went out of control . |
| 25 | Although revision is necessary so that the schedules remain suitable for classifying new literature , it must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form and applying them . |
| 26 | You could try mixing the colours so that the roses look like a planted flower arrangement when they are in full bloom . |
| 27 | We know it would have been possible to have left the switch alone but — given a bit of forward planning and some wire — to have completed an ad hoc electrical circuit so that the wipers did start to work , just as and when they did . |
| 28 | So that the Xarites bent over tovarisch . |
| 29 | Several thousand species of fish have developed bony connections of some kind to link their swim bladders to the inner ear capsules , so that the vibrations picked up and amplified by the sympathetic resonance of the swim bladder are transmitted to the semicircular canals . |
| 30 | An electronic set of tricks simulates the real life timetable so that the operators receive and send all of the necessary signals as well as operating the appropriate signals . |