Example sentences of "[adj] that [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer , when Sirius rises heliacally , only twelve of these divisions of the sky can be seen rising during the hours of darkness , and it was this that led to the twelve-hour division of the night . |
| 2 | The degree and meaning of prostitution was an important issue in itself ( one estimate would have made prostitution the fourth largest female occupation ) but more important , given the double standard , was the reservoir of venereal disease especially syphilis , that it was perceived as constituting , a threat particularly to the efficiency of the armed services , and it was concern over this that led to the passing of the Contagious Diseases Acts ( in 1864 , 1866 , 1869 ) . |
| 3 | It was this that led to the first hints of how the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity might affect each other — a glimpse of the shape of a quantum theory of gravity yet to come . |
| 4 | Mr Symington 's campaign was mildly cleaner until a recent commercial that finished with a picture of Mr Goddard being locked behind bars . |
| 5 | The rate recorded for the South East was under half that recorded for the North of England . |
| 6 | The show gathered momentum quickly and finished on a high that lasted through the party held afterwards at the neighbouring Holiday Inn . |
| 7 | She was marked out by her brightly coloured stockings , some red , some yellow and some that looked like a chessboard . |
| 8 | He drew one hand to his lips and kissed it , but his fingers left her other hand to trace the wet that trickled over the blue smudges under her eyes . |
| 9 | erm Well not really because erm I believe erm that one was erm one of a few that survived at the erm time of the change of the erm Prime Minister . |
| 10 | However , the entry in the article which raised ghosts from the past was the section of Washington write-offs , in particular the entry concerning WF-495 that crashed in the sea on its way to the USA . |
| 11 | I have had no problem with them — nor did I when I originally starting keeping fish when I kept three that lived to a ripe old age . |
| 12 | For samples of her verse readers were referred to the three that appeared in the earlier number . |
| 13 | To cite a small example from my own research , anyone wishing to examine , say , the strange attempt at a revolution in Britain in January 1941 that went by the name of ‘ The People 's Convention ’ will have difficulty in the British Library . |
| 14 | ANEW book is about to remind America of the worst that happened in the Vietnam War . |
| 15 | ‘ I saw him on the television the other night it was his run and cross down the left that led to the Americans ’ first goal against England . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw him on the television the other night it was his run and cross down the left that led to the first goal against England . |
| 17 | The overemphasis on nuclear weapons and missiles at the expense of conventional forces was seen by many observers , both military and civilian , to have gone too far , too fast , and too soon ; but the political prize of ending National Service had been seized and that was all that mattered to the Macmillan Government in 1957 . |
| 18 | The British people will also note that all that came from the spokesman for the Government who have raised the tax burden to its highest level in British history . |
| 19 | All that came from the time when Central News was transmitted from Birmingham . |
| 20 | All that went by the board with the first wave of redundancies . |
| 21 | All that vanished with the invention of the printing press a few years later , but many of the books in the Corviniana were made in Italy at that time . |
| 22 | Hopper and Fonda were looking for finance , although all that existed at the time was an eight-page outline for the plot , which Fonda had been toting around . |
| 23 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 24 | For the client , the advantage was that he could go direct to those various tradesmen who , collectively , could provide all that made for an average funeral . |
| 25 | The brigade , with its supporting artillery , was all that lay between the French and victory . |
| 26 | When Mr Ramsay died in 1943 the Leaders paid tribute to one who was greatly loved : ‘ Testimony was given to his worth and zeal in the work and all that pertained to the welfare of the church , and particularly to his services in the choir and his love for the weekly prayer meeting . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Lyske was a man of fine Christian character ; he was interested in all that pertained to the work of God and a regular attender at Christian worship . |
| 28 | But all that changed at a phenomenal pace . |
| 29 | But all that changed at the next , as the loose horses stopped and swerved broadside to the take-off side of the fence . |
| 30 | Having accepted that she must wear it , Alexandra then set herself to dress for the pleasure of the Rectory children , throwing good taste to the winds and insisting upon hanging herself with all that glittered from the jewel box Aunt Emily had left her , its rose suede depths heaped with treasures from Richard Talbot . |