Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such comments were relatively rare , accounting for less that five percent of the sentences transcribed . |
| 2 | We would also like to see the constraints on major new out-of-town shopping centres listed in paragraph 37 applied to centres of less that 50,000 sq m . |
| 3 | Syllabic is most common after alveolar plosives and fricatives ; in the case of and followed by the plosive is nasally released by lowering the soft palate , so that in the word ‘ eaten ’ , for example , the tongue does not move in the sequence but the soft palate is lowered at the end of so that compressed air escapes through the nose . |
| 4 | Their coolness was a relief on her burning skin , but the weight of even that light stroking seemed to hurt . |
| 5 | That strike has proved for always that Asian women workers can be strong , resourceful and courageous , that they can stand up , face the world and demand their rights . |
| 6 | The stratagem , however , was not in operation long , for later that very year the king became master of his realm . |
| 7 | It 's still an essentially traditional Strat sound , but with just that extra bit of in-your-face mid-range bite to drive the amp harder . |
| 8 | Indeed , Kenny only missed one match in three seasons 1976–79 ( when he missed a train to Bristol Rovers ! ) , and altogether had a run of 156 league games with just that one omission . |
| 9 | It was never a question of somebody saying ‘ we have a depression , let's give them depression movies ’ but given the new dispensation it was Hollywood 's instinct to come up with just that added edge that the age required in its films . |
| 10 | He go , t up early that first morning and lit the fire for her . |
| 11 | It was as though he 'd known she 'd appear at precisely that moment with precisely that eager expression on her face . |
| 12 | I shall now deal with how that proposed system is being challenged . |
| 13 | Even in less that perfect vintages , a good winemaker can produce something drinkable , and the average quality of English wine has improved dramatically in the last decade . |
| 14 | With the next World Cup due to be held in less that three years time the Wallaby coach and skipper warn that |
| 15 | Such was the set up of the Drama Department in the Sixties that a staff Production Assistant could find himself being allowed a turn in the Director 's chair for one show , giving directions to a fellow PA colleague , and then , a few months later be taking directions from perhaps that same PA , whose turn it had now become to be elevated to the directing heights . |
| 16 | Farmers are quick to point out that the desire to retain hedgerows and other familiar landscape features emanates from exactly that social group — the ‘ urban mass ’ — whose demands for cheap food have indirectly brought about those changes which they so deplore . |
| 17 | ‘ The two dykes who were in here that same night . |
| 18 | If , for the moment , we accept the narrow definition offered by Goody and Watt ( in Goody , 1968 ) and remember not to draw general conclusions about ‘ literacy ’ as such from the arguments presented there , we nevertheless still find some problems about accepting the kinds of consequences they assume for even that limited form of ‘ literacy ’ . |
| 19 | I used to like that old dog cos he he u he , often used to come |
| 20 | I realised that I get far more excitement than my heart and head can stand just from seeing my favourite sportsmen or women or teams fight their good fights and win magnificently , or lose unluckily ( always unluckily ) and my blood pressure would be much better off without even that vicarious sort of excitement . |
| 21 | But at a Whitehall seminar there was no agreement on how that national grid of optical cables , bringing hundreds of new services to home and business , should be built . |
| 22 | Erm and that that really needs to be carefully assessed as one moves towards some conclusions on where that new settlement ought to be . |
| 23 | I can remember ge obtaining the collator 's cards erm and doing other enquiries but as to where that actual information came from I can not be sure at this time . |
| 24 | Er the the l the lower picture is of the er traffic island er the present traffic island outside the Courthouse er together with in the middle distance the existing motorway and behind it erm St Mark 's Church , and as part of the scheme er that existing motorway would be dug up and moved er to cover the existing island in the foreground roughly up to where that white car or van is . |
| 25 | It is not closely related to those fish who pioneered the land , so any comparisons with them have to be made with caution , but even so it can give us a hint about how that momentous move was accomplished . |
| 26 | The next day I overheard her telling Mother about how that spasmo ballet company had cancelled the rest of their performances and gone home . |
| 27 | What it would n't do was ensure good pictures , and Herbert Wilcox saw at once that such legislation would create an ‘ awkward squad ’ of British films which would immediately become the laughing stock of the world . ’ |
| 28 | This his initial astonishment , lines lacking the and receptor all appeared quite normal , and it was only when he had made lines lacking two isoforms at once that clear effects were seen ( thank God , he added ) . |
| 29 | Or stuck in the back of an office , or , or could they have something sort of glossy like the half kingdom Tourist Board stars , that they can put on their windows , to let people know that at least that particular nursing home or whatever establishment it is , has been duly inspected by our Fire Services ? |
| 30 | Cicciolina seems to capture — articulate , as Koons would say — the essence of sexual desire , or at least that intense moment before the body abandons itself to passion . |