Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he read somewhere that heavy sweating is how the body expels poisons it ca n't get rid of in any other way . |
| 2 | For example , the first constitution of independent India in 1947 laid down that foreign ownership should be limited to less than half in oil , and in certain other restricted sectors . |
| 3 | The final result was a joint paper by Penrose and myself in 1970 , which at last proved that there must have been a big bang singularity provided only that general relativity is correct and the universe contains as much matter as we observe . |
| 4 | 6.2 Provided always that such undertaking shall not in any case be deemed to extend to any information which is : |
| 5 | That 's right , well that 's where it , and they drew up that old road , with their caravans you see . |
| 6 | If you put if you compiled your menu and you then found out that certain dishes were n't being sold what would you do then ? |
| 7 | I mentioned earlier that American experience suggests that marketing costs can be expected to equal the actual building costs of the unit , and we ought to regard this as the minimum outlay for planning purposes . |
| 8 | We reported recently that colonic mucosa from patients with ulcerative colitis produce high values of platelet activating factor ( PAF ) , a potent proinflammatory lipid mediator . |
| 9 | Certainly Havelock Ellis in the early part of this century was able to write that it ‘ scarcely appears to excite profound repulsion in a large proportion of the population of civilised countries ’ , and he mentioned specifically that working-class women often resorted to it . |
| 10 | But like most of his class , he got over that little difficulty by more or less refashioning Him in the guise of an eighteenth-century English gentleman . |
| 11 | Heber 's study , the Post said , ‘ revealed not that mental deficiencies are passed on genetically , but that mentally retarded mothers tend to create an environment that is less conducive to mental development than that created by slum neighbours of normal intelligence , ’ The New York Times told its readers : ‘ The Milwaukee Project , an experiment in intensive preschool education for ( potentially retarded ) children , has proved that they can be raised more than 30 test points higher than other children from the same environment and with the same type of mother . ’ |
| 12 | Every time he drove along that narrow strip of tarmac the stupidity , lack of taste , destructiveness , wastefulness , limitedness of human beings when left to their own devices was borne in on him . |
| 13 | Sid grinned and said : ‘ You came up that last bit at a fair lick . ’ |
| 14 | The administrators-of the Modular Course , particularly Watson , realized early that sustainable course quality depends crucially upon relevant feedback and that course development strategies based upon relevant evidence receive readier acceptance from staff than strategies deriving their credibility from the perceived wisdom of management . |
| 15 | Her eyes opened just that little bit too wide . |
| 16 | When I questioned him about this , he replied enigmatically that certain rock formations which had existed when they had arrived , had since disappeared and that he could swear that the rocks in some places had moved closer together . |
| 17 | The politburo convened on March 9-10 , and on March 12 all official media organs gave prominent coverage to the resultant communiqué which declared unequivocally that economic reform should be " firmly maintained for a hundred years " . |
| 18 | Local reporters were keen to know how he managed to carry out his civic duties , to which Mr Snyder replied blithely that fellow committee members sat beside him during screenings and gave a running commentary ‘ to fill me in when the screen goes silent ’ . |
| 19 | I have done a lot of work on black holes , and it would all be wasted if it turned out that black holes do not exist . |
| 20 | It turned out that victorious females selected small cocks , and small birds were more likely to be in good condition . |
| 21 | In fact , it turned out that adequate analysis of ( a ) in the main research projects required some adaptation of Labov 's quantitative methods as they were originally formulated ( see further 6.4 ) . |
| 22 | Another casualty who bravely acted out that old maxim ‘ the show must go on ’ was ROSS — ex-postman and avid raver — from K-CLASS who after falling through a plate glass window whilst horsing about with some mates in a local Liverpool pub , gritted his teeth , 30 stitches notwithstanding , and gamely did his bit on Dance Energy less than 24 hours after being sewn up . |
| 23 | On checking through the Division list , I found that among the Members who sadly threw out that advanced piece of legislation were the right hon. Member for Norfolk , South ( Mr. MacGregor ) and other interesting names . |
| 24 | Indeed , they boasted proudly that retail electricity prices had risen more slowly than the retail price index in general : although their own tariffs had risen faster , average consumption had gone up and the extra kWh had been sold at the lower incremental charges of two-part or block tariffs , thus bringing the average domestic price in their first ten years down by a fifth in real terms . |
| 25 | We speculated therefore that oesophageal sensitivity to acid would be reduced in PSS patients with impaired oesophageal peristalsis . |
| 26 | Hope of a ‘ soft landing ’ for the economy were at least deferred , and the stock-market plunged downwards that troubled autumn . |
| 27 | Take this example of a man who suddenly decided he did n't like his job any more and walked out that same day . |
| 28 | As I walked around that charming town , I undertook the task of solving the puzzle she had set for me . |
| 29 | He 's got his five fielders there , four on the leg side at the moment , so saved , er long leg as well , bowls this one and that again he thrust forward that front pad and DaSilva , and Stewart comes in from mid wicket to field it . |
| 30 | One shared out that just means one shared between four . |