Example sentences of "that [indef pn] [vb -s] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 This would seem to be an obvious recognition that nothing lasts for ever .
2 Apparently , that we only live once , that nothing lasts for ever , that the hours and days and years are rolling inexorably round , that soon we will all be in Hades with yesterday 's worthies , and nobody 's family connections or talent or good deserts will get them out : so we had better make the most of life while we have it .
3 So one may take it that everyone receives at least a smattering ; and more flexible A-level and university courses make it possible for people to combine more advanced science with arts subjects in a way that was virtually impossible in my day .
4 In the still lifes , which have the same general characteristics as the landscapes , the Cézannian device of tipping certain objects up on to the picture plane is exaggerated to the point that one realizes at once that the artist is no longer making use of scientific perspective .
5 There are the elaborate tunnel entrances like Box and Bramhope and others , the great viaducts like Monsal Dale and Dutton , the bridges like Saltash and Severn ; and the charming survivors among early railway stations that one comes across unexpectedly almost anywhere in England .
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