Example sentences of "that [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The range is from 5.7 to 8.6 , so that for almost all the time it is easy to see with binoculars . |
| 32 | Let me take this opportunity to say what a wonderful thing it is that for almost fifty years now , the British government has spent huge sums of money to keep this unique library up to date . |
| 33 | But even allowing for those one strong young man could have come up the stairs to Wolski 's room and in a few minutes and one journey have stripped that soulless place of all evidence that for almost three decades , since 1946 , Wolski had lived there . |
| 34 | Third , the Audit Commission recommended that for mentally ill people the NHS should continue as the main authority responsible for care , but the possibility should remain for developing a central budget similar to that proposed for elderly people ; alternatively , the NHS should have the ability to purchase local authority services on a contractual basis . |
| 35 | But it 's a deplorable fact that for far too long lawyers and others have ignored this important area , and have left doctors to wrestle alone with its complexities . |
| 36 | ‘ What you 've got to watch is that for about two hours there are no lights in the train . ’ |
| 37 | It is many years since the town last saw a train , but the group believes that for about £1m. the railway could once again link Guisborough with the rest of the country via the Esk Valley line from Middlesbrough to Whitby . |
| 38 | God had changed things but God had been defeated : she would believe that for ever , she would go on repeating it to herself to anyone else who ever wanted to know . |
| 39 | And then , then , I will restore him what I denied him , and graciously accept the proffer of it again as a tribute to me , so that for ever afterwards he shall know who is master between us two friends . |
| 40 | Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’ |
| 41 | He looks so miserable that for once I do n't kick Heather on the way back to my desk . |
| 42 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 43 | The summer was tranquil and fairly uneventful ; Jonadab Oaks felt that for once , Nature was working with him instead of against him . |
| 44 | The grasp of the ‘ realpolitik ’ of the situation on the part of their administrators was impressive ( see pages 38 and 39 ) and that , combined with their own integrity in never wavering in their adherence to the pre-tour agreements , meant that for once sport could hold its head high in the fact of profound political pressures . |
| 45 | They believed that for once the truth should be told about the difficult life Diana has led and , for the most part , still leads . |
| 46 | Lacuna came to a stop behind her , and pulled her gently into an embrace that for once was nothing but tender . |
| 47 | The lack of atmosphere , extending even to the non-appearance of MacFinall 's cymbal-and-drum ensemble , which has driven the pulse of many a West Indies advance in the past , was again painfully evident as 12,000 deigned to stay away , but King Dyall did at least make a cameo appearance in an outfit that for once defied description . |
| 48 | I think that for once we need feel no qualms in taking Diodorus as a faithful epitomizer of what must have been a compact and careful section of Posidonius on the slave war in Sicily . |
| 49 | Is the Minister aware that for once — perhaps surprisingly — the House is united in welcoming the agreement and in congratulating all those involved , including the FMFLN for their part in the peace process ? |
| 50 | Let us hope that for once he will stand up and be counted and go down fighting — as go down he assuredly will . |
| 51 | It would be good to make Ken Harris admit that for once he had suspected the wrong man . |
| 52 | Fabia took herself off for a walk , but so great were her worries that for once Mariánské Láznë failed to enchant her . |
| 53 | It could give a whole new meaning to DROP-in centres and old folks ' CLUBS and mean that for once the social workers wo n't be criticised for making a balls-up … or down . |
| 54 | So many detrimental things are written and said about our youth that for once let us give praise where it is due . |
| 55 | Here is a testable prediction , all the more interesting for the fact that for appropriately chosen orientations of the axes unc one can show that quantum mechanics leads to a violation of the Bell inequality . |
| 56 | It is a sad reflection on his party that for so long he did not enjoy a smell of office . |
| 57 | I am astonished that for so long we decided that the results of such tests should be kept secret from the public . |
| 58 | Anger that for so long manufacturers have kept us in the dark and industry ’ experts ’ continue to make vital decisions on our behalf . |
| 59 | Finally , before leaving the harmful insects , mention must be made of horrid little blighters that for long were regarded as exceptions to the normal methods of control . |
| 60 | And it 's worth remembering that for very many children , for many years , their teachers are the only readers of the bulk of their work . ’ |