Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Eudo had replied through swollen , bloody lips that he knew nothing , so the questioners changed tack . |
| 32 | According to Parker these compounds are such strong ionophores that they were ‘ highly ineffective ’ at detecting arylammonium ions , such as ephedrinium , in the presence of metal ions . |
| 33 | Well being Milton , and being very thorough , he gives us long lists , of course , of dozens of possible subjects that he had in mind , but he seems to have taken the King Arthur story very seriously . |
| 34 | As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness . |
| 35 | Or something like that , then we could have of , we could have redefined this , this new word and we would n't have had these awful confusions that we get . |
| 36 | Mozart worked with the commonplace musical fabric of his time , the prescribed structures , instrumental combinations , harmonic progressions and melodic formulae that he had absorbed as a child , and from which a Salieri and hundreds like him fashioned polite , two-dimensional drawing-room music suitable for the delectation or titillation of many a jaded aristocratic ear . |
| 37 | He was quoted in West Africa on Aug. 16 as warning newly formed political parties that their activities were still illegal . |
| 38 | The reversal of the decision followed intense public criticism of the referendum idea , and statements by several political parties that it would prove socially divisive . |
| 39 | I tried repeatedly to explain at public meetings that we were not sex police and not in the least concerned with people 's morals . |
| 40 | As somebody who is still under thirty and er like my good friend Mister young enough to have a positive approach to Europe , I am pleasantly surprised that the people opposite are gon na make my job a lot easier because the narrowness and the anti-diluvian attitudes that we see on the benches opposite explain why , in the last Euro elections , the Labour Party won a resounding victory on the issue of Europe . |
| 41 | Embedded within discussions of human rights is the intention that we should not so organise our social institutions that they promote some people and inhibit others . |
| 42 | For a better understanding and greater co-operation between people of different religions that we may build trust and friendship among our neighbours of other faiths to promote true peace … |
| 43 | I should think it might be quite amusing because it 'll be old forms that nobody has seen before . |
| 44 | Only after a considerable period of experience do infants give clear signs that they are aware of the extent of their own bodies and the division between themselves and the wider world . |
| 45 | Melanie was worried that this would upset Stan , but he was already giving clear signs that he just wanted to avoid conflict . |
| 46 | Though he showed no very clear signs that he realized it , the Tsar had crossed the Rubicon , carrying the nobility with him . |
| 47 | Erm I , I will look through that and I will see if there 's anything within those delegated authorities that I can actually delegate downwards to your good selves . |
| 48 | Empowering local communities , that 's what really frightens the Tories , because what it means is they 'll never be able to come back with those repressive and regressive policies that they brought in two years ago . |
| 49 | Merlyn was savage , saying through gritted teeth that she was never , never , never to repeat such evil nonsense . |
| 50 | I mean yeah as you say he 's very high personable person , there must be some reason behind it er and a lot of the theoretical reasons that he says of |
| 51 | These are extreme cases , but there are many lesser cases that we hear of more frequently , so it is not surprising that house-buyers are asking : |
| 52 | I know my sister , and I know Adam , and I 'm clear in my mind that before you came along there were no outward signs that anything was amiss . |
| 53 | The kind of norms we are concerned with here are sometimes called community norms in order to distinguish them from the superordinate norms that I have mentioned , and I shall suggest below that a major difference between superordinate and community norms is that , whereas ‘ standard ’ norms are uniform , community norms are sometimes more aptly described as variable norms . |
| 54 | In the Qur'an , which is the most sacred text of Moslems , God is more often described in terms of generalised epithets that we normally associate with human life — for instance , Hearer , Keeper , Guide and Pardoner . |
| 55 | But we know from occasional appearances in the city of gay or lesbian performers that there will be a terrific demand for tickets . ’ |
| 56 | The basic problem for the Emperor was that while France needed Britain it was not at all clear to British statesmen that their country had any need of France — except when it suited British interests . |
| 57 | In an extreme case an authority might decide for economic , political or cultural reasons that it did not wish to make coinage , which may explain the periods mentioned above when various states abandoned coinage . |
| 58 | But … through a degree of thoughtlessness and ill-considered preparation you may end up putting forward social views that you disagree with . |
| 59 | It is a mark of these half-crazed times that my programme of meetings , which once would have been dominated by political and scientific academy briefings , now includes something calling itself the Academy of Entrepreneurship , and an appointment with accountants advising more inward investors . |
| 60 | Erm with some of these it may even be possible to y'know there 's a number of different adjectives that you could try with with some of these things like erm y'know how would you feel about knowing that you 're attractive to your own sex ? |