Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | Data for Greater London 's outflows to the rest of Britain , for instance , reveal the even more important role of the owner-occupied sector in 1981 compared to 1971 and also show that in 1981 there was virtually no net migration loss of people in the lower-paid occupations in both manual and non-manual groups ( table 8.5 ) . |
| 32 | Not so tall and powerfully built that she felt as though she might break if he so much as touched her . |
| 33 | He was occasionally to be seen wandering through the house in his cream linen jacket , college tie — Gonville and Caius , you were meant to know — and flat cap ( in our house a flat cap would have been common ; here it was posh and probably indicated that you used to go beagling ) . |
| 34 | It started in the middle of something , something hollow and highly polished that fed into itself in ever-increasing rounds . |
| 35 | It said ‘ Many of the smaller hard drives available , especially old ones , use Stepper Motor actuators and it is these that really require that a low level format be carried out on them at least once a year , as after a long period of heating and cooling it is more than possible that the heads are out of alignment with the tracks . |
| 36 | Today , many young people , with most of their voting years ahead of them , are more likely than before to feel that they can make it alone . |
| 37 | Nathan thought hard and finally wrote that the Volvo was ‘ old and depressed ’ . |
| 38 | It is to be fully human and yet to know that the Garden of Eden man is the creature of clay feet . |
| 39 | The news that the Secretary of State for Scotland has asked for a feasibility study to investigate the need for a second Forth road bridge is unwelcome and merely confirms that the Scottish Office lacks a viable , long-term strategy for transport . |
| 40 | The Right Hon John Patten MP , Minister of State for the Home Office ( right ) , comments that , ‘ Victim Support has deservedly grown fast because it meets a long-standing and deep need that had been neglected for far too long . |
| 41 | It is good for leaders to be aware of these if only to see that to gather together towards the Lord may take some time . |
| 42 | This makes any pages loss quite obvious and also means that the material always stays in the correct order . |
| 43 | While ITN gamely maintains there is still some more scope for cuts , it says there is now precious little fat left and implicitly suggests that additional revenue will simply have to be found by the shareholders . |
| 44 | All three studies confirmed the Best and Gemberling ( 1977 ) effect when the exposure duration was brief but also found that more prolonged initial exposure generated latent inhibition both when the exposure-conditioning interval was short ( 3–4 h ) and when it was long ( 24 h or more ) . |
| 45 | It would seem , then , that de la Broquière 's statement not only provides good evidence of the existence of the office of Mufti in 836/1433 but also suggests that the Mufti was by then recognizably the chief representative of the spiritual authority of the Seriat , the chief representative of the religious aspect of the state . |
| 46 | Men as a rule are very selfish and still believe that women are born to serve them . |
| 47 | Dr Sasaki had not looked outside the hospital all day ; the scene inside was so terrible and so compelling that it had not occurred to him to ask any questions about what had happened beyond the windows and doors . |
| 48 | His criticisms have become so predictable and strongly worded that they are counter-productive . |
| 49 | In a long dissertation it might be justified as a way of helping your reader remember your starting point ; in a short essay , however , it is redundant and simply shows that you do n't know how to finish . |
| 50 | This serves to support some of the statements made in Section 12.5 and again emphasizes that a good index is one which permits effective retrieval . |
| 51 | It has been long and widely believed that urbanization and industrialization cause large increases in crime . |
| 52 | Ranulf believed the French were responsible ; Corbett at first agreed , but then queried why they had waited so long and privately concluded that the attackers were from Lord Bruce 's retinue . |
| 53 | A shadowy image of herself stood there , nodding and smiling shyly , while the real Isabel remained in the cold , lonely place she had inhabited for so long and grimly decided that the first step was almost accomplished . |
| 54 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
| 55 | She knew it kept her awake these hot nights , restless with a deep and hard yearning that never eased , never went away . |
| 56 | In a recent case , Bridger Properties Ltd v Dovey Holdings ( South Wales ) Ltd ( 1991 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 25 June : discussed at 7.4.4 ) the court did not consider the guidelines at all but simply observed that nothing could be more " uncommercial " than to make the date for completion of a contract for sale and purchase of land turn upon the determination of an arbitrator . |
| 57 | ( No. 2 ) [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 109 , after reference to the principle of law that , in cases concerned with government secrets , the Crown , in order to restrain disclosure , must show not only that the information is confidential but also show that it is in the public interest that it should not be published , continued , at pp. 283–284 : |
| 58 | ‘ Er — just the one night , I think , ’ she replied , having hoped not to stay even that long but suddenly realising that , since she needed some kind of base where she could go to collect her thoughts , that perhaps to have a room where she could relax and think in private was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 59 | A score of ten or less suggests that a revision of all Goal I material is needed . |
| 60 | I 'll be telling most some of the tales about that time , and then the other tales will be about what happened to me in sixty nine when I started up , because the changing legislation s more or less said that if you had a vehicle of thirty hundredweight or less you could move an er wh whoever 's furniture you liked anywhere you wanted to . |