Example sentences of "[adv] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the third day they were quarrelling openly and at times so fiercely that the knights standing around went for their swords . |
| 2 | The snow was driving down so thickly that the windscreen-wiper could n't keep the glass free of it . |
| 3 | The roof , which is stripped of tiles , provides the water-supply ; the chimney smokes so thickly that the opposite wall is barely visible ; the few remaining window-panes are stained and the majority are stuffed with rags and paper . |
| 4 | Here , as in the comparable case of the beginnings of hunting , no traumatic consequences have previously been suspected ; but it is my view that the transition to cultivation from hunting and gathering was indeed traumatic , both socially and psychologically , and furthermore that the complex details of this secondary trauma , while recapitulating many elements of the first , also anticipated many later ones , including that at the root of our modern malaise . |
| 5 | Bolinger points out furthermore that the use of the to infinitive after verbs of perception when they shift to the inferential sense fits into an overall pattern with the object + infinitive construction . |
| 6 | As we straighten our tie and suck on a Cloret , we reflect gloomily that the Mail on Sunday categorized Denice 's former dates as ‘ rich , famous and suntanned ’ and we try to hope that perhaps she feels like a change . |
| 7 | Much better that the simpler jobs be handled by word processors with intelligent formatting systems while leaving the complex work to those trained to handle it . |
| 8 | Merely supplying their populations with food and money does not remove the true nature of the problem — far better that the conditions be changed by giving opportunity to the inhabitants to provide for themselves , because when the money of the charity runs out , the unsolved problems and starvation return . |
| 9 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 10 | Was it , I wondered , for that reason that it seemed suddenly that the media were too ? |
| 11 | It seemed to her suddenly that the room had grown smaller , the door thicker . |
| 12 | Dr Losberne discovered suddenly that the air in Chertsey did not suit him . |
| 13 | Khotan sat down heavily on the bench beside Burun , and Rostov realised suddenly that the Kha-Khan 's son was drunk . |
| 14 | She realized suddenly that the ground on which she stood , barefooted , was stone hard beneath grass barely damp with early dew . |
| 15 | ( Who knows , they may even enjoy a book so much that the next time the author is published they may even buy it at full price ! ) |
| 16 | The Official Unionists within the UUUC argued stubbornly that the most effective place from which to influence events at Westminster was inside the Conservative Party . |
| 17 | The explanation is apparently that the proceedings were launched with little notice and J. 's mother and those advising her wished to have an opportunity of acquiring further expert evidence which would , they hoped , support her view and that which was then the view of the local authority , namely , that artificial ventilation should be used if necessary . |
| 18 | To please the pack of cameramen and reporters following Mr Major on the campaign trail , Mr Major toasted his own success with a mug of tea , pleased apparently that the galley staff had got the colours right . |
| 19 | They only found out about the marriage afterwards and used it to strengthen their case , which was , basically that the Archbishop could n't have someone teaching in a school in Clontarf who was the author of a banned book . |
| 20 | One feels that Stott has not quite entered Ravel 's world of here , particularly as he told the pianist Marguerite Long that the tempo throughout should be the same and even used the word ‘ métronomique ’ ( Au piano avec Maurice Ravel ; Paris : 1971 ) . |
| 21 | Parts are still at this time being occupied but it is almost certain before long that the whole of the building will be condemned and we hope that this old building will be preserved and not allowed to fall into decay . |
| 22 | It was not necessarily that the rich were more adroit at tax avoidance . |
| 23 | When conduct on the part of a government or some other public body is dubbed ‘ unconstitutional ’ , what is often meant is not necessarily that the law has been broken , but rather that the action is out of keeping with the style or , more broadly , the ‘ way of life ’ of a country … |
| 24 | One might assume that this would mean necessarily that the C. and A.G. audited all the Health Authorities . |
| 25 | Charity gave a squeak like a startled sparrow , and dropped the binoculars so swiftly that the weight jerked uncomfortably on her neck . |
| 26 | He is also superbly crafty in the book in inserting , so gently that the recipient would n't even notice , the odd barb . |
| 27 | She could tell that Dr Neil was looking at her most sceptically , although he was touching her so gently that the black fear which she had felt before she had fainted did not return — and pooh to his suspicions ! |
| 28 | This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant . |
| 29 | Whenever a claim is presented for damage to the craft occasioned abroad , and the craft has been returned to the U.K. for repair , it must be carefully checked that this period has not been exceeded — and especially that the craft is not being left at a holiday destination for a prolonged period . |
| 30 | Notice especially that the definite article may be one such further selecting qualifier . |