Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The normal Chinese day starts at 8 a.m. , and of course is 6 days working a week , so we are rather lucky that the course leaders have allowed us to start at 8.30 . |
| 2 | In writing this I am acutely aware that the energy of commitment fuelled by the gravity of the situation in the Philippines has once more taken a hold of me . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's when things are economically difficult that the time is right to mount operations like this ’ he said . |
| 4 | Cllr Murphy said he had been bitterly disappointed that the report had stepped back from investigating allegations on manipulation of personnel recruitment because it is under investigation by an independent management consultancy . |
| 5 | TRAINED observers in the press gallery have been rather surprised that the behaviour of MPs has changed so little as a result of the television cameras ' arrival . |
| 6 | Sir John , one of the most respected Conservative back-benchers in the Commons , added : ‘ I am personally glad that the air has been cleared but sorry . |
| 7 | Lady Wagner , who spoke at the conference said : ‘ I am extremely disappointed that the minister did not announce the setting up of a new group to take on from where we are now . ’ |
| 8 | The implications of this theory are so powerful that the impact of modern linguistics on literary studies has not been limited to problems of literary language alone , but has produced new theories of the nature and organization of literature as a whole and indeed of all social and cultural life . |
| 9 | Some clog easily on sticky ground , others are so shallow that the loss of a couple of millimetres due to fair wear and tear produces considerable loss of adhesion . |
| 10 | They are in fact the original Green products having been around since 1959 , and are so good that the company 's turnover is about £1 billion . |
| 11 | The shops are so small that the person in the shop sees every corner , though there are no cameras . |
| 12 | Where the implications of the choice are so overwhelming that the individual ca n't make a choice at all . |
| 13 | These days you are so efficient that the magazine even arrives on time ! |
| 14 | There are certain books , in almost any field , that are so rare that the collector is very unlikely to find a copy in good condition and , perforce , will have to make do with second , third , or tenth best . |
| 15 | It is not put forward as a definitive model for how coping , support and events interrelate in the genesis of psychiatric disorder , because the issues are so complex that the diagram could be redrawn in several different ways and indicate several other likely relationships . |
| 16 | If people are paid benefits , the benefit officers make the appropriate deductions , but that is not the answer in the case of people who are so poor that the benefit officers say that nothing more can be deducted . |
| 17 | The ancient treasures he restores are so precious that the location of his workshop is a carefully guarded secret . |
| 18 | The differences are so significant that the probability of starting fires and the degrees of difficulty in extinguishing fires , once started , can also vary quite widely . |
| 19 | Things are so grim that the group , which covers such diverse enterprises as engineering and house building , has been forced to pay its 6p total dividend out of reserves . |
| 20 | Modern avionics items exhibit such a variety of failure modes and are so reliable that the tradesman often forgets how he cured a particular type of fault when he experiences another of the same type . |
| 21 | But in the case of nitrogen , which can exist as nitrates and nitrites , the surface temperatures are so high that the amount retained in such repositories must be small compared to the amount in the atmosphere . |
| 22 | He looks forward to the day when home computers are so widespread that the price for software will drop by 75 per cent . |
| 23 | The details of how they opened up the roof and lowered the man down through the tiles to the feet of Jesus are so vivid that the account obviously has some true foundation to it . |
| 24 | One of the commoner of these difficulties is obesity and some people are so fat that the term ‘ superobese ’ has been applied to them . |
| 25 | Todd 's contention is that the psychological tensions and traumas generated by the process of selection into winners and losers in " brutally individualist , egoist , competitive and aggressive societies " such as France , where the working class has assimilated the ambitious , success-seeking ideology of the petty bourgeoisie , are so intense that the creation of a communist party , a form of asylum and counter-culture , becomes imperative . |
| 26 | ‘ We are naturally disappointed that the Court has upheld the Regulations , especially as it is already clear that the legal aid cuts are causing real hardship to a substantial number of people . |
| 27 | Mr and Mrs Lamplugh said : ‘ We are naturally disappointed that the council has refused to express a view on the statements we complained about , but has not upheld our complaint because they consider it was not appropriate . ’ |
| 28 | I am greatly relieved that the name Hall is now no longer associated with a company which , having all the necessary finance , does not feel it is able to build , for itself , robots that can compete with the world 's best . |
| 29 | No one is clear where the situation can now lead ; they are only aware that the blanket of fear is suddenly not so suffocating any more . |
| 30 | ‘ The Safe-Buy concept has been so successful that the scheme is now spreading all over the UK , ’ says Judith Chalmers . |