Example sentences of "that [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the contrary , this world of ‘ it was rumoured ’ and ‘ that may well have been so ’ followed at once by ‘ it is more likely that nothing of the sort happened ’ — again in the opening paragraphs — is as exhilarating as the challenge of life 's opacities to a healthy curiosity . |
| 2 | The other kind would be academics who are committed to a tough professionalism on the American model , who believe that knowledge advances and becomes obsolete , that theory is essential , and that nothing of interest can be said about literature outside an institutional framework . |
| 3 | An understanding had been arrived at with the Danish Tourist Board that nothing of the fabric or the furnishings and fittings in either the Tuscan Villa or The Tamarisks should be altered ; the houses had been complete works of art when they were taken over and were to be respected as such . |
| 4 | The Upper School also had its own head — the former deputy head of the Grammar School , who by his quality and determination guaranteed that nothing of value was lost in this elaborate and dangerous transition . |
| 5 | Are the foundations of faith so shaky that nothing of any weight can be built on them ? |
| 6 | The experience made me deeply grateful that nothing of the same kind , at least with current technology , can be deduced from prose . |
| 7 | She said that nothing of the sort would ever happen in her country , that the British are quite civilized , thank you , and that they make the rest of the world seem simply barbaric . |
| 8 | More than seventy years after his death and after all the books and shows which have been dedicated to him , one might expect that nothing of any importance would appear now to improve the idea we have of his life and his work . |
| 9 | So even if AI were incapable of modelling actual thought-processes , it would not follow that nothing of theoretical interest could have been learned from it . |
| 10 | Ace ducked , certain that Defries would land on top of her and then equally sure that nothing of the sort was about to happen . |
| 11 | ‘ Our defence experts have assured me that nothing of any real size could get through undetected . |
| 12 | You 'd think there 'd be fear that the ploughman would suffer damage among the horse 's hoofs , but such was the bond between them that nothing of the kind ever happened . ’ |
| 13 | It is also possible that in some cases ‘ improved attitudes ’ is another way of saying that nothing of substance was achieved . |
| 14 | ‘ It is almost axiomatic in businesses like this that nothing of value is ever kept in the safe . ’ |
| 15 | It soon became evident that nothing of the kind was forthcoming : the racist strictures of the War Office prevented promotional possibilities , blacks were not even allowed to join in combat with the enemy . |
| 16 | Half an hour in his company left John feeling that nothing of that sort was impossible . |
| 17 | And that is quite simply that I of course need to read all of these documents . |
| 18 | Whether it was the wishes of the archdiocese ; or whether it was the inarticulate growls of air-marshals ; or whether it was the judgement that someone of 73 carries too many years to move to big new work ; or whether someone among Eden 's advisers thought scholarship important for some bishops — Eden rejected Fisher 's preference that Ramsey should go to London . |
| 19 | Almost a quarter ( 22 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 and 23 per cent aged 75 + ) consider that it is very likely that someone of their age will develop a serious illness over the next ten years . |
| 20 | ‘ In her letter concerning Wilde and Douglas , ’ Minton 's dignified reply begins , ‘ it is indeed distressing that someone of Dr. Marie Stopes 's eminence should refer to Wilde 's homosexuality with such bigoted moral fervour . |
| 21 | ‘ But I do think that someone of authority should go into the forest and approach the Tree Spirits . ’ |
| 22 | I have no doubt that a brilliant article will appear but I am not at all fooled that someone of your peculiar talents would either be asked or would agree to such an easy exercise . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not imagine for a minute that someone of your ability will have come here without prying into my background . |
| 24 | With that , careless of his obvious amazement that someone of her slender weight could not only pack such a punch but dare to do so , she spun rapidly round and raced back the way she had come . |
| 25 | Each also had a wood stove , and a bathroom so small that someone of Arnold Schwarzenegger proportions would have been afraid to enter it , for fear of never getting back out . |
| 26 | She would dearly love some daughters to be able to pass her jewellery on to and , coming from a large family , she enjoys the atmosphere that plenty of children create . |
| 27 | But polls suggest that it may be the most popular party within all the black linguistic groups ; and the fighting in the mostly-Zulu province of Natal between the ANC and Inkatha shows that plenty of South Africa 's 8m Zulus take the ANC 's side . |
| 28 | Ley hunters also argue that plenty of leys are marked by archaeologically-homogenous sites . |
| 29 | Launching the network , David Trippier , minister of state for the environment and countryside noted that plenty of environmental data exists in isolation but that the ECN will ensure the collation of good quality compatible data to help develop a framework for future policies . |
| 30 | TIP : Try placing an air stone under your internal filter to ensure that plenty of air is sucked into the media . |