Example sentences of "that it [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But for all the triumphs of the Socratic spirit , its true significance is that it repeatedly prompts a regeneration of art — art in the metaphysical sense which is its widest and deepest sense .
2 IBM says that it already has a prototype of the latter running in its Hursley Park facility and that the two companies ‘ will move very quickly ’ to bring the product to market .
3 Moreover , a close reading of the quoted language in Section 3 above reveals that it neither provided a cause of action for non-delivery of the goods stated to have been shipped , nor deemed the statement in the bill conclusive evidence of shipment against the carrier .
4 But it places so little emphasis on resistance to the dominant culture , that it either becomes a sort of ‘ toothless liberalism ’ ( Segal 1987 : 24 ) , or ignores politics completely .
5 As a successful town , it is not unlikely that it also became a pagus centre for part of the Dobunni and additionally the residence of the regionarius mentioned above ( p. 34 ) .
6 Sainsbury 's sponsored one of the nine categories — Press Advertising — and found that it also received a certificate in this category for its graduate recruitment campaign .
7 Timothy Hutton was looking uncomfortable and McLeish said that it just seemed a lot to him .
8 A special feature of this part of the programme was that it regularly included a section with about six brief items , averaging 20–30 seconds in duration , including sound bites of 10–20 seconds .
9 Thirdly , the improvement in peristaltic amplitudes was associated with a significant increase in the duration of contraction raising the possibility that it simply reflected a response to a degree of obstruction at the level of the lower oesophageal sphincter .
10 The good thing about the president 's intervention is that it publicly recognised a problem that needed solution the very antithesis of WRU custom and practice for most of the past dozen or more ostrich era .
11 Does my hon. Friend agree that it is worth pointing out to young children that in 1950 it took a man on average industrial wages a week to earn enough to buy his Christmas turkey and that it now takes a person in a similar position just 90 minutes to do so ?
12 We really feel that it now has a future . ’
13 It naturalises itself so easily that it almost becomes a weed .
14 I understand that it recently hosted a show by the Chippendales , not a branch of the ’ Antiques Roadshow ’ but an American male strip show which played to an all-female audience .
15 AY has admitted negligence in relation to the stock over-statement , provided that WG can prove the fraud took place , but the firm is claiming that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar as its auditor , and not to Walker Greenbank , even though it audited the group accounts .
16 AY 's defence centred around the claim that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar , as its auditor , and not to WG , even though it also audited the WG group accounts .
17 Barbel Bohley , a founder of the New Forum reform group , said on West German television that ‘ one has the feeling that it only needs a spark for everything to blow up here ’ .
18 As he passed the bank next door he noticed that it too had a side passage , but this one was decked out with tiles and had painted walls .
19 I have checked that it still remains a right and that it is OK to withdraw .
20 That it still attracts a nucleus of prestigious and established art dealers : Waddington , Raab , Flowers East , Glasgow print Studio amongst others , is a reflection of its vitality , and that new ones are appearing emphasises its buoyancy and optimism .
21 We know that it still has a poll tax element , that it will still need a register , and that it still does not relate to the ability to pay .
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