Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sent a little prayer ceilingwards that at least there would be no dinner jackets , then ran a comb through his hair as an afterthought . |
| 2 | However , the Article dealing with special remuneration drew a distinction between the Board and a committee of the Board so that as a matter of construction ‘ the Board ’ in that context meant the Board and not the committee . |
| 3 | We decided to draw our internal auditors from operational staff across the board so that over a few years everyone would have the opportunity to be an auditor as well as being audited themselves . |
| 4 | At one extreme , the consumer could spend nothing in the present period and save all of his present income so that in the future period he can spend as much as Y t + 1 ; + ( 1 + i ) Y t ; that is , his future income plus his saved present income plus interest . |
| 5 | As you will have probably read from your QT notes , we need to have accurate information available in the office , ready to publicise classes for the start of the new season , and this year they are being put on the Word Processor so that in future only alterations need be notified . |
| 6 | He accepted that the function of the court was to construe the actual words enacted by Parliament so that in no circumstances could the court attach to words a meaning that they were incapable of bearing . |
| 7 | He is rarely out at night and is largely free to organize his activities so that in bad weather , for example , he can catch up on paperwork in the dry and warmth of the office . |
| 8 | And we take out contingency plans fo for various things , you 'll take out insurance , er against your house being broken into , against there being a fire or something else , you 'll take out insurance policies , or or assurance policies against your life , so that your dependants will be provided for , you 'll take out pe , er pension plans so that in your old age when you 're not working you 'll have sufficient money to live on . |
| 9 | He leaned chummily on the bit so that after twenty minutes Theodora 's arms ached with the weight . |
| 10 | It is not necessary to show exclusive reliance so that in the Cammell Laird case ( 1934 ) , notwithstanding that the buyers laid down detailed specifications as to the propellers made by the sellers , there was still , in Lord Macmillan 's words , " an important margin within which the [ seller 's ] skill and judgment had scope for exercise " ( p419 ) . |
| 11 | One explanation is that the initial infection , acquired from the ingestion of overwintered larvae in May , involves so few worms that neither clinical signs nor immunity is produced ; however , sufficient numbers of larvae are seeded on to the pasture so that by July the numbers of L3 on pasture are sufficient to produce clinical disease . |
| 12 | Does he not think that , with a general election coming , if he is confident in his position , the least that he could do would be to put that forward in a general election so that at least people will have an opportunity to give a view before they are committed by the right hon. Gentleman 's signature of a treaty of this magnitude ? |
| 13 | Its windows had been spray-painted in blues and reds so that from a distance it looked as if the bus had curtains on the outside . |
| 14 | Now again I mentioned this last week , the idea of introducing schoolchildren at a very young age to different countries and different cultures so that in fact when they come to go on holiday on their own or with a partner it holds no fear for them unlike , if you like , senior citizens might do . |
| 15 | ‘ Many seem to increase their speed so that by the time they take the left hand fork to Cuckoo 's Corner pick your own farm , they are often doing speeds over 50mph . ’ |
| 16 | This belief persisted down the centuries so that by Gerard 's time , he was still able to quote the tag : " Ego Borage gaudia semper ago " ( I Borage , bring always courage ) . |
| 17 | He believed that the treaty could be endorsed by the United Nations so that in the final instance all major powers would be committed to respect Afghan neutrality and non-alignment . |
| 18 | But Stanislavskian actors are nevertheless concerned in rehearsal and other preparation time with tapping their own reservoirs of emotional memories to find within themselves a sophistication , subtlety or depth of emotional engagement so that in concentrating on the character 's actions , a wider , deeper range of emotions may be released . |
| 19 | But there is also a common interest in the world of preserving fishing stock , not over fishing so that in fact you get the depletion of fishing stock , and therefore somehow you have to balance between your particular interests and the common interests . |
| 20 | This deposited material is mainly removed by the waves so that at night , when the algae emit carbon dioxide , the ensuing greater acidity of the sea water causes a chemical attack on the rock itself and not merely the redissolving of the finely divided material precipitated during the day . |
| 21 | Fortunately , with weight shift , moving forwards causes a nose-up rather than a nose-down effect so that at least it does not accentuate the pitching movement and make the sensation worse . |
| 22 | The Workbooks mirror the Student 's Books so that for every Student 's Book unit , there is a parallel page of Workbook exercises . |
| 23 | They are a work force crying out for engagement and reward , a force moreover that from its roots understands the value of technical skills , and of education allied to technology . |
| 24 | It has to be borne in mind also that during the interval between now and the main hearing the mother may find doctors who take a different view from Drs . |
| 25 | So there is a recognition there that by the very nature of these erm proposals that they 're not going to be in accordance with one or perhaps more policies in the structure plan . |
| 26 | He said that where total headcount was 126,000 at the end of fiscal year 1989 , over the last two years , the company has added 11,000 employees , primarily through acquisitions while reducing overall headcount so that at June 30 , headcount was 113,800 , for a total reduction of more than 23,000 since 1989 . |
| 27 | A guessing game goes on with the diviner responding to the client 's cues so that at the end of the consultation , the client departs with all his worst suspicions amply confirmed . |
| 28 | To satisfy the demands of the local authority 's building inspector , who was not happy with this lack of fire compartmentation in a single-staircase building incorporating many levels , these sliding doors were tensioned against counterweights so that in the event of a fire , fusible links in the cables restraining the counterweights would melt , causing the weights to drop and drawing the doors closed . |
| 29 | Given the 74 years of Communist dictatorship and the long period of Tsarist dictatorship before that , is it not essential to provide aid and assistance so that at long last Russia and the countries associated with the former Soviet Union can become stable democracies ? |
| 30 | The number of part-time staff has grown in proportion so that in 1978 there were about 140,000 part-time teachers in further and adult education employed by local authorities . |