Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , they have D-marks , though their pay is less than half that in the west , and in principle full rights under the constitution . |
| 2 | The office reports that the birth rate in danger areas is less than half that in other regions , and in Lodz the death rate is higher than the birth rate . |
| 3 | It seems more than likely that with parishes concentrating on basic food needs , the other kinds of discretionary payments , which had been a feature of the eighteenth-century poor , were made less often and with declining generosity . |
| 4 | As measures of relative prosperity , the number of households with three or more cars in Easton is more than double that for the two district council areas in which it is located , and the quality of the housing stock and amenities is higher , with the proportion of households in Easton which have use of only an outside flush toilet being half that of the general area . |
| 5 | The number of proposals for Pilot Schemes is more than double that for Phase 1 and the standard of the initial submissions is encouraging . |
| 6 | It is more than probable that during the period of Haymo that the Church at Halling was repaired and enlarged ; the chancel and tower being a century earlier however was most likely built during the time Laurence was Bishop , 1251–74 . |
| 7 | The sand is so hot and dry that in many places no bush or clump of grass can grow to provide a signpost from which to take bearings . |
| 8 | Although there is some truth in this relative deprivation argument , it is equally important to note that the pains of imprisonment are mitigated by pleasant recollections : to be doing ‘ a lot of bird ’ without having lived well seems far more futile and absurd that to be paying for the rich fruits that crime has already brought . |
| 9 | It was because the moment of decision was approaching that they were up here on the hill of Dumyat , six miles from Thorfinn 's muster-point at Dunblane , and half that from the crag on the Forth beside which , on one side or another , Thorfinn would take his stand against any Northumbrian advance out of Lothian . |
| 10 | Thank you chairman , erm , I 've heard what Mr said then I think it is worth reminding ourselves that a significant number of members of this council are new to this council and it 's therefore quite right and proper that in the first year of the business of this council that there should be a significant number of seminars and briefings to enable members to fully acquaint themselves with the business of the council the working of the er , operations of this council so that we can in fact make informed decisions er in the future . |
| 11 | It is notable that it was Bunting , in his generation the only British emulator of Pound , who was most confident and insistent that in these matters Pound 's immediate master was American , the Walt Whitman of ‘ Out of the Ocean Endlessly Rocking ’ . |
| 12 | Normally lies and deceit were anathema to her , and she was angry and rueful that since meeting him she had twice allowed circumstances to trap her into using them . |
| 13 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 14 | And all that in one week , it must have been one of Madame 's special amateur talent weeks I suppose . |
| 15 | Yeah I mean , they 're upgrading all of the machines at work but what they 're doing is instead of throwing them out , those who do n't use P Cs that often are being given the slower machines and those that as part of their job function , they need something much faster have been given the the newer machines . |
| 16 | An early decree ordered the destruction of heathen temples ; and the pressure of Westernisation was so relentless and meticulous that at one stage male Christians could be fined for urinating in the oriental , crouched position . |
| 17 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
| 18 | It is so large and bureaucratic that like all such hierarchies it defeats itself . |
| 19 | Milton Keynes is picking up the pieces and pleased that at least no one lost a life . |
| 20 | She often expressed concern that her work was shown in galleries , and worried that outside the context of its production it would lose meaning and educational strength , becoming art object , consumed and fetishised . |
| 21 | Admiring blue eyes flicked over her , and his grin was so friendly and infectious that in spite of her despair Merrill felt her mouth lift a little . |
| 22 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 23 | For most consensus theorists , the answer lies in a theory of social structure made famous by Durkheim in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and developed to such an extent by Talcott Parsons and his followers in the USA between the 1930s and 1950s that during these years it came to be seen as the sociological theory . |
| 24 | This section 7(3) required the LTE so to perform their functions as to ensure so far as practicable that at the end of each accounting period the aggregate of the net balance of the consolidated revenue account of the LTE and of their general reserve was such as might be approved by the GLC ; and that if , at the end of any accounting period , the aggregate showed a deficit , the amount properly available to meet changes to revenue account in the next following accounting period should exceed those charges by at least the amount of that deficit . |