Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The testator has not regulated the case of the death of the second son childless : the condition on the trust in favour of his brother ( or rather now that brother 's heir ) is not satisfied , since that applied only to the brother to die first , if childless ; nor , since the first did not die childless , is the condition on the trust in favour of the granddaughter satisfied . |
| 2 | We go on being as good , or better so that in our customers ' eyes we are always their Company of the Year — every year . |
| 3 | Or perhaps even that he and I together , in as filthy moods as we were , must n't have looked like the sort of people even a policeman should risk messing with . |
| 4 | They did n't just acknowledge gracefully that they 'd been beaten , or perhaps even that they had been wrong , and welcome their Reporter back . |
| 5 | It may be surprising , but when a cat brings a live mouse to her kittens — perhaps for them to first play with and then kill , or perhaps so that she can kill it while they watch — this is not considered by some experts to be a form of teaching . |
| 6 | At one moment we were all saying more or less volubly that he could not possibly succeed ; the next we found ourselves travelling along behind him " . |
| 7 | The print head can move vertically up or down so that a pin can contact any one of the three pads of the printer ribbon . |
| 8 | Not many viewers can have realised that this was a deft parody of the catastrophic visit of Mike 's ‘ uni-mates ’ a week or so ago that ended in Bron cruelly dumping him just before his psychology exam . |
| 9 | ‘ I told Anna a week or so ago that you 'd promised to visit her . |
| 10 | I suggested a second or so ago that the ordinary reader , unsure of what to make of the shifting realities of Joyce 's writing , might defensively assume that no such hesitations would trouble the experienced reader , but that is far from being a homogeneous class . |
| 11 | The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by . |
| 12 | It was only two years or so later that he died — TB or summat . |
| 13 | Lisa pulled herself up to her full five feet three inches , wishing for an extra foot or so so that she could look him in the eye . |
| 14 | This is again to put it broadly — that they must not exercise their powers arbitrarily or so unreasonably that the exercise of the discretion is clearly unjustifiable . |
| 15 | If an authority misdirects itself in law , or acts arbitrarily on the basis of considerations which lie outside its statutory powers , or so unreasonably that its decisions can not be justified by any objective standard of reasonableness , then it is the duty and function of the courts to pronounce that such decisions are invalid when these are challenged by anyone aggrieved by them and who has the necessary locus stand I to do so . |
| 16 | A year or so before that I was at a conference in America where deconstruction bulked largely on the agenda . |
| 17 | When he says of Bilbo that he gave up the Ring ‘ of his own accord : an important point ’ , he may be saying only that Bilbo ca n't have become too badly addicted , or more moralistically that Bilbo 's good impulse will help his cure . |
| 18 | These days the term is used either as the first time you kick the ball AND its not on the ground , or even just that the ball is off the ground . |
| 19 | It is not until the 1860s or even later that details of plumbing are really considered , even by architects . |
| 20 | SAFFRON AND CURRANT BISCUITS 2 tbsp cream or milk generous pinch saffron strands 6oz/175g butter 2oz/50g icing sugar 6oz/175g self-raising flour 2oz/50g fine semolina 4oz/100g currants Put the cream or milk and the saffron into a saucepan , bring just to bubbling point and then leave to cool , stirring once or twice so that the saffron infuses well . |
| 21 | SAFFRON AND CURRANT BISCUITS 2 tbsp cream or milk generous pinch saffron strands 6oz/175g butter 2oz/50g icing sugar 6oz/175g self-raising flour 2oz/50g fine semolina 4oz/100g currants Put the cream or milk and the saffron into a saucepan , bring just to bubbling point and then leave to cool , stirring once or twice so that the saffron infuses well . |
| 22 | It is important to be aware that trade unions are organisations in their own right , and we must not assume too hastily or too readily that the goals of a trade union organisation are the same as those of its members or full-time officials . |
| 23 | We knew that right away that there were there were no future . |
| 24 | The translations were not the only technical difficulty : there were only two shorthand writers in the court and they were hard pressed to keep up with the proceedings , causing the court to be adjourned more than once so that they could transcribe their notes . |
| 25 | Do n't shed too many tears for the publishers of computer magazines and newsletters that major on the IBM Corp market : their readers need aid , comfort and advice more than ever now that the giant 's feet of clay have been so mercilessly exposed . |
| 26 | She had got as far as pulling out her suitcase , which looked scruffier than ever now that her eyes had accustomed themselves to the comfortable luxury of Luke Hunter 's flat , and laying it open on the bed before something inside her rebelled . |
| 27 | She needed it more than ever now that Alain was gone . |
| 28 | The economic stresses of our time and the pressures of international competition make it more necessary than ever before that Britain 's work-force should possess the skills and attitudes , and display the understanding , the enterprise and adaptability that the pervasive impact of technological advance will increasingly demand . |
| 29 | I think that that will ensure two things : first , greater equality of action across the Community ; and , secondly , to a greater degree than ever before that every nation that signs up to a directive considers in detail the implications and costs of that directive before it becomes law . |
| 30 | It is of course taken for granted that the loading is such that always so that the response is given by equations ( 8.11 ) ( 8.13 ) . |