Example sentences of "[adj] that [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One hesitates over publicising these things for fear of sparking imitations , but you 're going to read about it somewhere so it might as well be here — over the past few weeks it has become clear that setting up telescopes to watch people tapping their numbers into automatic teller machines and then scavenging for discarded receipts bearing the account number is a really outdated way of defrauding banks and their customers — these days , you set up a bogus teller machine of your own and record the card details as the customer keys in the number : in the latest instance , a gang in Manchester , Connecticut set up a mobile teller machine in the Buckland Hills Mall Associated Press reports , sabotaged the other machines in the shopping mall to encourage people to use it , and later wheeled the machine away and debriefed it on all its card secrets , using the data to make up counterfeit cards which were subsequently used to withdraw cash from the accounts in the New York area ; moral — stick to machines you know . |
| 2 | The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness . |
| 3 | However , as to the first point it does seem clear that changes once made by a Greek artist were assimilated by others with extraordinary celerity . |
| 4 | The riders are not strapped to the car in any way and it 's clear that falling off would have serious consequences . |
| 5 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 6 | Snorting produces a high that lasts about half an hour accompanied by loss of appetite and an indifference to pain |
| 7 | But their sports bags , suit-covers and hair scrunchies were so popular that demand quickly outstripped supply . |
| 8 | Careful that does n't fall on you Charlotte . |
| 9 | Instead of browsing on the ‘ Aufwuchs ’ on rocks , they feed mainly on organisms living in the substrate , but probably also eat anything tasty that comes along in the open . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm afraid that does n't mean anything to me . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm afraid that sounded rather bossy … ’ |
| 12 | I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them . |
| 13 | Have you noticed the chill and damp that pervade everywhere ? |
| 14 | Take your mind off negative things by dwelling on something positive and interesting that does not involve eating . |
| 15 | Just because you 're assertive that does n't mean you 're gon na get everything that you want because you 're not being assertive just means that other people are aware of what you want . |
| 16 | It is no longer a steam locomotive but a fast diesel pulling a trail of red , white and blue carriages , an express that rumbles down to Ashqelon between the orchards and the sea . |
| 17 | In the darkness ( for obvious reasons , approach marches were usually made at night ) the columns trampled over the howling wounded that lay underfoot . |
| 18 | Since both n6 and n3 EFAs may possess this property , it is possible that giving both together will have a synergistic effect . |
| 19 | Whatever the outcome it seems absurd that having supposedly wiped the poll tax off the political agenda , ministers are still saddled with it , Darlington council is still saddled with imposing it and , worst of all , ordinary people are still saddled with paying it . |
| 20 | er I think councillor has made the case for the motion which he has put before us which is simply for a report to the environment committee which would deal with the the tactical if that 's the right that 's just been raised by councillor . |
| 21 | Jessica admitted freely that she was a cottage-dweller , one of the idle rich that cluttered up the streets and strands of Donegal from May to September , but at least she did n't drive a gas-guzzling BMW like some she could mention . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry that does n't sound right . |
| 23 | thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb |
| 24 | The fiddling that goes on down there would set up an orchestra , and not one , but a couple of dozen . ’ |
| 25 | It may seem strange that trying hard to slam a partner bodily into the ground is a good way of making friends , but it 's true . |
| 26 | It is indeed strange that Anselm never referred the question to Ivo , bishop of Chartres : he knew him as a friend , but not apparently as the greatest authority on Canon Law in northern Europe . |
| 27 | Later in his life , Weismann saw the difficulty with this explanation , and offered other less vulnerable theories , one of which is not unlike that offered here . |
| 28 | Several treatments have been shown to improve growth in children with Crohn 's disease but it is crucial that catch up growth is achieved before the pubertal growth spurt is completed . |
| 29 | How dangerous that turned out to be ! |
| 30 | Investment bankers say that grey markets allow short-selling that drives down a new issue 's price . |