Example sentences of "[det] that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one of these dusty tomes he read in wonderment of the treasures of Tutenkamen and it was this that ignited in young Garrett a fire of enthusiasm for treasure hunting that still burns strongly today . |
| 2 | No , it was n't this that got on his nerves , but the monotony of his surrounding , the long , long road through the camp , the huts going off here and there , the airfield dotted with little planes , looking like toys , the new hall that was used for entertainments , pictures and the church services , standing out like a sore thumb . |
| 3 | It was this that accounted for [ the ] breadth and resiliency [ of the militancy ] , its tendency to spill over the boundaries of normal industrial action , its unique ability to involve women as well as men , and its political dimensions . |
| 4 | During the summer , when Sirius rises heliacally , only twelve of these divisions of the sky can be seen rising during the hours of darkness , and it was this that led to the twelve-hour division of the night . |
| 5 | The degree and meaning of prostitution was an important issue in itself ( one estimate would have made prostitution the fourth largest female occupation ) but more important , given the double standard , was the reservoir of venereal disease especially syphilis , that it was perceived as constituting , a threat particularly to the efficiency of the armed services , and it was concern over this that led to the passing of the Contagious Diseases Acts ( in 1864 , 1866 , 1869 ) . |
| 6 | It was this that led to the first hints of how the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity might affect each other — a glimpse of the shape of a quantum theory of gravity yet to come . |
| 7 | Strach was giving the ball away , it was this that led to Alex 's equaliser . |
| 8 | And it is this that connects to our specific concerns with the instinctive bases of human behaviour . |
| 9 | There are two aspects of this that have to be considered : the relation between territory size , hunting areas and group sizes in predators ; and how these are related to the diversity of prey taken by different predators . |
| 10 | It is this that leads to the dependency culture predominant among deaf people in integrated education . |
| 11 | It is full of lies and it is this that leads to disaster for Blanche . |
| 12 | It 's hardly ever reported in the Third World and er taking the facts that we 've just been talking about into account , it would be tempting to see anorexia as related to conflicts about the beginning of a young woman 's reproductive life because what normally happens is , and has certainly happened in the only case of this that occurred in my family , the young woman in question lost so much weight that she stopped cycling and in fact erm puberty changes went into reverse , she actually regressed , she started puberty and er she had this anorexia problem and she stopped cycling and , and all her body changes reversed , she went back to pre-puberty again erm because of oh no , oh no it did n't , she lost her body hair and stuff yeah , er her , her , her hormonal changes . |
| 13 | and coming up with a travesty like this that masquerades as a motion to the Council . |
| 14 | His top rate , on incomes of £150 or more , at a shilling in the pound was half that imposed by Pitt . |
| 15 | The rate recorded for the South East was under half that recorded for the North of England . |
| 16 | This runs from a central core and only the current module is resident in memory , dramatically reducing the amount of memory needed , roughly half that needed by Symphony for example . |
| 17 | The relative molecular mass of NaCl determined from the elevation of boiling point is thus approximately half that calculated from its formula . |
| 18 | We also recognise that there is a tremendous problem for deferred pensioners in achieving reasonable transfer values er er er it 's a massive problem for them , even where they could find perhaps something to do with that money and a scheme that would do them better , not always , because there , there are people that give bad advice , but there are some that go into it very thoroughly and when it comes down to the bit the transfer value they receive makes it im practically impossible for them to do it . |
| 19 | She was marked out by her brightly coloured stockings , some red , some yellow and some that looked like a chessboard . |
| 20 | Membership benefits include some that arrive through the post , and others that are waiting for you just around the corner … |
| 21 | The variety of colours and textures of paper available is astonishing , and there are even some that look like lace . |
| 22 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 23 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 24 | James 's problems were increased by a break in filming between the bulk of his scenes and a few that had to be tacked on at the end of the shoot . |
| 25 | For the few that returned to Britain , life would never be the same |
| 26 | erm Well not really because erm I believe erm that one was erm one of a few that survived at the erm time of the change of the erm Prime Minister . |
| 27 | There is one on Cross Fell and another that runs from Cotterdale by the ruins of High Dyke Farm to Lunds Chapel . |
| 28 | And erm the He made a boring bath so that the whole block it it was a massive thing you know , that that that had to be . |
| 29 | But that that goes through that goes to chiller wo n't it . |
| 30 | We feel that the development that we admit is necessary , can comfortably be spread around the constituent authorities and we 've heard nothing I I would submit that that that that that goes against that . |