Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might not matter in the end — Forester fully expected to be traced and caught-but every difficulty and delay that he could strew behind him could make a final difference of hours or even minutes that might determine the distinction between success or failure . |
| 2 | Otherwise one might make a statistical correction or even hope that its effect is small , i.e. discrimination might be good enough even when light is lost due to blocking . |
| 3 | Satisfied that these arrangements were as safe as any in the circumstances , Coleman decided to beef up his cover by inviting Peter Arnett , Cable News Network 's correspondent in Jerusalem , to join him in interviewing the general — without , of course , revealing his identity as an intelligence agent or even suggesting that there might be a hidden motive for the visit . |
| 4 | It was this seemingly irreconcilable cleavage that effectively meant that the Council of Europe was in no position to advance by and in itself the concept of European union to any great length . |
| 5 | Finally , any other COB rule that expressly indicates that it is not restricted to regulated business will also apply ; the firm must therefore comply with those COB Rules that are expressed to apply to investment business ( rather than the narrower regulated business ) . |
| 6 | The provisions that he refers to are in the agreement that we have signed , which provides greater safeguards than before to ensure that the Community deals with those matters that are most appropriately dealt with by the Community and that other matters are left to national Parliaments . |
| 7 | This means not only avoiding the use of words which might amount to a resignation on your part , but also checking whether words that apparently mean that your job has ended were actually intended to have that effect . |
| 8 | Error comes in if one over-interprets the relevance of these conclusions , by forgetting the artificial constraints of the experiment and instead assuming that in real life , outside the laboratory so to say , such changes involving only a single variable can actually take place ; that it is a simple matter to extrapolate back from the artificiality of laboratory isolation to the complex , rich interconnectedness of the real world . |
| 9 | This robbed us of our president and also meant that Mr Adshead was unable to talk to us . |
| 10 | They allow you to assess the suitability of candidates and also to ensure that the latter have sufficient information on which to base their own decision . |
| 11 | Families are usually unable to describe how they function to an outsider and so questions that enquire about this directly are likely to be unhelpful . |
| 12 | Only a year ago the pundits were shaking their heads and gloomily prophesying that the Democrats would never again provide a President . |
| 13 | I do n't think it 's necessarily about teaching er children primarily about sex or about sexual pleasure , I think it 's all , initially , about personal hygiene and then developing that into how they can make their life safer for themself , or giving them choices to say , well I can choose to become pregnant or not to become pregnant and , I think it 's more about choices rather than saying orgasms and erm sexual pleasure , or |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the consumers themselves and some of the organisations which represent them have fallen into the trap of confusing short-term expediencies with long-term solutions and now find that this focus on concessions may have actually distorted the argument for a decent income in later life . |
| 15 | The move was sharply criticized by environmental experts , who said it would set back research and also meant that NP had reneged on a pledge that work on environmental problems would not suffer under privatization . |
| 16 | The Pentagon would have been furious at losing an agent as well as a major mission , but there was little or nothing it could say or do to put things right without acknowledging that Coleman was an agent and thereby admitting that , for the better part of two years , the DIA had been spying , not on the country 's official enemies , but on other agencies of the United States government . |
| 17 | She glanced at David and wryly saw that he seemed to be listening to this conversation with great interest . |
| 18 | These bodies insist that their members work to the highest standards set out in the relevant Codes of Practice and strongly recommend that their surveyors are qualified by becoming a Certified Timber Infestation Surveyor ( CTIS ) and Certificated Remedial Damp-proofing Surveyor ( CRDS ) . |
| 19 | It was during his second year at Manchester that he was offered the West Indies captaincy for the visit by Pakistan , but decided that his studies had to come first ; he had a strong sense of predestination and apparently felt that the leadership would be his eventually . |
| 20 | It is not surprising to learn that Sutherland felt so in sympathy with Picasso 's Guernica and later regretted that , in 1945 , he had not observed for himself the concentration camps . |
| 21 | Maggie saw Hermione shake exasperated shoulders and suddenly feared that she might walk away . |
| 22 | On my way out , I encountered a dignified , round-faced tinker grandmother , a big lady in a shawl and long dress that swept the ground . |
| 23 | Mr Waterfield likens a game of croquet to a game of snooker and personally believes that the outdoor game preceded the indoor , with both based on similar objectives . |
| 24 | She brushed a woodlouse from her skirt and then realised that George was staring at something behind her . |
| 25 | He began to feel more comfortable after 24 hours ' treatment with antibiotics and also admitted that he found it easier to pass urine in the privacy of the toilet than he did in the ward . |
| 26 | He stood the boxes side by side and then realised that they were the same size . |
| 27 | Tom by this time had joined the Navy , was in the Pacific as a Wireless Telegrapher and probably hoped that this Kapok life jacket was up to Stoddard 's normal BS 5750 standards . |
| 28 | 2 , We accepted the democratic decision of the NEC and also believe that such debates should take place in the legitimate bodies of the party . |
| 29 | They found that the worst abuses had been committed at the notorious Quatro " rehabilitation centre " in Angola but also said that conditions in other ANC camps in Angola , Tanzania , Uganda and Zambia had in no way been " remotely acceptable " . |
| 30 | Since his dismissal , Totten has been working as a radio journalist but yesterday admitted that only active participation in the game brought him genuine satisfaction . |