Example sentences of "[adj] that [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although precise definitions are hard to come by , it is clear that they looked to some kind of ideal worker , that is , someone who was trustworthy , interested , intelligent , literate and numerate , full of initiative , and capable of mental and physical agility . |
| 2 | The Soviet authorities had no reason to take any interest in the fate of a handful of foreign invaders when over twenty million of their own people had been killed , while as for the Italians , it had suddenly become clear that they had in fact been anti-Fascists to a man all along and could hardly be expected to sympathize with the relatives of those few fanatics who had been rash enough to fight for the despised Duce . |
| 3 | It has been said that he provided no leadership and lacked control of the episcopate , and it is clear that he waited on events in 1326–7 , only casting his lot with Isabella and Mortimer when the king 's cause was obviously lost . |
| 4 | With direct reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , and in response to a ‘ demand ’ for more radical action which he had read in a newspaper , Hitler made clear that he had at the time to proceed tactically and in stages , but that his strategy was to manoeuvre his enemy into a corner before destroying him completely . |
| 5 | He made clear that he agreed with the thrust of all the other recommendations , except the one which said that responsibility for food should remain within the Department of Agriculture . |
| 6 | Furthermore , in a discussion filled with oblique references to the O'Keeffe that Stieglitz had revealed in his photographs of her , he made it clear that he agreed with Stieglitz that O'Keeffe 's paintings were revelations of the female sexual nature : |
| 7 | His biographer attributes the protracted proceedings there to Hamo 's unwillingness to bribe the cardinals ( although it is clear that he retained at least Cardinal William Testa at the curia ) , as well as to the proliferation of other candidates with royal support . |
| 8 | He made it clear that he stayed at La Tour Monchauzet because the vines needed him — and because he was sure that one day — somehow — Isabelle would return to him , and he had to be here — waiting . ’ |
| 9 | She also made it clear that she preferred to be alone . |
| 10 | ‘ But you made it perfectly clear that you disapproved of shipboard romances . |
| 11 | In a workshop which was being made up Then we went on to er , it was funny that we passed through London , the very s day or second day that word arrived that the invasion was on , the troops had arrived in , in Normandy . |
| 12 | They ended in a pair of green bronze doors , each so high that they disappeared into the gloom . |
| 13 | The tension in the room was so high that it flowed like an invisible electric charge . |
| 14 | Minutes later he was loving her completely , his thrusts deep inside her , his penetration so absolute , so wonderfully possessive that she closed around him instinctively , holding him where he belonged , within her for evermore . |
| 15 | Alice Wilson 's cellar dwelling with its brick floor ‘ so damp that it seemed as if the last washing could never dry up ’ would not be far distant from the Davenports ' if the nature of that ‘ dampness ’ were defined . |
| 16 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of Beauty as beautiful and Cruelty as cruel . |
| 17 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of beauty as beautiful and cruelty as cruel . |
| 18 | It is interesting that he replied to her question in reverse ! |
| 19 | That being so , he was a joy to walk — which made it odd that she felt as if something was missing . |
| 20 | It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland . |
| 21 | It is possible that he contributed to early issues of the newsbook , but there is no evidence that he was responsible for editing it , and nothing in his future career or conduct to link him directly with the Levellers . |
| 22 | I 'm just sorry that it had to be Oldham . ’ |
| 23 | I was sorry that he went to the West Riding after only two terms , although this made me stand on my own feet quickly , which was of itself of value . |
| 24 | His legs were so weak that they shook beneath him . |
| 25 | When it was midnight and Rodrigo was fast asleep , the leper breathed against him between his shoulders , and that breath was so strong that it passed through him , even through his breast ; and he awoke , being astounded , and felt for the leper by him , and found him not ; and he began to call him , but there was no reply . |
| 26 | This camp was so strong that it remained as a major fortress for the Garonne region for centuries to follow . |
| 27 | The country was bracken-clothed dunes , the plants so tall that they came over the horse 's withers in places . |
| 28 | The appeals court found that the Koons copying of the photo was so complete that it went beyond the bounds of the ‘ fair use ’ doctrine , which allows artists , authors and journalists to ‘ quote ’ from other works . |
| 29 | His triumph was so complete that it seemed to him that he must surely radiate some evident joy . |
| 30 | When I got indoors I was still so upset that I tore off the frock , ripping a sleeve in the process , but I did n't care ; I was so angry . |