Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government 's own Department of Development Aid has apparently been so devious that the judge investigating the billions of Rand evidently missing or misappropriated , which should have gone towards assisting the poorer ( black ) communities , has thrown in the towel when faced by the department 's shambolic accounting . |
| 2 | It had all been so flimsy that Pascoe had hesitated about presenting it to Dalziel . |
| 3 | The monitors alone are so loud that I am baffled as to how the crew operate without some type of semaphore system . |
| 4 | In fact , she could only be profoundly grateful that none of her business colleagues or any of her smart friends back in London was able to see her looking so awful . |
| 5 | Other people are hoping that the standards that can be set for the 7 , 11 and 14 tests must necessarily be so low that they need hardly be attended to . |
| 6 | This apparently was so serious that I had a sudden joyous hallucination . |
| 7 | The sea below was so clear that it was possible to enjoy the underwater antics of swimming guillemots , even from such a height . |
| 8 | Very few crises elsewhere are so disastrous that they can not wait an average of 30 minutes . |
| 9 | Now of course you ca n't predict at the level of the individual school what the population is going to be , but you can nevertheless be very clear that the system as a whole is going to have many erm fewer pupils . |
| 10 | Thornton was n't quite good enough to take his title , but Eubank might soon be so tired that someone , somewhere , will catch up with him . |
| 11 | Readers will doubtless already be well aware that the voltage ratings quoted for electrolytic capacitors are really quite important . |
| 12 | Processions commonly or customarily held , and funeral processions are exempt from the notice requirement , presumably because the police will already be fully aware that they are to be held , and do not therefore fall within the ‘ triggering ’ rationale of the requirement . |
| 13 | You see , I 've always been firmly convinced that I was homosexual . |
| 14 | Even when they had first been married , Ross has always been quite determined that — |
| 15 | We have always been so thankful that she has such a sense of fun . |
| 16 | You 've always been so strong that you do n't know what it 's been like for me since mother died . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 18 | And even though the packs may look different — you ca n't miss the bright new design — parents everywhere can still be quite confident that Farley 's Rusks are just as ideal for their babies and toddlers in today 's world as they ever were . |
| 19 | While no researcher , irrespective of their gender , can ever be totally sure that respondents are being truthful ( specially so in our case ) , the research design compensated for this . |
| 20 | But the fact is no lender can ever be absolutely sure that a guarantor is not being subject to pressure from the principal debtor , and to require him to do more than properly and fairly point out to the guarantor the desirability of obtaining independent advice , and to require the documents to be executed in the presence of a solicitor , is to put upon commercial lenders a burden which would severely handicap the carrying out of what is , after all , an extremely common transaction of everyday occurrence for banks and other commercial lenders . |
| 21 | In 1989 the proportion of pensioners who had been in receipt of income support for three years or more was nearly double that for younger adults ( 76 per cent as against 39 per cent ) ( DSS , 1991 , p. 44 ) . |
| 22 | But both are just glad that they 're still alive . |
| 23 | But both are just glad that they 're still alive . |
| 24 | It may also be equally true that disincentive effects operate for the very low and the low income-earners where any increase in earnings is counter-balanced — sometimes more than counter-balanced — by a corresponding loss of benefits . |
| 25 | I mean it can be aware you can be aware of somebody with cerebral palsy having cerebral palsy and you can also be totally unaware that they have it . |
| 26 | During childhood they also were more likely that others to have received gifts or remained home from school when ill . |
| 27 | The caller also was extremely annoyed that calls relating to valuation matters were being passed to her but Media Action had been given no alternative numbers to filter these calls to . |
| 28 | Had she really been so innocent that she 'd forgotten how passionately he could kiss ? |
| 29 | Unless they , and you , wish to join forces under the same roof , you may often be very conscious that their biggest problem , that of loneliness , is beyond your reach . |
| 30 | After a time he began to whisper in a voice that tried now to be soft and gentle , in complete contrast to his alarm calls : ‘ Come on , Minch , you ca n't really be so ill that you ca n't show me your face just for a moment , or let me hear the ruffle of one of your wings . |