Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] [vb pp] that " in BNC.

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1 If the mind is so conceived that its relation to the world can only be a causal one , then to perceive something must be to be causally affected by it .
2 As the attacker 's foot lifts from the ground , the defender is immediately warned that a kick is coming .
3 The general rule is well established that if a person signs a document which contains contract terms , he/she is bound by those terms , provided that the document was presented for signature before the contract was concluded .
4 The rule is firmly established that we may not look at Hansard and in general I agree with it , for reasons which I gave last year in Beswick v. Beswick .
5 Nor will it come from exports , which are now falling because the pound is so overvalued that we can not have export success at its present level of valuation .
6 For example , where a party to a contract has a power or discretion , and this affects the rights of other parties , a term is frequently implied that the power will be exercised in a reasonable manner , or at any rate not arbitrarily or capriciously .
7 My position is that the law is so constructed that in all probability , only the lucid , self-assertive patient who has a sympathetic , understanding doctor is able in most circumstances to have his way and be left alone , free from further interference , to die .
8 The law is now settled that either intention or recklessness as to the respective conduct elements is sufficient .
9 Nevertheless his choreographic plan is so designed that each movement of every dancer , whether as an individual or part of the group , is co-ordinated with the others so that it fits correctly into the overall pattern and within the space allotted by stage , wings and backcloth which — in Symphonic Variations — delicately echoes the curving lines or the dance .
10 The new equipment is so advanced that , theoretically , a single IECC could handle BR 's entire signalling requirements .
11 However , there is still a slight difference between closely related people with similar habits , and among others the difference is so pronounced that even we can detect it .
12 One torso is so weathered that little can be said but that it does seem to show the same primitive technique as Nikandre 's .
13 Women who grow excess facial and body hair often find that their confidence is so destroyed that they would benefit from psychological counselling , according to the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin .
14 In being bred intensively for colours and scents , so much vigour is often lost that in order to realize its full potential a plant needs to have the much more vigorous upthrust of a ‘ wild ’ rootstock pushed into it .
15 The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater .
16 Your point is well taken that a percentage of those will go on to a transmural infarct , but I have difficulty in understanding these figures in relation to an expected mortality for sub-endocardial infarction of around 5–6% .
17 Yet if the dances of Vera and Natalia in A Month in the Country and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet are examined it will be discovered how the technical content is so designed that the steps , poses and gestures show how changing circumstances are affecting the individuals .
18 The influence of national political considerations on local electoral behaviour is so marked that Newton considers that ‘ the term ‘ local election ’ is something of a misnomer … .
19 It produces no smoke , and its heat output is so controlled that it is not much warmer than the surrounding air and therefore hard for infra-red devices to detect .
20 Filigree Street crosses its turnwise end in the manner of the crosspiece of a T , and the Broken Drum is so placed that it looks down the full length of the street .
21 Mr Barre 's writ is so limited that he is disparagingly known as the mayor of Mogadishu .
22 The argument is often heard that problems are not necessarily solved by throwing money at them ; how are they solved if you do n't ?
23 The argument is often made that what is required is applied research to deliver products and processes directly to industry .
24 Indeed , the argument is often advanced that mergers bring benefits through reducing costs of production because of the attainment of economies of scale .
25 The habit is so ingrained that even his crosses are going in , as happened on Saturday .
26 The claim is thus made that solo music at least recitative was conducted or coordinated visually .
27 The claim is sometimes made that the capacity of British industry to achieve higher absolute levels of investment has been weakened by declining rates of profit [ Flemming et al. , 1976 ] .
28 In the limiting case , the visitor is simply told that certain specimens and artifacts have certain kinds of names .
29 After Mrs Wordingham 's death later in 1989 , Mr Wordingham applied to the High Court for rectification of the will under s 20(1) ( a ) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 , which states that ‘ if the court is satisfied that a will is so expressed that it fails to carry out the testator 's intentions , in consequence — ( a ) of a clerical error … it may order that the will shall be rectified so as to carry out his intentions … ‘ .
30 In such a setting , too , conversation is more likely to be encouraged if the furniture is so arranged that the interviewee and the interviewer are not physically separated by a desk ; that the chairs are reasonably comfortable and in a position to allow eye contact ; and that there are no unplanned interruptions .
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