Example sentences of "that whatever [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And yet Eve had never had anything new , she knew that whatever dress she got for today would be a reject .
2 The difficulty with this argument is that whatever factor of psycho-social pathology is associated with racism or racists can be shown to exist just as widely in other institutions , or groups .
3 Here he dismounted and prayed that whatever spirit had been working within him would continue to work , that this furious feeling of benevolence to all mind — if only a beggar would pass by and he could give him a shilling ! — would not abate , that he ‘ could truly and today start a new life , O Lord , for Thy sake and in Thy name ’ .
4 And that is why you have to ensure that whatever elements you put in initial-clause position in your target text or in a given part of your target text add up to something that can be understood as a method of development and that can provide a point of orientation for that part of the text .
5 The hard fact is that whatever road we choose to travel this becomes a direct cost to our business without adding a single penny to output and , therefore , profitability .
6 What is certain , however , is that whatever areas P&W pursues the headquarters will remain in Scotland .
7 It follows that whatever conclusions we may reach about the content of the school curriculum , and however varied and flexible the curriculum itself and the examination of it may be , the curriculum should be essentially designed for comprehensive schools .
8 Arguments can be posed for mixing or not mixing and examples of excellent practice can be found , but it is vital that whatever conclusions are finally arrived at they come from a true understanding of what day care in any particular instance is trying to achieve for its attenders and their carers .
9 ‘ I fear , ’ said Tzani-bey , ‘ that whatever quarrel we have , there may be little chance after to settle it . ’
10 She left Alexandra in no doubt that whatever services Carlo might have performed on Gina 's behalf , they had not been confined to public relations but had included private ones as well .
11 What we need to be certain about is that whatever society is involved in or whatever organisation is involved in balloting that it should be seen to be done properly .
12 Firstly it is clear that whatever contingencies entered into the writing of the Treatise , Keynes himself intended it as a major contribution to economic theory , free-standing and internally valid in all circumstances .
13 There seems no doubt , however , that whatever developments take place because of the efforts of Philips and its Japanese associates , much of the initial impetus for CD-I will come from music-based materials , tapping into an established and seemingly unending vein of demand .
14 She was beginning to realise that whatever Lydia felt for Beuno was different in kind from what she had felt for Finn , and this had eased her incipient unhappiness , for while it is one thing not to win the beloved it is another to see him swept off by somebody else , and far , far worse .
15 What should be clear , however , is that whatever approach is arrived at is done through a thorough look at , and understanding of , the aims and objectives of the specific day care — and not by default .
16 The final stage in the exercise would be to ensure that whatever resources were made available , they were not dissipated , but concentrated in special units .
17 I have never changed my view that whatever colour or race we are there is this common humanity . "
18 In part that might be explained in terms of the powers of resistance possessed by the bureaucracies under attack , so that whatever change is proposed it is soon absorbed and reinterpreted by the very groups it is intended to undermine .
19 Bargains began to be made for the first time , and it became readily apparent to the men that whatever rights they thought they had lost , had been transposed by an orderly system which benefited them as well as the Mineral Lord .
20 However , choreographers should always remember that whatever story , theme or music is chosen , it must be translated into clear , often simple , dance statements understandable by an audience .
21 Similarly , his principle of " concomitant variation " proposed that whatever phenomenon varies whenever another phenomenon varies , is either the cause or the effect of that phenomenon — a principle more familiarly known as correlation .
22 The intention is that consumers ( who generally are unfamiliar with the law in other member states ) should be able to buy goods and services as consumers throughout the EEC while feeling confident that whatever laws govern those contracts , the relevant member state will have ensured that such contracts do not contain unfair terms .
23 Certainly , we might be justified in assuming that whatever kind of superego a person had it might have some controlling , drive-inhibiting aspects , and consequently that anarchy , which is equivalent to a more or less complete absence of controls , is an unlikely outcome .
24 The point here , however , is that whatever kind of semantic theory is adopted , many aspects of meaning in a broad sense simply can not be accommodated if the theory is to have an internal coherence and consistency .
25 But now the old paternalism began to reassert itself , determined that whatever shackles had been placed around the BBC should also tie down the commercial companies .
26 It is a fact that whatever actions are being taken at any one time , the individuals concerned are rarely , if ever , aware of the effect they may be having on events and the conditions of life in the remote future .
27 I have not yet challenged the assumption with which conventionalism begins : that whatever consensus lawyers have achieved about legislation and precedent is properly seen as a matter of convention .
28 It also means that whatever part of the brain it is that deals with matters grammatical can be regarded as relatively low in the so-called sub-recursive hierarchy of computing machines — putting it within easier reach , perhaps , of the evolution of cognitive capacities ‘ from below ’ .
29 Yes , yes , but erm it means that whatever part of the tourist industry anybody 's in erm now is the opportunity to benefit from erm the British Tourist Board 's initiative and promote their own individual business erm featuring them in this erm massive advertising campaign , erm incorporating all the media , erm and benefit .
30 ‘ Our plea is for a hell of a lot more epidemiological research to find out the causes , so that whatever problems there are can be addressed . ’
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