Example sentences of "of [noun] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said it only because he had forgotten the name she had told him , but the delicious little gurgle of laughter she gave coincided so precisely with another crackle of thunder that it seemed suddenly apt . |
| 2 | I 've always liked the rain , the city at night , wet streets stretching into winter darkness , a peculiar feeling of freedom that it contains . |
| 3 | As with good subwoofers the effect of this extra octave is felt primarily in the enhanced sense of acoustic that it conveys — one simply becomes still more involved in the proceedings , more a part of the audience than an observer . |
| 4 | The answer given to the first certified question was in line with those pronouncements , so even though Viscount Dilhorne was of opinion that the evidence fell short of establishing that Mr. Occhi had consented to the taking of the £6 it was a matter of decision that it made no difference whether or not he had so consented . |
| 5 | And erm the effect though of holding beach material on one part of the beach is of course that it starves the area which is along the Sussex Channel coast to the east of beach material that it would formerly have received . |
| 6 | It is the ultimate paradox of this highly academic school of fiction that it defies all the usual rules of academic scrupulosity , as if fiction were a breaking-out , a holiday from cares . |
| 7 | In the days since her visit to me , her mind had become so used to the idea of walking in the vicinity of birds that it had seemed quite a natural thing to do . |
| 8 | So clueless and incompetent , so capable of mismanagement that it has turned it into an art form . ’ |
| 9 | Bureaus can also be expected to administer ‘ a corpus of law and regulations that de fines barriers between itself and the sector of industry that it regulates ’ . |
| 10 | They believed so completely in the strength of their discipline and the spider net of submission that it secreted . |
| 11 | Growing urban scepticism about the ecological wisdom of intensive farming is often paralleled by a lack of appreciation that it has been essential to meet consumer demand for cheap food . |
| 12 | A repertoire of songs that it has heard |
| 13 | It is in the nature of this kind of programme that it deals with several different topics , so the length of individual items is likely to be good for classroom use . |
| 14 | Ghandi , I think , in the early eighties epitomised , to a large degree , and attitude of concern about erm violence , and I think that in some large measure the sort of recognition that it gained , particularly in the awards and so on , had a lot to do with its subject matter as against it 's actual execution , and I think that if it had been at another time , or if the subject matter had n't been erm quite as powerful as that old genius 's life was , I do n't think it would have won the awards . |
| 15 | Ukraine for example is already stated in its er declaration of Sovereignty that it regards itself as a non nuclear zone , so they 're not going to want nuclear weapons for themselves , and er , I imagine that the former republics will have to quite a a comprehensive military alliance perhaps on the lines of NATO and that nuclear weapons will be vested in that alliance . |
| 16 | It has taken the Tories ' current enthusiasm for copying Labour policies — and this week 's signal from the Bank of England that it favours a form of credit controls — to start to blur that image . |
| 17 | During the Thatcher years Labour ditched one left-wing policy after another in an attempt to convince the voters of the southern region of England that it had ‘ moderated itself ’ . |
| 18 | A unit of Goblins fears any unit of Elves that it does not outnumber by at least two to one . |
| 19 | However , so long as we remain in the Community , Parliament has effectively handed over a number of functions that it has traditionally fulfilled . |
| 20 | When the articulative process works well , the pattern of elements that it organizes comes to seem ‘ natural ’ ; in this form it usually spreads widely through society . |
| 21 | The approach can still be used with much profit when it attempts to emphasize ‘ those aspects of law that it has [ a ] comparative advantage in dealing with . ’ |
| 22 | Well I felt , I just did n't know what it was but it lacked the sort of charm that it had before . |
| 23 | The problem of mental disorder is a considerable one , both numerically and in the range of needs that it gives rise to . |
| 24 | ( a ) a general introduction to the topic or concept that the teaching unit is concerned with and a brief description of its potential ( b ) very clear instructions on how to drive the program , usually including a key-by-key sequence to introduce the user to it and a clear description of the full range of possibilities that it offers ( c ) a description of some of the ways teachers have used the unit ( d ) discussion of its educational objectives and suggestions for further use ( e ) references to educational material that would provide support for this topic or concept ( f ) a full annotated program listing with specifications of the different computer systems that would support the software . |
| 25 | Indeed , according to Booth , it is only in the last couple of years that it has focused on product marketing . |
| 26 | A major problem with the extent of underthrusting required ( in excess of 1000km ) is the very low angle of subduction that it implies ( 5° or less ) . |
| 27 | The machinery of negotiation and consultation in BR is striking in its extent and in the volume of business that it handles . |
| 28 | 1/The attraction of this alleyway in a southern French town is not only the warmth of the stone and the wealth of textures that it offers , but the interplay of light on the time-worn steps , accentuating , if not actually creating a natural perspective . |
| 29 | The attraction of this alleyway in a southern French town is not only the warmth of the stone and the wealth of textures that it offers , but the interplay of light on the time-worn steps , accentuating , if not actually creating a natural perspective . |
| 30 | The Thatcher administration , on the other hand , ‘ do not believe that the community as a whole should continue to pay for all sorts of things that it has paid for in the past … |