Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is a matter of historical record that in the twenties the Ipswich branch had opposed the development of a district organisation and viewed the period following the introduction of the 1924 Adult Education Regulations as one of increasing centralisation . |
| 2 | I do not believe it is merely the result of social conditioning that in the Scriptures , in the Jewish and Christian tradition , mankind and the Church is presented as feminine to God , to whom our response must be one of obedience in contrast to those religions in which the divine is regarded as contained within creation and is to be manipulated or cajoled in order to provide what man needs . |
| 3 | Invited the Lord President to take soundings among Government supporters with a view to determining whether it would be possible to persuade those who were in favour of the abolition of capital punishment that in the interests of securing the passage of the Criminal Justice Bill in the 1947–48 Session they should refrain from pressing for this change in the law ; |
| 4 | It seems to be a matter of ordinary experience that in such circumstances we do accept the psychological fact as sufficient reason for making a choice and for retrospectively judging it right or wrong . |
| 5 | Temple could write with perfect confidence in his audience that though he would not ‘ strain the reader 's capacity by asking him to imagine a native Governor of a Colony or Protectorate ’ or even a native Colonial Secretary of Nigeria — a proposal which ‘ does not come within the bounds of practical politics ’ — he counted it an advantage of Indirect Rule that under it ‘ the native can and does fill not only positions of great responsibility but the highest positions , positions which place him on the social scale on an equality with the King 's representative himself ’ . |
| 6 | All in all it was with a feeling of indescribable joy that on the sixth day I saw a familiar figure coming towards me among the prompt arrivals . |
| 7 | However , it may be indicative of increased competition that in the case of dollar issues for supranationals the average margin over US T-bonds in 1980 – 83 was 17 basis points while in 1984 – 87 it was – 11 basis points . |
| 8 | Fans have besieged me of late claiming that in my last programme notes I announced the opening of a club shop . |