Example sentences of "this [is] [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the three-year letter of intent went so far as to say — this is quite astonishing that for an initial period , which as far as I can recollect was never defined , British Rail should subsidise bus services because buses were being substituted for trains . |
| 2 | This is very important that we |
| 3 | This is so small that we just do n't notice it ; we see only one time and three space dimensions , in which space-time is fairly flat . |
| 4 | This is so stupid that you might wonder why the employers did not plump for the other alternative — until you come to look at it ! |
| 5 | The shock of all of this is so great that she might well lose her health . |
| 6 | This is so abrasive that it 'll damn near cut you in two . |
| 7 | This is so abrasive that it 'll damn near cut you in two . |
| 8 | This is so serious that for world championship flying , many gliders are now fitted with a means of cleaning off the leading edges of the wings in flight . |
| 9 | This is so evident that it does not require illustration . |
| 10 | This is so sensitive that in a noisy office it can pick up an unamplified solid electric guitar from about 12 inches and show the exact pitch on the strobe . |
| 11 | Indeed this is so clear that I sometimes wonder why so much effort usually goes into attempting to prove it . |
| 12 | In some cases , incidentally , this is so precise that embryologists can give a name to each cell , and a given cell in one individual organism can be said to have an exact counterpart in another organism . |
| 13 | This is so obvious that at first sight it might seem superfluous to state it . |
| 14 | Erm , parent involvement , there is no mention in this report about parent involvement , and I think this is absolutely essential that the , it 's often the families who are poor parenting , because they 've been poor parent people , and you have succession , and we 've gone somewhere along the line , we 've got to go down that road . |
| 15 | I mean , it 's , it 's , I really do feel on these tendency to come on all the reports , I think we want , I think we want to hear that jobs and wages will undoubtedly go up , it 's erm this is absolutely inevitable that wages will go up and rise in the situation . |