Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun] [that] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth paying particular attention to one of two programmes or issues that particularly disturbed Mrs Whitehouse and the NVALA for they sum up quite neatly the major ways in which broadcasting is seen by them as falling short of the standards that , they suggest , ought generally to apply . |
| 2 | But today 's beach games are n't quite the volleyball and handball that once kept a generation fit . |
| 3 | However , in Pomerania , where more than 30 per cent of all farms over 400 hectares were owned by Germans , such a reform could only add to the tensions and aggravations that already abounded in the border districts . |
| 4 | So many feelings raced through her as she stood there — admiration , delight and pleasure that almost brought tears to her eyes . |
| 5 | At first it was difficult enough to claim single-sex space for girls ( and maintaining it still is n't easy ) , and to challenge the male resistance and violence that often ensued . |
| 6 | In his Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ( 1615 ) , Galileo argued that the language of the Bible had been accommodated to the minds of the uneducated , with the consequence that texts that superficially implied a stationary earth and a moving sun were not to be treated as literal scientific descriptions . |
| 7 | She was sick of battle plans , plots and schemes that never succeeded , and the angry railing against failure . |
| 8 | I mean , the the Tories are ready , should n't they complete to environmental issues , whereas every every public consultation or survey that ever carried out , demonstrates every time , that the public are very concerned that they 're , of the environment and they will put it at the top of the list , and I think our con the environment by having a dedicated Environment Officer proves our positive er commitment to the environment . |
| 9 | The relationship between Government educationists and villagers was a political one , and created the seeds of resentment and conflict that eventually spilled over in 1979 with the overthrow of the Shah . |