Example sentences of "[noun] that [noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in the bedroom that originality can prove its worth , if only in the accessories . |
| 2 | When she looked at her grandmother with the sharp eyes that Fenna could lend her , she would see that solid outline waver , dissolve , crumble . |
| 3 | He startled Philip with him , so impressed Emlyn Williams with a recitation on a London street in a blackout that Williams could recall it precisely forty years later , and introduced anybody he thought would appreciate it to the dark-vowelled , consonant-cracking language of the man whose most famous work would be Under Milk Wood , whose first performance — on radio and stage — would star Richard Burton . |
| 4 | I have an irrational fear that Lucker will blank me . |
| 5 | But they had a lively fear that enclosure might rob them of their valuable rights — rights which made a real difference to their standard and their mode of living — in the interests of the large freeholders and a corporation known to be corrupt . |
| 6 | She was soundly defeated in her war against Turkey when Britain and France intervened for fear that Russia would establish her sway over Constantinople . |
| 7 | Practically all of them felt it was impossible to back the repeal movement publicly for fear that involvement would jeopardize their own campaigns . |
| 8 | Now Ronni understood what Agnese had meant by her remarks about Guido 's special feelings for Silvia and her fear that Silvia would break his heart . |
| 9 | But I stick to my pre-season prediction that Arsenal will have it tucked away well before the last ball is kicked . |
| 10 | He would stay young for ever , and enjoy every wild pleasure that life could give him . |
| 11 | ‘ Dorothy , I 'm trying to clear it with university administration that Paul should join our staff . |
| 12 | There are particular roles that children can play which themselves encourage the use of questions : the detective the investigator the reporter ( TV , radio , newspaper ) the interviewer the researcher . |
| 13 | When a person has faith that Jesus can do something for them , then all things are possible . |
| 14 | It is the centurion who has the faith that Jesus can do something . |
| 15 | I ALWAYS HAD FAITH THAT LECONTE COULD BEAT ANYBODY , ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME — YANNICK NOAH |
| 16 | Blagg 's touching faith that Maxim would save him from murder charges in two countries might at least mean that he would stay where he was and do nothing — for once . |
| 17 | The result did our boys a certain amount of good , but now — following our own bizarre 3–3 draw in Poznam — we will have to venture abroad in the fervent hope that Poland can do us a Big Favour . |
| 18 | Students ' academic freedoms are reminders , then , of our hope that students will develop their own autonomy , but it is an autonomy exercised within a shared form of life . |
| 19 | Reed delayed filming his scenes in the hope that Brando might change his mind , but finally he gave up and quit . |
| 20 | A similar switch-over type of story can be written by doing what I have counselled writers of full-length detective stories not to do : by slipping in a tiny clue in the hope that readers will miss it . |
| 21 | The Independent Association is not political , but was formed in the hope that people would pool their news , views and ideas . |
| 22 | But just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow … so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow caused by a downturn in the economy , so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . ’ |
| 24 | There are the jellyfish that Ediacara would lead us to expect . |
| 25 | However , the recent study by PA Management Consultants Ltd found that in themselves the analyses of the cases examined had not produced hard evidence to support the hypothesis that co-operatives would find it very difficult to compete in capital-intensive production : |
| 26 | I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me . |
| 27 | The book says that Eliot 's truest poetry was a form of plagiarism , in the benign sense that ‘ it was only in response to other poetry that Eliot could express his own deepest feelings ’ . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that there is widespread support among parents for the Government 's proposal that schools should make their public examination results available for publication in common form ? |
| 29 | ‘ These people ca n't just blow in with their grand illusions about what they can do in Northern Ireland , with this ‘ big brother ’ attitude that America can solve everyone 's problems . |
| 30 | Robert Dodds , managing director of Broadcast Innovations , a sponsorship firm backed by two advertising agencies , told a conference last week : ‘ There is an arrogant belief on the part of broadcasters that advertisers should support their output regardless of where the programme is scheduled . |