Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] that [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although all this assured him a footnote in the history of British science , it was his intimate association with one of the most celebrated scientific forgeries that rescued him from relative obscurity . |
| 2 | There are , however , some simple rules that enable us to deduce the symmetry of a vibration from the band envelope of the corresponding IR or Raman band , even at rather limited resolution , where the 2B spacing of components of P and R branches , for instance , is not resolved . |
| 3 | The few human tribes that opposed him , mostly ancient enemies of the Unberogens , were defeated in battle or driven beyond the Grey Mountains to the south and northwards into the forests beyond the Middle Mountains . |
| 4 | We 're all really close to each other , so if the lads give me a good track with some good bits that turn me on , I want to do well for them , I wan na get some lyrics out they 'd like . |
| 5 | ‘ I think people get even angrier if they think about this precise thing that was done in their so-called formative years that made them the way they are . |
| 6 | Chronically dry soils lack organic buffers and are often strongly sodic , saline , acid or alkaline , with free soluble salts that make them unattractive for plant colonization . |
| 7 | Although its drawing and selection tools are slightly more convoluted than they need be , the program is easy to get to grips with and has some nice touches that make it more usable than most . |
| 8 | The reasons for the variations are many but there are probably some underlying trends that make it easier to pick the right bureau for the job . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the mere fact that in that time she has overtaken it most one of some 20 countries that outranked her in per capita terms is enough to establish that her record is less than spectacular . |
| 10 | She collapsed on the chesterfield and tried to bury her face in one of the stony little cushions that decorated it . |
| 11 | And the explanation , according to his interpretation of his experience of his world lies in the extra human agencies that surround him . |
| 12 | But what are the organisational and personal defensive routines that prevented them from talking to customers in the first place ? |
| 13 | By challenging the right of Parliament to agree to the social chapter against the wishes of the Government and proposing that the treaty will be ratified without the decisions of Parliament , it has underlined the very reasons why there is a need for referendums on the crucial constitutional questions that face us . |
| 14 | The Treatises supported such arguments , and it was his having , and being suspected by the government of having , such seditious views that made it necessary for Locke to flee to Holland in 1683 . |
| 15 | She wore a black dress reaching to just above her knees , suspended from her shoulders by straps no thicker than shoe laces ; black stockings , encasing surprisingly slim legs , and very high-heeled red shoes that elevated her an inch or so above Morse as he stood up and offered her his stool . |
| 16 | The area below the stair then becomes part of the lounge , extending back from the glazed folding doors that separate it from the dining-room ( Fig 48 ) . |
| 17 | The girls shiver in spite of the warm white cellular blankets that cover them . |
| 18 | But do n't be bullied by precise , conventional height-to-weight charts that say you should be 9st 6lb . |
| 19 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 20 | Backed by the incessant thud of a drum machine , it 's only these electric rhythms that prevent them from tumbling into disorder . |
| 21 | Once all the books on the bottom shelf were used to make three gigantic pyramids that sent him into a fit of despair . |
| 22 | Yes , but in the end it is always the Berg Three Orchestral Pieces that moves me most . |
| 23 | To take a fairly dramatic example , honey-bees are capable of extremely sophisticated mathematical computations that enable them to navigate from their hives to sources of nectar , using the sun 's position as a guide and compensating for its movement during the course of the day . |
| 24 | but it cracked , cracked me up is these fucking songs that make you take and he keeps hiding behind the oil can |
| 25 | It it might be a help to him to have little local groups that helped him out with these things . |
| 26 | But it soon became apparent to the pioneering voluntary organizations that established them , such as the Richmond Fellowship , that patients who had been mentally unwell for years did not miraculously become capable of independent living in a short space of time ; they often needed permanent help and support and coped particularly poorly with changes in their environment and lifestyle . |
| 27 | All the big firms have strong international links that cushion them somewhat from domestic troubles . |
| 28 | One is astonished , for instance , at how the daughter of Olivia Shakespear , no ordinary mother , was restricted , even in the arty society that she and Olivia frequented , by the still rigid conventions that wheeled her , uncomplaining but always chaperoned and often bored to tears , through a round of pointless visitings . |
| 29 | And that 's all these are in Tony 's hou I 'm just trying to show them Tony 's house first you see cos it 's it 's all these tiles that fascinate me . |
| 30 | LINDA NEWMAN KEEPS YOU UP TO DATE WITH ALL THOSE MATTERS THAT AFFECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TAKES A LOOK AT THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS |