Example sentences of "[adj] of a [noun sg] that have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if there was something out there — or perhaps several somethings — struggling to break free of a force that had held them for a very long time . |
| 2 | Marks ' entrepreneurial spirit was typical of a city that has thrived on its ability to sell . |
| 3 | Also , before therapy , I used to be constantly plagued by memories of my childhood , but all of a sudden that had ceased to be a problem . |
| 4 | The movements illustrated on the right are those of a bird that has learned that its food is spaced out . |
| 5 | Absent also was Leofwine , who had taken Thorfinn for King as Cormac had , or so it seemed , on the glorious journey to and from Rome , and who had stood trembling as Cormac had on the steps of St Peter 's , one of a brotherhood that had seemed to promise a future none of them had so far dreamed of . |
| 6 | The story of mud is one of a resource that has been excluded not for technical but for social reasons . |
| 7 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |