Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Skocpol sees the state 's autonomy as deriving from the specific political functions that it performs . |
| 2 | To be sure , the great apes behave so intelligently and have such a rich social life that it seemed extraordinary to many people that they could not learn to speak . |
| 3 | Although the institute now has a staff of 28 at its Kensington headquarters , it copes with the collection only because few people know about the free public listening service that it offers . |
| 4 | It also lists more detailed environmental standards that it recommends shipping companies should incorporate into their environmental plans , covering the various possible sources of pollution . |
| 5 | An African praying mantis has even more spectacular eye-spots with an almost hypnotic spiral design that it employs in a similar way . |
| 6 | But when it comes to the issue of how a given physical stimulus is actually perceived , we have chosen to represent this in terms of the central representational elements that it activates . |
| 7 | At least 80 per cent of a typical living cell consists of water ; and its ability to absorb heat without raising temperature protects all the delicate organic molecules that it contains . |
| 8 | While the comprador class may ( but not necessarily ) admit that its interests and those of the foreigners it serves are antagonistic to those of co-nationals , the transnational capitalist class conceives of its interests and the interests of the global capitalist system that it serves , as identical with those of national development . |
| 9 | They also applauded the constitution , and the pattern of political participation , class rule , and limited legislative activity that it embodied . |
| 10 | It still retained the same dark blue colour that it had when it was stamped into the passport by a British policeman 32 years earlier ; last exit from Palestine . |
| 11 | Nuadu could see that even the pale , jellied part of one eye was partly missing and he had the sudden sickening impression that it had been eaten away from within . |
| 12 | But it was only because much , too , bore very directly upon the most urgent domestic questions that it made an impact at home . |
| 13 | Such is the informality of this unique little island that it matters not who you are or what you have . |
| 14 | Not only does it need to keep a constant lookout for the large hairy caterpillars that it prefers to eat ( particularly those of the magpie moth which other birds find distasteful ) , but it must also keep a close eye on the activities of potential hosts . |
| 15 | I mean , if there 's a copy in the information office is that good enough proof that it 's gone ? |
| 16 | Consequently the effective osmotic pressure that it exerts on biological membranes is far less than its osmotic pressure measured by an osmometer . |
| 17 | The Guide-lines Commission interpreted an ambiguous statutory injunction that it take correctional resources into ‘ substantial consideration ’ as a mandate that its guide-lines not increase prison population beyond existing capacity constraints ( Tonry 1988 ) . |
| 18 | The simplified and more rational legal framework that it introduced is unified by some powerful principles that speak to those issues . |
| 19 | Was it really just this morning that it had all happened ? |
| 20 | Others who may already have experience take a course of the discipline and for the refreshing new ideas that it brings . |
| 21 | Yes , you could make music on one but that would be sacrilegious considering all the other exciting possibilities that it has to offer : eg. killing fascists ( Woody Guthrie ) , saying sorry ( Billy Bragg ) , as a firelighter ( Jimi Hendrix ) , for clubbing amplifiers senseless ( Pete Townshend ) , for levelling stage floorboards ( Ritchie Blackmore ) , as a mini-TV stand ( Billy Gibbons ) , to stimulate groupies ( Steve Vai ) , to cream yourself ( Hendrix again , that infamous Tokai advert or even that sad figure in the current Trantec Systems advert ) , as a shop sign ( Original Flying Vee ) , as a cricket bat ( Ian Botham with the Staccato magnesium bass ) , as a baseball bat ( Steinberger XL ) , you could use one to kill her mama ( like Frank and Dweezil ) and , if you are still bored after all that , you could electrocute yourself with it through your dangerously hot-rodded stack . |
| 22 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 23 | This would stop , say , Sears putting on a Prime Option Visa card its own store account numbers or numbers for other financial services that it offers through its Dean Witter subsidiary . |
| 24 | Well before 1330 the Angevin Empire had ceased to be the dynamic and significant political force that it had been in the mid and late twelfth century . |
| 25 | Progress is still needed to reduce the sex segregation of jobs , the low pay ghettoes that it permits , and the waste of potential female skills that it entails . |
| 26 | Where it ran into the special ceramic-and-leather codpiece that it tailored into most of my tights and leggings , a useful protection in many situations . |