Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] that [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not have the money to stay out on strike or take other sorts of actions that their employers opposed … . |
| 2 | Mum gets ill with all sorts of problems that her doctor ca n't quite pin down . |
| 3 | There was also a noting of a physical pattern ‘ … a physically produced rhythm … the sorts of rhythm that your hand makes automatically ’ . |
| 4 | They exchanged addresses , bits of old sausage , gave each other presents of socks that their wives and sweethearts had knitted , and hoped and pretended , that it was all over . |
| 5 | Julia tried to ignore the sensations of fear that her nightmare had left behind . |
| 6 | ‘ The Book of Legends contains descriptions of all the acts of heroism that our island people have attempted . |
| 7 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 8 | So it was — as Steve Gould put it — that Charles Lyell " managed to convince future generations of geologists that their science had begun with him " . |
| 9 | When she was a child , Ginny Salperton followed the forms of religion that her school and to a lesser extent her parents laid down for her . |
| 10 | The London Stock Exchange invariably requires that a company seeking a listing provides in its articles of association that its shares will be free from any restriction on the right of transfer and free from any lien ( see the Yellow Book , section 1 , chapter 2 , para 4 and section 9 , chapter 1 , para 1.2 ) . |
| 11 | To provide a board of directors with reassurances that its management information systems and internal control systems are sufficiently reliable and relevant each company should establish and maintain a strong internal audit function under the direction of a chief internal auditor . |
| 12 | Astra wants more and hopes to convince regulators in America that its drug is safe for widespread use ( most other countries have already waved it through ) . |
| 13 | Another way of looking at it is to think of an actor who rehearses and rehearses his lines in order that his performance may be as near perfect as possible on opening night . |
| 14 | Boasts from DEC that its Alpha RISC is at least 1,000 times scalable , are beginning to look like pure hubris : maybe they might be able to snap eight processors together on a bus eventually , but reportedly all its got now is four and supposedly that 's not working too well . |
| 15 | The discovery of impressive ruins which illustrated the past existence of a great Sinhalese-Buddhist civilization in the dry zone provided Buddhists with proof that their religion was not the cause of their colonial status . |
| 16 | Not least , they serve as a warning to firms that are building dominant positions in markets that their conduct is likely to be scrutinized if their market share crosses a given threshold . |
| 17 | But it is only in and through the Christian modification of the God-consciousness that the significance of Jesus can be grasped , and it is in terms of God-consciousness that his person and work , who he was and what he achieved , must be interpreted . |
| 18 | ‘ Pleased to meet you , dear , ’ said Mrs Miller , who was endowed with so many rolls of fat that her stomach almost prevented her from reaching the counter . |
| 19 | If litigation is ever necessary it is vitally important to your chances of success that your invoices and statements are issued in the full and correct name of your customer . |
| 20 | In this last case the prime purpose of the prize is to benefit its giver ; if Barclays Bank had to pay for the column inches of publicity that its award brings it every year , there would be no Barclay 's Prize . |
| 21 | In seeking to seduce her , he betrays those notions of responsibility that his mother had observed so fully . |
| 22 | Official moves to placate the students with promises that their complaints would be looked into eventually succeeded . |
| 23 | The overcharging has been revealed after complaints from companies that their bills include lines , equipment and services not being used , he said . |
| 24 | While the original version of Engelbart 's famous paper showed this structure , subsequent reprintings of the paper have removed that feature — this despite the claims by Engelbart that his group found such presentation extremely helpful . |
| 25 | Accordingly the Poles instructed Ambassador Lipski to seek assurances from Hitler that his statement of 5 November 1937 still applied . |