Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun pl] that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , there are social processes that need to be appreciated , but the suggestion that everything should be described in these terms seems extreme . |
| 2 | To devotees of Victorian Gothic they are dark forces that terrorize by night , sapping vital fluids , sacrificing an innocent life merely to gratify a thirst . |
| 3 | For example , the following pair of programs have the same effect on the final state and so have the same normal form : unc There are important distinctions that need to be made between processes at the boundary between ( a ) and ( b ) . |
| 4 | There are fundamental questions that need to be addressed early in the planning stage of any production . |
| 5 | There are numerous complications that need to be addressed if an earlier transfer date is to deemed to apply and the complications will outweigh the advantages unless there are exceptional circumstances . |
| 6 | There may well be follow-up questions that arise from the main analysis which can be answered by further analyses , but the attitude of mind which lies behind massive speculative cross-tabulations betrays a lack of forethought . |
| 7 | Originating in Scandinavian mythology , elves are capricious sprites that dance on the grass , or sit in the leaves of trees and bask in the light of the full moon . |
| 8 | The bacterial exotoxin superantigens are small proteins that bind to class II molecules with high affinity and each stimulates T cells through several different V segments . |
| 9 | There are various distinctions that need to be drawn . |
| 10 | These are open questions that need to be answered urgently . |
| 11 | Seals are aquatic mammals that feed at sea and emerge from it to rest , give birth and tend their pups . |
| 12 | Now , that loving counted for nothing and all the sweet promises they had made were empty words that floated like echoes in a great grey void . |
| 13 | There were drunken brawls that rolled from one vessel to another and ended with a splash in the cloudy river , or there were glimpses of painted female faces , bodies barely concealed by thin silk shafts . |
| 14 | They were large animals that lived at the same time as the forerunners of the dinosaurs , the petrolacosaurs . |
| 15 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 16 | The wallpaper was long gone from the walls , and here and there in places were rust-coloured stains that looked like blood . |
| 17 | In fact , as of July 1991 , only one concentration that was a merger in the traditional sense of the word , which was between two Japanese banks , had been notified to the Commission ; the rest were concerned concentrations that came within the wider definition . |
| 18 | There were various factors that came into making this decision but one of the things is I 'm heartily sick that I have never been able to go away on holiday in the autumn ever in my life . |
| 19 | It is generally agreed that the primitive mammals existing at that time were shrew-like creatures that lived by eating insects , and that the various groups of mammals that we see today , such as cats , rats , monkeys , whales , and horses , all evolved from this unpromising ancestor . |
| 20 | Diana learned at an early age that there were strict rules that had to be adhered to if she aspired to marry the heir to the throne . |
| 21 | But there were certain elements that remained in , in their , in , in their mind |
| 22 | They were radical proposals that specified in considerable detail the form and content of accounts . |
| 23 | One might suppose that there were new laws that held at singularities , but it would be very difficult even to formulate such laws at such badly behaved points , and we would have no guide from observations as to what those laws might be . |
| 24 | There were other things that had to be reconciled , and we hear presently of ‘ a role of inherent superiority which came to me from outside , from the servants among others . |
| 25 | There are certain things that need to be considered before you attempt to keep Butterflyfish . |
| 26 | There are certain things that grate upon us . |
| 27 | ‘ We have not researched the phenomenon extensively , ’ Malengin replied ponderously , ‘ but there are certain aspects that speak of legend rather than fact . ’ |
| 28 | Psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that act on the brain to create psychological effects . |
| 29 | The African elephant lives mainly on grassland or wooded savanna and in light forest , though there are African elephants that live in rain forests at up to 8,000 ft ( 2.44m ) . |
| 30 | In my case the burdens are weighted saddlebags that hang from my shoulder . |