Example sentences of "an [noun] that have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to recount an experience that has stayed with me ever since it happened , something that transformed an uneventful journey home from work . |
| 2 | This was partly the result of an upbringing that had instilled in him the belief that it was wrong to say unkind things about people behind their backs ; indeed , a lack of verbal malice , and a determination to try always to see the best in people , is one of his qualities . |
| 3 | He walked another half-mile until he reached an archway that had chiselled in the stone above it : KINGS COLLEGE . |
| 4 | Although the disaster may seem a boon to an industry that has shared in the recession which struck the construction industry , not all firms have welcomed the flood of work . |
| 5 | From clogged skies to choked motorways , from Clapham Junction to the Marchioness , Mr Prescott has been Labour 's voice of protest on an issue that has moved to the heart of the ‘ quality of life ’ agenda increasingly dominating the political agenda . |
| 6 | It , and two cut-down companion panels in the Capilla Real , Granada , were thought to be originals by van der Weyden of an altarpiece that had belonged to Queen Isabella of Spain , while another version , in the Gemäldegalerie , Berlin , was dismissed as a workshop copy . |
| 7 | After joining the AIB in July 1955 and doing my first investigation on an Auster that had ditched in the Bristol Channel in August of that year , I was sent out to Tripoli , Libya in September 1955 to assist Penny Garnons-Williams ( known to many in the aviation industry as Garney Bill ) to investigate an accident to a BOAC Argonaut that had crashed at Castel Benito in a sand storm . |
| 8 | This is an area that has come to prominence in recent years as new kinds of instruments such as auction market preferred shares ( AMPS ) , convertible debt with premium put options and convertible capital bonds have appeared . |
| 9 | However , in this instance , the notice had been sent to an address that had ceased to be the debtor 's business address and was not his usual or last known place of residence . |
| 10 | Under Article 37 , an obligation that has arisen for a third party can not be revoked or modified without the consent of the parties and the third party unless they have agreed otherwise . |
| 11 | But it 's only doable , I 'm afraid that 's an Americanism that 's crept into our language , doable , erm only if you listen to the people who 've been doing it . |
| 12 | Entering such a store is to enter an intriguing musty lair containing rows of cheap clothes in either blue or olive green , and where you will be greeted by a stab in the eye with an ice-axe that has hung behind the door since the 60s . |
| 13 | Despite many governments 's hesitations about genetic engineering in human embryos and toetuses , it is an idea that has arrived in the form of ’ gene therapy ’ . |
| 14 | With the latest ‘ S ’ series , and other new models either recently introduced or about to be , Mercedes aims to head off the challenge posed by a stream of new models from an arch-rival that has stuck to its last , BMW , and the looming threat posed by a fleet of new Japanese luxury models . |
| 15 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 16 | It was an affectation that had developed over the years . |
| 17 | The area deserved a better treatment : I had not done justice to a part of northern England where I had wandered as a youngster and often visited later , developing an affection that has persisted into old age . |