Example sentences of "a [noun] that [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to plan a route that would take them over 50 kilometres in a three day period . |
| 2 | You may , with any redundancy pay you 've got , have a cushion that will see you through several months . |
| 3 | WILLEM GERHARDUS HILLS filled his lungs with Yorkshire night air , raised his tracksuit collar against the biting cold and announced a decision that could change his life . |
| 4 | I do n't want to make a decision that will affect my whole life while I 'm still — intoxicated . ’ |
| 5 | She set off up the scarp , using juts and ledges as a diagonal staircase to take her on a course that would bring her close to Johannsen when they both reached the top of the incline . |
| 6 | Fifty had continued upriver , on a course that would take them to Perth and to Scone opposite . |
| 7 | ’ Start Posi setting a course that will take us on to a parallel Netline , doubling back the way we came . |
| 8 | Vocatives in general are an interesting grammatical category , again underexplored , Vocatives are noun phrases that refer to the addressee , but are not syntactically or semantically incorporated as the arguments of a predicate ; they are rather set apart prosodically from the body , of a sentence that may accompany them . |
| 9 | Thus his/her students will probably receive from him/her no feedback of a kind that might help them learn from his/her response to their work . |
| 10 | Of course the difference is that Rooney 's view — that it is wrong to knowingly give the patient a drug that will harm her — probably has universal support . |
| 11 | What is really need is a computer that will understand your writing . |
| 12 | And while Clough misses out again , it is understood that Blanc has a contract that will take him to French drama club Marseille in the summer . |
| 13 | Frank McAvennie , meanwhile , will today give his answer to the offer of a contract that will take him up to the end of the season and with the promise of a more substantial agreement if his progress is satisfactory . |
| 14 | It did not generate a framework that would help us understand the nature of continuity and change in Britain . |
| 15 | Then he said , ‘ I heard a story that might interest you . ’ |
| 16 | Then he turned , and with a little gesture of farewell crossed the highway and headed back towards Lima , a small , shambling figure glancing back every now and then in search of a truck that would give him a lift . |
| 17 | There was not a soul in sight as Theda began resolutely to trudge down the street , looking for a lane that might lead her off the main road , which , being only of packed dirt , was already a hasty-pudding of mud which churned under her mercifully booted feet . |
| 18 | It is well defended ; by a storm that would surprise you . |
| 19 | After a year 's break , Crawford was back at the BBC , making a final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and a play that would show his more serious side to a large audience in the way that only television could do . |
| 20 | Checking that the straps on her equipment were tight enough to prevent anything moving and making a noise that might alert anyone nearby , Ace slipped through a stand of bushes to get a better view of the road . |
| 21 | Traditionally , 24 hours of heart beat would be recorded on a device using a cassette tape , which works perfectly well , but it has the obvious problems of mechanical parts , moving parts , it makes a noise that might keep you awake at night . |
| 22 | But in the search for such pacts or agreements , the opposition parties will necessarily be drawn closer together , and the campaign for tactical voting will gather force and develop a presence that will make it better placed to make a major impact in the next election . |
| 23 | The monks and nuns , virtually pensioned-off gentry , could see little future except death in resisting the royal will and threw in their lot with a change that would guarantee them reasonable security . |
| 24 | It exposes capitalism in the raw : huge profits to be made from risking huge sums of money , often in a matter of weeks , while ordinary people wait , innocently and impotently , for a verdict that will affect their jobs and lives . |
| 25 | She remained there for four years , confined to a cell that would allow her neither to sit nor lie down : it was closed by a large stone that could be moved only by Roger . |
| 26 | His first and continuing urge was to drive him towards crisis and clarity , which involved , one might almost say which meant , finding a podvig that would satisfy his idea of Stavrogin . |
| 27 | One morning , the other dealers said to him : " We 've got a stock that will make you rich in a day . |
| 28 | So I drove to Portsmouth expecting a great camel of the ocean , a small luxury liner even , at least a boat that could hold its head up in the seafaring world . |
| 29 | Here 's a quiz that will get you scratching your head — all the prizes for this competition relate to fleas ! |
| 30 | It is about a relationship that changes the way we look at life ; it is about a friendship that will take us through life , facing the black moments as well as the good ; it is about God ‘ s time breaking into our lives , giving them hope and meaning and joy . |