Example sentences of "that [noun pl] and [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is particularly interested in the way that words and sentences change their meaning according to the context in which they are said and heard , and in the ways in which we all fill in the unspoken background of what is said to us . |
| 2 | However , it is interesting to note that during World War I , when soldiers ’ wives received dependants ' allowances totalling a maximum of 17/6d in 1915 and 31/7d by 1918 for a wife and three children ( the average male labourer 's wage in 1918 was £2 ) , the heights and weights of schoolchildren and the infant mortality rate both showed improvement , which would suggest that wives and children found themselves rather better off . |
| 3 | It is tempting to fantasise that leaders and parties make their reputations through finely tuned arguments in the House of Commons or speeches in far-flung halls . |
| 4 | Children may make a fuss when the limits are set down and insisted on , but there is a great deal of evidence to show that children and teenagers realize their parents are firm because they care ( see page 116 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ If we comb through our stories and one encounters with wild whales and dolphins , we find that they seem to hang together along a shining thread — that whales and dolphins know what they are doing , that their actions are purposeful , and stunningly specific to the occasion , that they intend us no harm , that they are aware . |
| 6 | The real significance of these comparisons remains unknown , as do the real workings of the dolphin mind , but it seems that dolphins and porpoises achieved their modern enlarged brains about 15–20 million years ago , whereas the evolution of the human brain is a phenomenon of the past few million years at the most . |
| 7 | It is sometimes said , as though in defence of this double standard , that spiders and caddises achieve their feats of architecture by ‘ instinct ’ . |