Example sentences of "[noun] that [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may object that I 'm only describing the kind of action that occurs in whodunnit stories — but look again at the short fictions that have moved you . |
| 2 | This is changing fast , and clients are more and more wanting advice and action that calls for considerable finesse , knowledge , and intelligence . |
| 3 | For Lifebuoy has an antiseptic action that looks after health upstairs , downstairs , at the sink , wherever it 's used ! |
| 4 | Christmas time , when party-giving is on the whole overdone , may make the social aridity of the rest of the year seem almost attractive , but this exhausting seasonal overswill also points up the ordinary isolation that obtains for most of us nowadays . |
| 5 | In the drama they will have to confront the isolation that comes from being outside the protection of the law . |
| 6 | Nevertheless they do represent different ways in which psychotic vulnerability can manifest itself and reference to them helps to provide some clues as to which of its aspects might mediate any association that exists with creativity . |
| 7 | When looking through windows for evidence it is often the case that the researcher only sees those types of evidence with a significance that has previously been established , and with an association that complies with existing models . |
| 8 | Very shortly after that the barrister said ( also in the presence of the jury ) , ‘ I am sorry that it is not possible to comply with the jury 's request , but I accept your Honour 's ruling and the thinking that lies behind it . ’ |
| 9 | That 's the thinking that lies behind the huge number of initiatives being taken by environmental organisations as their contribution to the Earth Summit . |
| 10 | and is that the thinking that lies behind the eventual getting of Terry Wogan and Angela Rippon ? |
| 11 | The rhythm that persists in such constant routines must be caused internally and it is produced by the body clock . |
| 12 | The internal cause of the rhythm can be established in the normal manner — by making the intake of food and water , the posture , and environment of the volunteers constant through the 24 hours ( see Fig. 1.3 ) The rhythm that persists in these circumstances indicates that the effect of the body clock and the difference from the normal rhythm is due to external causes . |
| 13 | This is the rhythm that exists between catechesis and liturgy . |
| 14 | JEWKES ] Some melancholy hangs on her spirits ; she seems affected by a grief that rises from no common cause . |
| 15 | Indeed , there is a desperate shortage of accommodation to rent , especially in urban areas , and the housing stock that exists in these areas is often poorly maintained and badly managed . |
| 16 | The deepest cleft that exists in the earth 's surface is the Grand Canyon in the western United States . |
| 17 | ‘ On the pendulum of self-exposure that oscillates between aggressively exhibitionistic Mailerism and sequestered Salingerism , I 'd say that I occupy a midway position ’ , explains Roth in The Facts — in a prefatory letter to his alter ego of earlier books , the novelist Nathan Zuckerman , who is granted a letter of reply at the end of this one and a perusal of the intervening narrative . |
| 18 | Many interesting works of English Literature of the past remain unedited and unavailable , and it is a pity that the ingenuity and assiduity that goes into the labour , or play , of interpretation could not be directed to the truly useful work of editing these texts . |
| 19 | The fuel card that translates across 26 countries |
| 20 | All you need to do is fill in the registration card that comes with your software or peripheral and pop it in the post box . |
| 21 | Racom Systems Inc , Boulder , Colorado and Australian-born Ramtron International Corp of Colorado Springs have teamed up to produce a read-write Smart Card that communicates by radio . |
| 22 | And Virgin 's boss says there 's a great deal that has to be done to stop more deaths in the crisis zone . |
| 23 | The theories to be discussed in this section of the chapter all suppose that something is learned during the pre-exposure phase of a latent inhibition experiment that interferes with the formation of the CS-US ( conditioned-unconditioned stimulus ) association during the conditioning phase of the experiment . |
| 24 | And I know many older women who have found the kind of partnership that adds to their life rather than subtracts from it . |
| 25 | Sometimes , the dis-passionate vocal can express more grief — the wounded , bloodlet voice of a Kristin Hersh , or the muezzin prayer wail of a John Lydon or a David Thomas — an upwardly spiralling peal that emanates from exile , a gaping chasm where SOUL once plumply resided . |
| 26 | Their view of Karma as a life-giving force that flows from life to life is in every way like the modern physicist 's view of electrons ( electricity ) which they say is not ‘ matter ’ but a ‘ force ’ . |
| 27 | Like Kennedy , Clinton has a physical force that works on the campaign trail . |
| 28 | Through this relationship , they can also be a record of the life force that exists at a certain site . |
| 29 | The compact telescope , which is very small and can be mounted on a ring that fits on the finger , is useful in activities which require mobility and can be helpful in identifying street names and bus numbers . |
| 30 | The curve shown suggests a positive feedback that works towards disaster . |