Example sentences of "[that] bears [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MADAME HÉLÈNE ROCHAS , totem of French style and widow of the innovative couturier Marcel Rochas , and inspiration for his enduringly popular scent that bears her name , wears number 44 , a black grain de poudre smoking jacket with white satin revers and slightly flared skirt ; white satin blouse ; white kid shoes with black heels . |
| 2 | Mr Neill , whose grandfather founded the company , said : ‘ I am sorry that in the future I will not have any shares in the company that bears my surname . ’ |
| 3 | I steered the boggled barman right out through the door that bears my name etched into its glass and slam it shut upon him . |
| 4 | Lord Hanson , head of the industrial conglomerate that bears his name , earned £1.38m and Sir Paul Girolami , head of Glaxo , the rival drugs group , £1m . |
| 5 | Although Rob , affectionately known as Mr Brora , has retired , you might still meet him in the shop that bears his name , now run by Colin Taylor , another well-respected and well-liked Brora angler . |
| 6 | It depends upon the precise accuracy of some observations made in 1715 under the direction of Sir Edmond Halley , later Astronomer Royal and known to this day for the comet that bears his name . |
| 7 | His grave is unmarked and it may be that the absence of a memorial stone is connected with the erection of the monument that bears his name . |
| 8 | As well as inventing the thin crisp biscuit that bears his name , Sylvester Graham was also the author of one of the most amusing condemnations of sex ever to see the light of day . |
| 9 | We must not leave the eighteenth century without mention of the great typefounder and printer of Birmingham , John Baskerville ( 1706–75 ) , who not only designed the famous type that bears his name but greatly improved the general standard of English printing and gave us , in 1763 , one of the most splendid editions of the Bible . |
| 10 | ( Previous page ) Alfred Russel Wallace , a contemporary of Charles Darwin , defined the line that bears his name . |
| 11 | The gods turned him into the flower that bears his name . |
| 12 | The Timurid dynasty which followed gave way early in the sixteenth century to the Safavids , whose principal figure was that of Shah Abbas ( 1587–1629 ) and principal memorial the city that bears his stamp — Isfahan . |
| 13 | IN his chairman 's statement , Angus Grossart , of the merchant bank that bears his name , spoke of the need for consistency in financial matters . |