Example sentences of "[noun] that [noun prp] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in the unlicensed ring that Lenny made his name . |
| 2 | He slid up against the pillows , looking so devastatingly sexy with his rumpled hair and heavy eyes that Fran felt her heart jolt to a stop . |
| 3 | It was with this meaning in mind that Paul told his readers : ‘ Now is the acceptable time ( kairos ) ; behold , now is the day of salvation . ’ |
| 4 | It is with the subject in mind that Minton restates his belief that unless a painter paints with love , he or she is like a blacksmith hammering away with appropriate tools but no fire . |
| 5 | It was at Macclesfield on Friday that Colchester clinched their place in the Vauxhall FA Trophy final , where they will meet Witton Albion at Wembley on Sunday May 10 . |
| 6 | But such was the power of those two softly spoken words that Ronni found her head jerking up to look at the speaker , barely aware of her brother 's muttered response as he hoisted her cases up on to the jetty . |
| 7 | Following repeated demands that China open its markets or face sanctions , the office of the United States Representative for Trade Negotiations Carla Hills on Oct. 10 opened investigations under Section 301 of the 1988 Trade Act into China 's trade barriers [ see also p. 38340 ] . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , God , ’ Ruth breathed with such distress that Fernando tightened his grip around her , folding her so hard into his tense body that she clung to him hotly . |
| 9 | ( The Portuguese had removed the prohibition on the import of English woollen goods , under the terms of the Methuen Treaty of 1703 , only on condition that England admitted their wines at preferential rates . ) |
| 10 | However , Manchester City Council are currently considering granting a licence for the event , on condition that U2 meet their safety requirements . |
| 11 | It was cold , so cold in the jeep that it was with difficulty that Alexei kept his eyes open . |
| 12 | He told one correspondent that Eliot owed his best poetry to Pound — he was convinced that there would eventually be a vogue in favour of Pound which would take the form of a reaction against Eliot ( in that he was to be proved right ) . |
| 13 | She clung to Joe when he came home , and he spent most of his leave with her , though he went with Anne one day to see Sarah and her family , and told Sarah that Terry had her photograph pinned up above his bed . |
| 14 | The evangelist who tells us three times that Jesus contracted his perspective to concentrate on Jerusalem and that at Jerusalem the disciples had to await the coming of the Spirit that would equip them for mission , ends his second volume with a triple reminder that this good news , beginning from Jerusalem ( Luke 24:47 ) reaches Rome ( 19:21 ; 23:11 ; 27:24 ) . |
| 15 | Celia served the cold cucumber soup hot , and burnt the steak even though Christina had told her numerous times that Stephen liked his steak rare . |
| 16 | Either way , said Colin , the areas that LASMO has its eye on all have the potential to bring further success and prosperity to the company . |
| 17 | It is important to note that it is on the basis of the self-evident cultural value of these texts that Bateson develops his sense of the wider relationship between culture and democracy . |
| 18 | The Ipswich forwards were out-scrummaged by the solid Stortford pack and it was from a push-over try after 20 minutes of the second half that Stortford scored their next points . |
| 19 | It was at his home that Galileo renewed his life work , that on mechanics and motion . |
| 20 | It was precisely along such lines that Bukharin advanced his objections to Preobrazhensky 's attempt to remove the state and its policies from theoretical analysis , even at the high level of abstraction that had been suggested . |
| 21 | So does the discovery that Phil needs his loyalty . |
| 22 | However , promoter Tommy Gilmour , who also manages the 26- year-old Scottish challenger , was quick to quash the accusation that Clinton uses his head illegally . |
| 23 | But it is from after the change that we have evidence for Councillors like Kleon and the fourth-century Athenian Demosthenes whose year on the Council fell at improbably convenient moments for their political careers ; this makes one suspect corruption , a suspicion strengthened by Aischines ' direct accusation that Demosthenes bribed his way onto the Council in 346 ( iii.62 ) . |
| 24 | Macedonia 's application for membership of the CSCE was not accepted , reportedly because of European Community ( EC ) policy reflecting Greece 's insistence that Macedonia change its name [ see p. 39103 ] . |
| 25 | Charles Frank looked into this and showed that the pion decay interpretation was correct , but it was in answering that question that Frank had his brainwave and stimulated a whole new field of research . |
| 26 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 27 | However , it was in the second League match after the war that Graham made his first claim to a place ( albeit an unfortunate one ) in Palace 's record-book . |
| 28 | Other columns lay scattered on the grass , and yet there was still such perfect grace and beauty to the place that Caroline felt her throat constrict . |
| 29 | Although as long ago as the early 1970s it had been shown that protein synthesis inhibitors were without effect on habituation and sensitization , it was not until the mid-1980s that Kandel turned his attention to the longer-term cellular processes . |
| 30 | Confirmation that importing ice was not then regular practice comes from the fact that customs officers in London were unclear what import duties to levy , and delayed so long in coming to a conclusion that Leftwich feared his cargo might melt . |