Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] that [vb mod] " in BNC.

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31 perhaps I might , by thy familiar instruction have made some remarks that might have been satisfactory .
32 With a central lawn and borders around the edge , this garden would have lacked character , but internal hedges and a patio overhead had been used to create distinct areas that can be explored like the rooms of a house , each with a new mood and style .
33 The judge ordered the new trial on the grounds that Intel withheld key documents that could have influenced the jury 's findings on the meaning of the license agreement .
34 The judge ordered the new trial on the grounds that Intel withheld key documents that could have influenced the jury 's findings on the meaning of the license agreement .
35 Leaders of the ‘ armed counter-revolution ’ , as Ms Magas calls it , rejected all compromises that might have preserved the outlines of Yugoslavia while giving something to the non-Serbs .
36 Natural selection favours those individuals that can tell when they have been parasitised and eject the cuckoo 's eggs .
37 As pupils extend their skills , abilities , understanding and responsiveness in speaking , listening , reading and writing , the teacher 's role is to highlight those aspects that will lead to a greater awareness of the nature and functions of language .
38 Exactly what this natural ligand is remains undiscovered , but inorganic chemists have made several ligands that can complex metals in this way .
39 These bursts of repetitive non-sequential pressure peaks did not show any characteristics that would suggest a common cavity phenomenon ; they were not preceded by a sudden small increase in base line oesophageal pressure occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus ; and the shape of the individual waves , although occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus , was often different from one level to the other .
40 Correlations between the broad characteristics of a taxonomic group and species ecologies yield suggestive associations that can then be expressed as evolutionary hypotheses that are in principle open to direct tests .
41 Not all customers are expected to come by road — new mooring points and landscaping on the neighbouring Grand Union Canal welcome any barges that may need re-stocking .
42 If the screen looks full of files use the direction keys to view any files that may be offscreen .
43 At issue is the FBI 's ability to wiretap in future … the FBI is not only asking the industry to dumb down existing software , it wants to prohibit it from developing new technologies that might interfere with the government 's ability to intercept various oral and electronic communications . ’
44 No attempt has been made to choose worthwhile bars that can be visited for a coffee break en route .
45 By manipulating ornaments on models we were able to eliminate two factors that can confound mate choice experiments involving manipulation of living birds : ( 1 ) intrasexual competition , and ( 2 ) behavioural changes in a live bird resulting directly from manipulation of its ornament .
46 In the last decade of the nineteenth century there were a number of quite different moves to create new disciplines that would transcend the limitations of the old approach to the study of Nature .
47 This awareness has driven us to evolve new systems that can be tailored to local needs and which reflect current advances in auditing techniques . ’
48 Let me give two illustrations that might unpack this a little more .
49 But he will also detail new taxes that could pose a severe political test for a president elected on a minority vote .
50 For example , it is now possible to produce cassava seedlings , the parental line of which is usually affected by a mosaic virus , by culturing unaffected cells that can be propagated in sterile conditions ( Tudge 1988 ) .
51 Insect damage is usually fairly evident — the physical damage can be seen , the creatures themselves can be seen , and even those that hide or run away cause tell-tale signs that can be noticed and recognized .
52 The cut-out can accommodate most cutters that would be used in a 6mm collett .
53 It can , however , have the additional effect of producing large parties that could then effectively win any encounter with males of an opposed community .
54 Obviously , you need a heavy bomb to cast the distance , so you may as well use bolt-rig tactics that will take a great deal of sag out of that great length of line when you clip up to the rod .
55 Their ideologies create enclosed belief-systems that can not be affected by evidence which contradicts them .
56 The high motivation , skills and adaptability of the new arrivals create social tensions that will be expressed in economic jealousy .
57 In March , legislation in the United States confirmed further regulations that will halve the permitted levels of particulate , or smoke , emissions from diesel urban buses by 1996 .
58 A newly described assemblage from black shales in the Doushantuo Formation ( Yangtze Gorges ) in China includes tubular fossils that might have been occupied by metazoans .
59 Engineers are devising a modular robot ( see picture ) comprising standard sections that can be joined together for specific applications .
60 The importance of the former for the latter is not at all diminished by exhibiting languageless creatures that can associate across modes .
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