Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [vb -s] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is only the natural caution of paleontologists that prevents them from jumping to startling conclusions .
2 Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph .
3 Is it the fear of wearing in that stout new pair of shoes that keeps us in our old battered brogues ?
4 When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ?
5 It 's only the knowledge that Television , Patti Smith , Blondie and The Ramones used the place as their Bull & Gates in the olden days that flushes you with a tingly sense of excitement when you find out that the toilet is a damp patch on the floor .
6 Choose one of the beginnings that reminds you of something that happened to you .
7 It is one of those lovely places that lends itself to exploration on foot — especially in and around the old city .
8 I am sure that one of the things that prevents us from accepting help is that we think other people wo n't do things the way we do them .
9 What does Mr Hattersley know about rights that sets him above the wisdom of the ages ?
10 These works make explicit what is only suggested in this livret the opening number of the work serves as a processional for the instrumentalists and some or all of the singers and dancers that brings them into the performing space .
11 It had been one of those suggestions that stuns everyone with its rightness .
12 He argues that standards may be rendered more precise by ‘ criteria ’ , facts that are to be taken into accounts but that ‘ the feature of standards that distinguishes them from rules is their flexibility and susceptibility to change over time ’ .
13 One of the fields that interests me in particular is that of motivic connections .
14 Starting early , I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur , arriving late in the afternoon .
15 It is not only the numbers of TNC jobs but their specific character in Third World contexts that imbues them with prestige .
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