Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun pl] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not only knitting machines that do it . |
| 2 | It 's not only riding skills that count when considering a holiday , but the ability to cope in unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not only riding skills that count when considering a holiday , but the ability to cope in unfamiliar surroundings . ’ |
| 4 | Gibbons communicate and hold territories by means of loud hooting voices that carry through and over the forest canopy . |
| 5 | Many schools that have microcomputers are already using programs that aid their own teaching . |
| 6 | Some companies are already introducing systems that enable recipients to sign for a package straight into the computer . |
| 7 | The stimuli that trigger this action are usually moving objects that hang down from above , or toys that are thrown to the kittens by their owners . |
| 8 | He said ‘ Little children are always asking questions that begin ‘ Why ? ’ |
| 9 | Often the executors of policy will be resistant to change and conservative in their outlook , stoutly defending views that went ‘ out of fashion ’ some considerable time ago . |
| 10 | And I was also taking laxatives that did untold damage . |
| 11 | But for many booksellers and librarians the barricades of desks and tables of busily negotiating suits that fill most stands must be both forbidding and frustrating . |
| 12 | A homogeneous population will eventually grow at a steady rate r , which is given by the Euler-Lotka equation , In an asexual population , or a population of sexually reproducing haploids that vary only at a single locus , the outcome of natural selection depends simply on the long-term growth rates associated with each genotype , in the absence of density- or frequency-dependent interactions , each genotype will eventually grow exponentially at a rate that depends on its own life history , given by equation ( 1 ) . |
| 13 | With Matthew clutching at her apron , Ann , who was servant as well as mistress in her house , bustled to open the door , while Jill peered cautiously round the kitchen door and Nathan began making those deep crooning noises that indicated he was becoming excited . |
| 14 | A readable picture can be subtle and delicate , with the viewer slowly discovering details that linger on in the mind ’ ( ibid . |
| 15 | Some of the characteristics of primates are flexible fingers with nails rather than claws , and forward facing eyes that give binocular vision and are vital for judging distance . |
| 16 | Vicky and I , although occasionally playing roles that had something to do with the ( slight ) story , were more often in a group ( Country Maidens , Serving Wenches , even Coiffed Nuns … ) . |