Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something about Mortimer that made her uneasy . |
| 2 | These ‘ other ’ for signs that signalled its ‘ innate physical , mental and moral inferiority ’ ( David Green ‘ On Foucault ’ in Ten 8 No 14 ) . |
| 3 | When Niki said the Paris decision had been the right one , one knows two things about Niki that explain his position : first that any Ferrari driver has to speak through both sides of his mouth , and second , that even were that not so , there is nothing Niki likes as much as winding someone else up . |
| 4 | For organizations that want their employees to give of their best the conclusion must be that ‘ we can not afford not to have an effective communication policy ’ . |
| 5 | The Department of Health has not decided yet how much general practitioners will be paid for work that exceeds their contractual obligations , such as attending care management meetings and performing certain assessments . |
| 6 | The web of skin that unites their toes has become greatly enlarged so that each foot is , in effect , a small parachute . |
| 7 | Or , rather , a lion — there was something about those gold-brown eyes and swept-back mane of hair that made her think of the King of Beasts , dressed up in the trappings of civilisation . |
| 8 | The tracker , Tagan , took point , the rain beginning to mist his beard and the black mat of hair that covered his forehead , and they followed on , Fife and Drum looking wet and unenthusiastic already . |
| 9 | There was a thread of anger in the question , but Fran ignored it , just as she forced herself to ignore the sudden surge of hope that filled her heart . |
| 10 | Medicare and Medicaid have a plethora of policies that escalate their own costs . |
| 11 | Mrs Thatcher instantly fired back , saying : ‘ the kind of policies that restore our fortune and reputation in the world ’ . |
| 12 | For our conclusions about the group would then be in every way prior to any conclusions about individuals ; we would have relied on principles of responsibility that draw their sense from a practice or way of thinking to which the personification is indispensable . |
| 13 | Reducing the amount of phosphates that find their way into lakes and rivers may help , although far more serious problems are caused by effluents from factories , sewage works and some badly-managed farms . |
| 14 | In these cases the plaintiff is aware of the risk but does not consent to the act of negligence that causes his injury . |
| 15 | His podgy , clean-nailed fingers locked together and formed a vaulted shrine over the few pages of notes that contained my Mother 's life . |
| 16 | In so far as millions of families live under economic conditions of existence that separate their mode of life , their interests and their culture from those of other classes … they form a class . |
| 17 | If you wish to give a capital sum to ACET ( e.g. from an inheritance your have received ) or an amount of money that exceeds your taxable for the tax year of the gift , ACET can still get tax relief on your gift if you enter into a Deposited Covenant arrangement . |
| 18 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 19 | Mr Scowcroft was , until his appointment , the co-chairman of a committee drawn from the defence elites of both parties , which in February found a form of words that satisfied its wide range of members and came down gently in favour of Midgetman first and rail-MX only later . |
| 20 | She tried fiercely to control the sudden rush of pleasure that hearing his voice again so soon gave her . |
| 21 | The latest scientific research has revealed that there is a delicate interplay of hormones that affects our sexual desires . |
| 22 | Here was a living , walking , strutting answer to Hollywood 's prayers , for Cagney 's personality served to sanction the suggestions of violence that characterized his films . |
| 23 | He seems increasingly to distrust the idealistic visions of humanity that typify his early works . |
| 24 | And it finds an echo in the chapter of Isaiah that formed our first lesson ; the word ‘ peace ’ is n't actually used , but the picture of deliverance has a thread of divine peace running all the way through it . |
| 25 | This left her with a severe form of amnesia that reduced her memory span to 20 minutes or less . |
| 26 | Fear of rape that stalks our big cities |
| 27 | I find that people at that level of education are so busy chasing their own tail with the enormous amount of work that comes their way … that the planning for a secondee would come at the bottom of the heap . |
| 28 | The ripple of laughter that greeted his father 's jocular reference to the previous night 's adventure broke into his train of thought . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's about all I am intending to keep on ! ’ he told her with a husky , sensual bark of laughter that left her breathless and quivering in his arms as he entered the room and tossed her lightly down on to the bed . |
| 30 | With a shout of laughter that shook his solid frame , he hugged her hard . |