Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] that [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I question my medical knowledge for looking after a child that fits . |
| 2 | The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ? |
| 3 | Some people may suggest that the absence of Ireland 's top three drivers might actually be a good thing for Cork , making it a much more competitive event , but it will do little to improve the profile of a rally that has been losing ground for the past few years . |
| 4 | A distinction is usually drawn between the legal effects of a treaty that bestows rights and one that purports to impose burdens86 upon third parties . |
| 5 | The driver drinks two gallons a day of a fluid that dissolves gallstones , cures arthritis , and can eat through the cylinder head of a Land Rover in four minutes flat . |
| 6 | The smooth pillars which support it in the centre have capitals of a style that has made some art historians suppose that they may originally have come from the Roman villa or palace presumed to have existed on this site in the fourth century . |
| 7 | It has to fend for itself , out of a budget that has just about risen with inflation in recent years . |
| 8 | " Dance " is the cogs of bodies meshing in one section of a machine that turns out Collective Unified Expression . |
| 9 | Indeed this mode should be used with care as it may well be the non-judgemental personality of a machine that motivates a child to persevere with a problem . |
| 10 | The flurry is caused by the arrival of an old car , of a type that retains a kind of dignity as it ages . |
| 11 | They should also be of a type that has simple and quickly altered bridle trimming . |
| 12 | And he 's blessed with a gift of a voice that swoops from arcs of strangulated screeching to the huskiest falsetto . |
| 13 | The French architect Philippe Robert 's new Terra Museum at Giverny , due to open in June , is another fine and thoughtful example of a building that does not pander to a public born with a Mickey gene . |
| 14 | NO LEE LE MUN The love of a wife that becomes especially vivid when she is almost out of sight |
| 15 | Most are useful and work well but I am not convinced of the value of a pictogram that shows the direction of airflow in the cabin , nor do I wish to have a reprimand from a stern-sounding lady if I do n't close the door properly . |
| 16 | Ken Schofield , executive director of the European tour , said in announcing details of a circuit that runs from mid-January to November and includes tournaments in Dubai , Singapore and Morocco : ‘ Our overall target is £24.75m , an increase of 12.5% . |
| 17 | The movements illustrated on the right are those of a bird that has learned that its food is spaced out . |
| 18 | In order to make sense of a self that has ‘ survived ’ both discourses of colonialism it would seem that Bhimji 's strategy has been one of intense resourcefulness , gathering in herself and her experiences . |
| 19 | Now can you think of a wo c think of a word that describes the state of this liquid . |
| 20 | So once you know what it means it helps a little bit and can you think of a word that ends the same as that ? |
| 21 | We 're not talking of rounding , we 're just talking of a function that 's made up . |
| 22 | But geometers in the l9th century finally realised the possibility in theory of a space that defies this rule . |
| 23 | Molly Fletcher had been a pretty girl , but she had the faded air of a flower that has been transplanted into the wrong soil . |
| 24 | This gives the authorities the ability to disregard any part of a transaction that serves no commercial purpose , but which has been inserted purely for the purpose of avoiding tax . |
| 25 | Not only is the external labour market segmented by sex , but the skills remain marketable in spite of a recession that has reduced local opportunities for the semi-skilled . |
| 26 | Essentially this is the behaviour of a cat that feels itself severely threatened and strikes out to protect itself . |
| 27 | Any constituent part of a sentence that bears a meaning which combines with the meanings of the other constituents to give the overall meaning of the sentence will be termed a semantic constituent . |
| 28 | — effects that depend on the arrival time of words can be modelled , allowing ’ snapshots ’ to be taken during the processing of a sentence that induces a ’ cognitive double-take ’ ; |
| 29 | ‘ They are the larvae of a hookworm that inhabits cats and dogs . |
| 30 | With the ardour of his age Dick agrees to carry a vital message across the frontier into Flavonia : delighting in unexpected action , he is afraid only of being late and failing in his mission and it is the free resourcefulness of a boy that ensures that in spite of accidents the message does get through . |