Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun] that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I am delighted that it has now decided to co-operate with the Government and solve a problem that I brought the regional affairs committee of the European Parliament over to look at 14 years ago .
2 ‘ And it iss a mess that you are in too , ’ she added to the lamb , which was speckled with telltale spots of blood .
3 ‘ Oh , it iss a mess that I am in ! ’ muttered Deborah , as the last woolly knot was left on the barbs and the lamb came away free .
4 THE family and the trust seek a declaration that it would be lawful to stop the feeding that is keeping Tony alive .
5 Such elders may be stoically enduring remediable suffering , have internalised an ageist view that old folks should not have many desires ‘ at their time of life ’ , or hold a belief that it is wrong to want things , or to be assertive .
6 True , all acts of government policy create a presumption that they will remain in force and are an invitation to the citizen to adapt his private behaviour accordingly ; but the tendency of decisions in the social service field to create vested interests is of a quite peculiar order .
7 Does the Secretary of State recall a speech that he made several months ago in which he encouraged the business community to take on racketeers ?
8 I also give a guarantee that it is n't just a one off situation , meeting we all go away and forget about what we 've said I can assure you that wo n't happen minutes have been taken and and what 's been said this evening that will be conveyed to the management committee meeting the board meeting and I think we need to look very clearly at a very closely what 's been said and respond to what 's been said and I think that it 's been suggested also raised this evening about having a further meeting to report back and say erm this has been said this is our response .
9 In view of the clear directive contained in the document ’ Caring for People ’ that the Government expect health providers to set up NHS nursing homes , will the Secretary of State give a commitment that there will be health providers in Wales , and that trusts will establish such homes ?
10 They also perceive a danger that their skills in recruiting volunteers will be seen as a cheap way of providing care .
11 I repeat a proposition that I made to a previous Leader of the House .
12 I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland .
13 On the contrary , when requisitions raise a difficulty that you ca n't answer easily , it 's your job to take immediate steps to find the answer or to rectify the position , if possible .
14 The worst bits in the book raise a suspicion that it was hastily written , or not rigorously edited : ‘ I mean , we were teenagers .
15 Well Liberties sell a fabric that they call poult , P O U L T for what was it ?
16 Well for my own part I think that one can educate students as far as possible in terms of what appropriate behaviour is , and I think that you can police students with disciplinary measures when it 's absolutely clear that when they know what the inappropriate behaviour is they nevertheless make a choice that they 're going to move beyond those boundaries of appropriateness .
17 There I hereby make a pact that I will not blame Joe for anything I copy off her in biology .
18 Well I make a proposal that we also give them notice that at the end of this year , we will not be prepared to continue the lease on the current licence .
19 It is true that when they use words like " aggression " and - " altruism " ( which they do a great deal ) they make a pretence that they have somehow dissociated these terms from their human behavioural origins — but it is only a pretence .
20 If it is obvious that a word is a loan word , keep it , but make a note that it is a loan .
21 ‘ No interrogation I conduct ends until I get a story that I believe . ’
22 Get a pair that you can afford , that are easy to handle , and have a magnification of from 7 to 10 ( resist the temptation to go for higher power ) .
23 We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses .
24 It 's just for my bus , I get a bus that I think leaves at half twelve , and if I miss it there 's not another one that takes me to .
25 But when you explore the same region of the visual field with a moving spot you get a result that you could not have predicted from the responses with stationary spots .
26 ‘ I remember a number that I think might interest you , ’ he said encouragingly , starting at the beginning of the book and going down the columns to look for it .
27 Name a store that you know that offers
28 She said , now , supposing you had to look up what you just described , you know , in a dictionary , and find a word that everybody would associate with it .
29 Rub it between your fingers ( about the size of a 20p piece to start with , massaging it into your hands slightly ) and work it through your hair until you find a shape that you like .
30 Serene it means peaceful and calm , erm Treatment , you should , if you think back to your hypothermia , what are the very simple practical things you can do if you find a baby that you think , suspect 's got cold injury ?
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