Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 The time and place are also factors that might have some bearing on whether or not racial hatred was likely .
32 The only possible wholesale/retail distinction relating to the type of goods that might have some application would seem to be in the area of packaging for retail as opposed to wholesale sale .
33 Immediately , he began trying to predict Simon 's responses , to work out ways of soothing him , of flattering him , of making him laugh , anything that might defuse that aggression or at least make sure that Simon directed it at someone else .
34 John would welcome anything that might put more criminals back in court .
35 But Brett here 's told you the only ones that 'll give any trouble will be the goons wearin' joggin' suits of black , grey or brown .
36 With more efficient use of the existing electronic information resources in our Town Halls this is an approach that could bear much fruit .
37 As a result of my inexperience , am I missing the simplest attention to detail that could prevent this imbalance ?
38 To summarise , the problem was to build a machine that could examine enough positions in three minutes to give it some protection against the clumsiness of its evaluation functions .
39 Labour is equally ludicrous : it is committed to banning ‘ trees and shrubs that could make more women feel vulnerable to attack ’ .
40 The instruments show a build-up of methane that could explode any minute . ’
41 The worst fate that could befall any relative or follower was to be declared a ‘ broken man ’ : that is , either by punitive official proceedings or by some family banishment , to be removed from the protection of the surname and so become an outlaw , fair prey for any enemy , English or Scottish .
42 The common application programming interface that it and Hewlett-Packard Co worked on with Objectivity Inc , Ontos Inc , Object Design Inc and Versant Object Technology Inc , to allow developers to write programs that could utilise any object database — work that has been turned over to the Object Management Group — is a Spring technology ( UX No 362 ) .
43 It is also time to worry , for such a strong consensus generally has an over-reaction on its coat-tails , one that could do more damage than the action to which it is a response .
44 But as he walked at her side through the dark halls of the Grail Castle , he remembered , and wished not to remember , that she might well have within her the strange power that could awaken all manner of sleeping bewitchments and lost enchantments .
45 There are many factors that could affect such expectations :
46 So an academic account that could shed some light on the situation is to be welcomed .
47 With Chrissie so shaken up , it would be good to have a second voice in the Stones ' house that could exert some control over the eleven-year-old .
48 On a miles per scream basis , there are lots of competent cars at a fraction of the Bentley 's price that could go that distance before getting too strident , and a Mercedes S-class would still only be whispering the odd complaint after 1200 miles .
49 And then we get what 's known as neutral stress , these are conditions really that can cause stress , but it 's stress that could go either way .
50 Any animal that could detect these waves would have a reliable indicator of weather changes ahead .
51 When bread was a shilling a loaf and men earned less than ten shillings from a long week 's work , his father or some other relation was among the most bitterly rebellious against a system that could tolerate such things .
52 ‘ Was it possible , ’ I wondered , ‘ to find a drug that could give each side of my character its own separate face and body ? ’
53 While monkeys are not normal elephant food , it is conceivable that such an event could occur ( or at least , it is hard , at the current state of the art , to envisage a reasoner that could reject this possibility without rejecting other , similar ones incorrectly ) .
54 ‘ But we could be dealing with something that could take several generations to come out . ’
55 THE NATIONAL Trust is being taken to the High Court in a test case that could halt all Sunday trading at its souvenir and garden centres .
56 7.7.2 not to do or omit anything that could cause any policy of insurance on or in relation to the Premises to become void or voidable wholly or in part nor ( unless the Tenant shall have previously notified the Landlord and have agreed to pay the increased premium ) anything by which additional insurance premiums may become payable This does not seem unreasonable .
57 However , I believe this is but a drop in the ocean compared to the vast number of communities that could play some form of active role , however modest .
58 His mind is a wand more wonderful than the touch of Midas that could turn all things to gold .
59 It is , after all , a short time since we accepted without question the assumption that used to underline all women 's lives ; that men had more rights than we did .
60 The principal town in this area is Ullapool , founded by the British Fisheries Society towards the end of the eighteenth century to exploit the shoals of herring that used to arrive each July .
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