Example sentences of "an [noun] that [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oscars , by contrast , are handed out to an industry that thrives on glittering events and spends money as if it were being withdrawn from circulation tomorrow . |
| 2 | Being solid wool merchants at heart , they are not sure what to make of an engine that runs on paper . |
| 3 | An error that arose on the consolidation of the capital gains legislation into TCGA 1992 will be corrected in next year 's Finance Bill . |
| 4 | Thus the death of his father is not an event that impinges on a child only at one particular point : it may go on producing shock waves through its continuing effect on the mother , which in turn may bring about a different relationship with the child ; in addition there may be economic difficulties as a result of which the mother has to go out to work , a new home has to be found , and an altogether new lifestyle adopted . |
| 5 | Because science is public knowledge , experiments and observations should be repeatable ; but an enterprise that depends on trust will sometimes have advantage taken of it by a rogue . |
| 6 | ‘ We are putting in place an organisation that capitalises on the opportunities presented by the Single Market , ’ said , recently-appointed director of European Coatings . |
| 7 | The current version of the product is designed to fit in with Microsoft 's Windows NT ( New Technology ) strategy and allows Microsoft to offer an environment that runs on anything from laptops to 80486 servers and engineering workstations . |
| 8 | Idealism , then , was an account that focused on how to maximize the free flow of information and remove barriers to accurate perception . |
| 9 | Ride fear : Sally Ride , America 's first woman in space , told an audience that flying on the shuttle Challenger in 1983 and 1984 was frightening . |
| 10 | In the case of a personnel file , the list is likely to be sorted into an order that depends on some major key — in this case , usually alphabetic order or personnel number . |