Example sentences of "an [noun] that [vb -s] 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, by contrast , are handed out to an industry that thrives on glittering events and spends money as if it were being withdrawn from circulation tomorrow .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 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ We are putting in place an organisation that capitalises on the opportunities presented by the Single Market , ’ said , recently-appointed director of European Coatings .
6 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 .
7 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 .
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