Example sentences of "that have [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In very recent years holy war has been fought between Iran and Iraq , and with a ruthlessness that has at times , with the use of chemical weapons for example , offended international codes of conduct . |
| 2 | Douglas Hurd has proved a reassuring figure in a campaign that has at times seemed to lack confidence and direction . |
| 3 | The Royal Commissions and official committees of inquiry have maintained a reticence on such matters that has at times made their recommendations Appear naïve — as if one could consider the reorganisation of Political institutions in isolation from politics ! |
| 4 | So there is also a recognition of values in determining the ethos of a school , and of the very powerful effect that has on children 's achievement . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not sure exactly how much relevance that has to visitors , ’ he said . |
| 6 | She pointed out that the piebald donkey in leather boots that had for years pulled the mowing machine which cut the acres of grass at Deer Forest , was at the end of a useful life , and , in any case , the whole performance took up two working days of the farm labourer who drove her in long reins — reins thin as thread and cracked with age : there was nothing economical about that . |
| 7 | By the time this mill was built , it was possible to use an iron windshaft and gears instead of the all-timber machinery that had for centuries been such a tribute to the skills and ingenuity of millwrights and carpenters . |
| 8 | Things that had for centuries slept without stirring , but that were now stirring and waking and might , at any moment , come prowling through the forest … |