Example sentences of "that [vb -s] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Unfortunately my wife could n't come because she teaches , but I expect that has curtailed my sightseeing and increased my output . ’ |
| 32 | So when we come across one that has reached its sixth , we must sit up , take notice and ask why market forces have singled it out for special success . |
| 33 | Shallow wells generally contain much water that has reached them from the surface , and this may bring varying amounts of contamination . |
| 34 | The chief ambulance officer , Mr Jim Barkley , said he had asked for police help on behalf of the 12 district health authorities because it was ‘ a very serious escalation — the worst that has hit us ’ . |
| 35 | We ought first to remind ourselves that for every type of animal throughout time there has always been a most convenient size that has fitted it neatly into its own niche . |
| 36 | What 's more , it 's best not to purchase a great wine , with another 10 or more years to wait before consumption , from a shop that has displayed it under bright light lights and in changing temperatures . |
| 37 | And they 're sure it 's this attitude that has made them so successful . |
| 38 | The homes of this minority tribe are built over the water on stilts , its vegetable fields float on the lake 's surface and its fishermen propel their long narrow boats with a unique leg-rowing motion that has made them famous . |
| 39 | 2 Most socialists have become increasingly critical of the monopolistic and authoritarian role of Communist parties in one-party systems in a way that has made them cast doubt on the desirability of insurrection . |
| 40 | It is a quite Caribbean Britain that has made her : a Britain at the end of the world which it used to rule . |
| 41 | She seems to thrive on heretical statements and swimming against the tide : ‘ I look at what the cosmetic trade is doing and walk in the opposite direction , ’ she declares with the kind of outspoken defiance that has made her a retailing legend in the decade it took her to turn The Body Shop into a worldwide phenomenon . |
| 42 | It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest paid people on British TV . |
| 43 | Young Patsy ‘ Eighth Wonder ’ Kensit displays the style and poise that has made her a Hollywood superstar . |
| 44 | A leadership style that has made her a remarkably effective prime minister would be a crippling liability in the White House . |
| 45 | I just , I tell you what , I , I know it sounds nasty , but I am glad that Penny is some way has had something that has made her realised what that place was all about . |
| 46 | This is the more remarkable since by this time , its mother may have already given birth to another tiny baby that has made its way to the pouch and is fastened on to a teat imbibing milk of a quite different composition . |
| 47 | But he 's prepared to be judged on the kind of material that has made him a television star . |
| 48 | No doubt the directors , led by Sir Christopher Benson , would claim it is their management since taking control in 1987 that has made it so valuable . |
| 49 | However , the fires of the Rising and exposure to the weather in the years immediately after contributed to the decay of the stonework of the facade in a way that has made it hazardous in recent years . |
| 50 | This absorption gives the spectacular deep blue that has made it a popular material for ornaments since the Middle Ages . |
| 51 | In Molly 's own words : ‘ Thinking back to these early classes , I realise that it has always been the enthusiastic response of the class members that has made it seem supremely worth while to go on … |
| 52 | All of that suggests that the sheep industry is poised to make the most of the structural accident that has made it the biggest producer of lamb in the Northern Hemisphere . |
| 53 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to the final official opening of the Tunnel , and I 'm delighted to have been part of the support structure that has made it possible . |
| 54 | Last September the Hungarian-born American financier George Soros executed a financial coup that has made his humanitarian cup run over . |
| 55 | It is faith in our nation that has made us little people great , that has made us poor people rich , that has made us wavering , fearful , timid people brave and confident , that has made us erring wanderers clear-sighted and has brought us together ! |
| 56 | On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur . |
| 57 | They have whetted a lust for sensationalism that has turned us into a nation of accident watchers . |
| 58 | By then he should have fully recovered from the injured right thigh muscle that has delayed his eagerly awaited debut in Italian football . |
| 59 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
| 60 | And it 's the human side to his outlandish characters that has touched them . |