Example sentences of "sort [prep] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are certain sorts of clothes that make you an ‘ OK person ’ ( like Levi jeans or Reebok trainers ) . |
| 2 | We then turn to the main techniques for studying the physiological side of the equation , lesions , stimulation , and recording , looking at the sorts of problems that affect our interpretation of experiments . |
| 3 | The sorts of premises that lend themselves to this kind of development tend to be your large country house type accommodation , miles from anywhere . |
| 4 | And they were the sort of corsets that gave you the the straight boyish look that was necessary for the clothes of the twenties and the early thirties which were cut on the cross . |
| 5 | The truth may be that her stoical-witty-rueful literary persona may even steer the writer towards the sort of life that ensures her material does n't dry up . |
| 6 | She has the sort of smile that makes you think that any minute now she 's going to put her head on one side , but she never does . |
| 7 | The second type of explanation suggests that these people have some sort of defect that makes them less able to cope with environmental chemicals . |
| 8 | But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th . |
| 9 | Your parents nag you and bribe you ( they call it loving you ) and bash you into some sort of shape that suits them . |
| 10 | I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young . |
| 11 | If you are a small family , look for models with the sort of controls that allow you rinse-and-hold cycles — a short cycle which rinses dishes for a short time to get rid of dried-on food and any smells so that they can then wait till you have a full load to put through . |
| 12 | It 's the same sort of factor that allows anybody who smokes a lot to not get cancer and not get bronchitis and live , also live a long time . |
| 13 | But — and it 's this sort of complication that makes him I think such a remarkable man — although that did happen then , for the next ten , twelve years , he was entirely preoccupied , almost entirely preoccupied with something else , and this something else erm originates from the other revolution that he underwent at this time , a revolution that occurred after a visit to an international mathematical congress in Paris , where he met the Italian mathematician Peano . |
| 14 | I was conscious of rich chaos , the sort of jumble that lures one into a junk-shop knowing that under the piles of objects and above one 's head there are riches to be mined . |
| 15 | They also like this sort of excitement and you know when things chop and change and there 's sort of erm almost like a crisis situation and lots of excitement , lots of activity , activists actually thrive on that , they like that sort of challenge that stimulates their learning . |
| 16 | The sort of job that pleased him most , this one . |
| 17 | He had a close look at Shearer in Saturday 's match at Blackburn , and added : ‘ He 's the sort of player that makes you want to get the ball to him as many times as possible . |
| 18 | There was , she recalls , ‘ a sort of madness that overtook him . |
| 19 | Does it make you want Is it the sort of ache that makes you want to wriggle it around ? |
| 20 | But if they were to examine that bullet hole and find it was caused by the same sort of gun that killed her … ’ |
| 21 | MICHAEL STICH last night came close to producing the sort of form that won him Wimbledon two years ago , to move into the semi-finals of the Compaq Grand Slam Cup . |
| 22 | You do n't need , he , that sort of thing that turns you on or . |
| 23 | She came to know instinctively the kind of candid , vivid anecdote that found favour with him , the sort of thing that made him chuckle with delight , and sometimes scribble it down in a note-book . |
| 24 | That 's the sort of thing that makes you realize you 're not going to find the job of your dreams just by going to the job centre . |