Example sentences of "[noun] that [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event , the rules should provide a means of resolving any impasse that does arise . |
| 2 | But at least the new developments should ease the diplomatic impasse that has kept relations between Japan and the Soviet Union frozen for 46 years . |
| 3 | Gradually , the state of anticipation at Ballingolin began to subside like an inflated pig 's bladder that has a slow leak . |
| 4 | This time it 's Murray Mouse : Supercop that comes up for a lump of cheese and a quick spin on the squeaky exercise wheel that keeps the whole house awake at night . |
| 5 | His hands shake ant his balance is cruelly uncertain , a fly wheel that has lost its rhythm . |
| 6 | The little brick-built mill has an internal iron wheel that provides the power for the two sets of stones as well as the various ancillary equipment . |
| 7 | Erm Harrogate er is a borough that 's enjoyed an enormous er growth in prosperity and economic activity during the erm exciting er yuppie years of Mrs Thatcher the mid eighties and erm er was indeed one of the I think one of the most wealthy boroughs , one of the highest economic activity rate levels , the Civic Society tell us in their papers it was paying the highest rates and all these sort of indicators , but with as so much of that period it turned out to be er a bubble and a chimera and er the borough has experienced some very severe erm er closures in recent years . |
| 8 | It is not religion that drives it , or theory ; and the rejection of Marxism now looks , in retrospect , like an inevitable part of its natural growth . |
| 9 | Yet Christianity is a religion that has always been open to rational criticism when its critics have been granted the freedom to make their challenge known . |
| 10 | Every heresy and man-made religion that has ever been invented presents a fractured picture of Jesus Christ . |
| 11 | They are Chinese Muslims whose ancestors came to China from Arabia as long ago as 651 and who still live scattered throughout the People 's Republic , preserving a way of life , a language and a religion that has more in common with Mecca than with the Orient . |
| 12 | First , when there has been confrontation , it has been religion that has yielded in the end . |
| 13 | But Christianity is the only religion that makes it clear that only one god exists . |
| 14 | Horror stories are rife of ex-cons setting up their own security companies , with all the obvious risks that entails . |
| 15 | You may object that I 'm only describing the kind of action that occurs in whodunnit stories — but look again at the short fictions that have moved you . |
| 16 | It is that ‘ right feel ’ about an action that tells one all is well . |
| 17 | It is their good fortune to have the luxury of comment without the responsibility of action that enables them to appear more in tune with public feeling than the ideologists of either side of the political spectrum . |
| 18 | This is changing fast , and clients are more and more wanting advice and action that calls for considerable finesse , knowledge , and intelligence . |
| 19 | From my point of view , one of the most powerful arguments that needs to be addressed is the argument about individual freedom and this is always important to me about , if you 're going to take an action that limits somebody 's freedom , you damn well have to have a good reason for it . |
| 20 | Sustainable development — action that alters the environment so that it caters more effectively for human needs , without depleting renewable resources — is essential if the world is to be free from poverty and squalor … |
| 21 | This may be faster but it leads to a kicking action that tends to collide with the opponent 's leading knee rather than pass over it . |
| 22 | I think the only action that comes out of that is |
| 23 | CPRW has campaigned , with others , for a major reform of the CAP that will end support for environmentally-damaging production methods and move substantial sums into support for farming and farming-related action that protects and enhances the quality of the Welsh landscape , its wildlife , public access and the wider environment , while also sustaining existing rural communities . |
| 24 | So the matter arises in this way , the action that concerns a partnership dispute , er between the plaintiffs on the one hand and the defendant on the other . |
| 25 | Thirdly , as for members of the public suing in respect of unlawful action in the public sector , will the Secretary of State confirm that unions have no immunity now for unlawful action in respect of public services and , that , although there may be some doubt about it , the only decided case in law held that the public already have the right to sue in respect of action that affects them ? |
| 26 | For Lifebuoy has an antiseptic action that looks after health upstairs , downstairs , at the sink , wherever it 's used ! |
| 27 | A golf swing is a dynamic action that demands good balance at all times . |
| 28 | In order to encourage your child to act in a way in which he has seldom or never before behaved , take your child through mini-steps towards a goal by rewarding any action that approximates the behaviour you want . |
| 29 | Erm , but obviously if somebody can take some assertive action that stops the fire |
| 30 | SPATTERING. it 's the wrist action that counts ! |