Example sentences of "[that] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right sort of literary experience can be like a nuclear explosion , whereas the ‘ human expressiveness ’ that Scholes detects in the humblest graffito is more like the low-level radioactivity that is always present in the natural environment . |
| 2 | After a three-week trial and two days of deliberations , the jury yesterday found that Basinger had committed breach of contract and awarded Main Line 8.9m , which included general damages and compensation for the loss of her services . |
| 3 | Main Line 's lawyers said during a trial in state court that Basinger suffered from an ‘ ego run amok ’ and that her backing out led to a year-long delay and a loss of between £3.3m and £6.6m . |
| 4 | Tradition tells that Peden told the new bride to — . |
| 5 | It may be impossible to draw up a fitness league table but it is possible to say that complexity has increased during evolution . |
| 6 | It was a phrase that Baden-Powell let slip more than once in his speeches and writings in the thickening twilight before war . |
| 7 | And also because Daniel was encouraging Elisabeth to learn to play the lyre and cittern that Horst had recently acquired in Italy . |
| 8 | It was at Macclesfield on Friday that Colchester clinched their place in the Vauxhall FA Trophy final , where they will meet Witton Albion at Wembley on Sunday May 10 . |
| 9 | Indeed , the argument is often advanced that mergers bring benefits through reducing costs of production because of the attainment of economies of scale . |
| 10 | Professor Keith Cowling and his research team have argued that mergers continue to explain half of the increase in industrial concentration in the UK . |
| 11 | The most obvious of these was that mergers occurred in waves and affected all industries . |
| 12 | Indeed , it is only since 1965 that mergers have been subject to public scrutiny at all . |
| 13 | In spite of this , most studies agree that mergers have not on average improved the subsequent performance of the merging companies . |
| 14 | We may doubt that Beerbohm had the acumen or the catholicity to respond to this provocation as conclusively as he should . |
| 15 | The verdict was that Horsley had about as clean a bill of health as it was possible for a real , live capitalist to have . |
| 16 | Others said that Horsley saw in Hayling the image of what he had always wanted to be — idealistic , full of derring-do , glamorous , and free from the tedious baggage of conventional business life . |
| 17 | It was said that Horsley treated Hayling as the brilliant but wayward son he always wanted , but never had . |
| 18 | Even then , Terry and I used to have arguments when one of us discovered that Gary had knowledge of things that only the two of us knew . |
| 19 | Mr Larkin says his suffering is worse for knowing that Gary had only agreed to go to Chorley at the last minute after two people , a man and a woman , had spoken separately to him on the phone . |
| 20 | But my information is that Gary wants to stay with St Helens . |
| 21 | I think that Gary rang him up and said he was going to back to work , there 's only people starting work he 's giving some people some work . |
| 22 | Wilkinson said : ‘ I am pleased that Gary has shown his faith in the club 's future by agreeing to stay . ’ |
| 23 | It is important to help pupils to appreciate that metaphors require interpretation within a background of shared ideas . |
| 24 | The Right-Ons fired back the unanswerable reply that meetings belonged to those who attended them . |
| 25 | Naturally this will also involve a much more critical look at the existing syllabuses and there will be areas where it will be felt that curriculum reforms consistent with enlightened teaching and effective learning are imperative . |
| 26 | Dr Geoffrey Pasvol of the John Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford said : ‘ There was so much there [ in Allison 's paper ] that Ian had said to me in the summer . ’ |
| 27 | They knew that Ian had taken er or was about to take some and they knew that er |
| 28 | I was already aware that Ian had recently lost an argument with a South Uist bend resulting in a change in vehicle and I can impart to all past and future travellers to the Uists who depend on Ian for transport that journeys are now much more sedate than they used to be . |
| 29 | Julia realised that she was shaking and that Ian had taken her hand in his . |
| 30 | Glancing carefully round at the little groups of guests she saw that Ian had already claimed Joanna , but there was no sign of Robert . |