Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | And it 's mostly multi-national companies that run it . |
2 | A patch of darkness in a far comer seemed somewhat darker than the less dark darkness that surrounded it . |
3 | She also wore extremely high-heeled shoes that made her legs seem even longer . |
4 | The justly famous building that replaced it once more illustrated Wren 's genius for combining classical and Gothic themes . |
5 | With Easy Boot , you can have up to fifteen highly optimised configurations that ensure your PC is working at its best in any given situation , and a lot less hassle . |
6 | Those portraits , and the chill damp of the ominously vacant house that contains them , have already been so vividly impressed on us by Dickens that , for many readers , this remains their dominant , and perhaps exclusive , impression . |
7 | Surprise made her catch a breath , but it was the swiftly ensuing resentment that held it locked in her lungs for seconds after she should have expelled it as she stared questioningly at Luke Scott , casually elegant in a beautifully made lightweight jacket worn over a pale shirt and obviously expensive trousers with a discreetly fashionable belt . |
8 | However , when we are prepared to be guided from within , it is no longer emotional desire that drives us , but the purity and clarity of reason , dictated by the ‘ pure will ’ of our hearts . |
9 | MADAME HÉLÈNE ROCHAS , totem of French style and widow of the innovative couturier Marcel Rochas , and inspiration for his enduringly popular scent that bears her name , wears number 44 , a black grain de poudre smoking jacket with white satin revers and slightly flared skirt ; white satin blouse ; white kid shoes with black heels . |
10 | It 's not just synthetic ingredients that give your skin a boost — many modern products now contain plant extracts which have been used for their stimulating and soothing properties for thousands of years |
11 | But it was not just long service that endeared him to Palace fans , for Billy was an enthusiastic player , full of pep and fight , with the ‘ never say die ’ attitude that supporters love to see . |
12 | It should be remembered that it is not idle curiosity that prompts them . |
13 | It is n't just bad behaviour that makes us wish the ground would open under us : there are times when you 'd gladly disown your child when she gets to the top of the slide , freezes there and screams hysterically to be carried down . |
14 | His privilege and independence might further be seen to confer the trappings of a ‘ humaneness ’ which in truth was only a benign counterpart of the more brutal colonialism that appalled him . |
15 | Lou had allowed her coal-black hair to grow into a softer , more feminine style that flattered her small features . |
16 | In this sense it was Maxse 's radical Conservatism and not his more dangerous notions that brought him so close to the hub of Conservative politics in the decade before 1914 . |
17 | Glass-fibre remains an inexpensive and effective reinforcement material , but in recent years it has been upstaged by Kevlar and carbon fibre , two stronger but more costly materials that owe their high profile largely to their use in formula racing cars . |
18 | For one wild moment she thought it was Adam fighting her for the cup ; but it was a more powerful arm that pinned her . |
19 | Rightly or wrongly for instance , most of us are happy about the properties of rigid rods of iron , and we are prepared to use them as units of explanation of more complex machines that contain them . |
20 | The Great Detective , for all that he figures in mere detective stories , is a figure to parallel with the great poet and the great scientist because in solving the sort of genuinely baffling mystery that confronts him , in fact he goes some way to solving a yet greater mystery , the mystery of the human personality . |
21 | These attract a small moth with a specially curved proboscis that enables it to gather pollen from the yucca stamens . |
22 | Along life 's way you pick up little techniques that help you control your behaviour , get your own way , become strong-willed . |
23 | Instantly , she was filled with the need to protect herself from the hopelessly vulnerable way that made her feel . |
24 | They were both speaking in the slightly lowered tone that meant they did not want to be overheard , and were only having the discussion at all because they believed Belinda to be safely out of earshot . |
25 | About three-quarters of the judges are educated at public schools and Oxford or Cambridge , but there are also other factors that reinforce their exclusiveness : their socialization into the legal life via their training as barristers ( that is those entitled to appear in the higher courts ) and the need to demonstrate professional competence in order to ‘ take silk ’ , that is become a Queen 's Counsel and thus gain themselves a place among the elite of barristers from whom judges are chosen . |
26 | She offered a freshness and uniquely British quality that makes her comparable to William Morris , I believe . ’ |
27 | True , it shares the familiar 900 body shape but it 's the new thinking behind the radically different engine that sets it apart . |
28 | Unlike the gibbon , which tends to specialize in figs of a predictable and often continuous availability that allows it to live in small territories and at a large population density , the orang-utan is a great wanderer . |
29 | With King 6-4 ahead and lying two shots around the jack , Corsie produced a perfectly weighted bowl that threaded its way between King 's two counters to take shot . |
30 | With King 6-4 ahead and lying two shots around the jack , Corsie produced a perfectly weighted bowl that threaded its way between King 's two counters to take shot . |