Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People tend to assume that parents of mentally handicapped children and those who work with them are gifted with abnormal powers of patience and understanding , or suffused with some form of religious or social awareness that make them adopt a sacrificial purpose in life . |
| 2 | For some , the reason is one of choice ; they do not have a job or social links that tie them to a 24 hour day . |
| 3 | Without doing anything at all he could make things happen for which he must be punished with slaps , missed meals or verbal assaults that left him trembling and incoherent . |
| 4 | But tonight there had been no time to get the cheese or sardines or cold ham that made his evening meal ; Sean never liked to cook in his bedsit above the premises of Hogan 's lest the smell of food linger and be deemed offensive . |
| 5 | For that reason , the majority are likely to be studying technical or vocational subjects that equip them with more immediately useful skills . |
| 6 | Since then much theoretical work has been directed at this short-sighted empiricism , uncovering the pattern of cultural or ideological assumptions that supported it . |
| 7 | The temperature rise is registered in the former case by an attached or adjacent thermocouple that delivers its thermoelectric e.m.f. to a moving-coil voltmeter of suitable sensitivity . |
| 8 | Erm , everything else we 've looked at , there are either statutory problems or other problems that prevent us from charging . |
| 9 | Two male friends dressed in drag appear , possibly as twin brides , preferably in long dresses or other outfits that keep them well covered to prevent any incidents among their own group or from outsiders . |
| 10 | They told the Cannes conference that new legislation that requires them to give more information on toxic chemicals to federal safety watchdogs could leave them wide open to spies . |
| 11 | Presumably it was both practical and political reasons that led him to the subject working party strategy . |
| 12 | It was Lear 's example that provided the impetus for the Goulds ' first publication , and it was Lear who later transformed Gould 's static and unimaginative style into the confident and innovative work that characterised his second and all subsequent publications . |
| 13 | It was Lexy 's voice and imagined image that tormented her , though she could n't bring herself to pronounce the name . |
| 14 | Organisations have suppliers and clients ; and there are wider social and economic forces that affect them , such as the labour market , the community , government legislation , and of course other organisations . |
| 15 | It was a force that she tried to hide away tidily , as her mother would have done , because it was a dark and hideous thing that shook her violently . |
| 16 | The tolerance and friendly hospitality that greets me everywhere baffles my comprehension . |
| 17 | But my bad mood soon disappeared in the relaxed , carefree and friendly atmosphere that greeted me . |
| 18 | We publish all our own books , and our list of titles reflects the wide range of powerful , amusing and entertaining subjects that interest our Members . |
| 19 | There was loads of levers and , and er er crossheads and , and different things that gave plenty of work to our colleagues er including the housing you know , which was a huge er er piece of er welded equipment you know , built into the side of the ship . |
| 20 | Is there something about woman 's experience as a biological and social being that gives her a common identity and differentiates her forever from the male ? |
| 21 | American banks will need years to recover from the now souring loans to property developers and leveraged buy-outs that followed their third-world lending . |
| 22 | Style 3s are actually rarer than Style 4s , and this one has features and serial numbers that date it to 1931 or 1932 . |
| 23 | The poor in all countries struggle against the domestic and global forces that oppress them and their resistance takes many forms . |
| 24 | It is this ability to produce flowers throughout the summer and early autumn that ranks them with the true annuals when it comes to creating the most colourful and long lasting planting schemes . |
| 25 | In the past I had encountered statements in books and official reports that encouraged me to think of mathematics in a positive way : |
| 26 | But World War I gave him the chance to stand on internationalist ground with an uncompromising fervour and personal courage that gave him a status denied to most of the others , whose work lay in the factories and in the shop stewards ' movement . |
| 27 | But fundamentally , of course , there is a massive overlap between the two movements in terms both of the issues and of the values and philosophical concerns that give our work any meaning at all . |
| 28 | I read a nice one once , all about a poor girl who was found in the snow with a lost memory by a young and 'andsome squire that took her home to 'is castle and — ’ |
| 29 | It is also pointed out that the danger of " hurrying " and teaching " more " is that time for gathering information and reflecting on practice and the implicit and explicit theories that guide it can evaporate easily in the busyness of increasing demands … |
| 30 | A fake siege hiding a kidnapping and fake demands that camouflage something else . ’ |