Example sentences of "[that] [adv] [vb base] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although the rewards of breeding may be high for males that successfully mate with several females , the costs may be substantial too . |
| 2 | Mr Winchester is impressively knowledgeable about all manner of things , from the tectonic plates that inexorably grind against each other beneath the Pacific 's waves to the steamer duck paddling furiously away in Patagonia ( although sloppy editing has the duck paddling at 20 knots on one page and a more believable 12 on another ) . |
| 3 | Education is seen as a process of nurturing individuality , of fostering distinctive qualities that already reside within each individual . |
| 4 | However , these optimistic hopes , while not entirely misconceived , appear to have ignored the many formidable traditional obstacles to the emancipation of women that still remain in most Third World societies , as well as new obstacles created by the so-called ‘ modernization ’ processes themselves . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is the distinctiveness of this particular anatomical colour that makes us forget the pure white quartzites that also occur at this level , even in our own Midlands ( as the Stiperstones Quartzite of west Shropshire ) . |
| 6 | Thus at Glynde Levels the Sussex Ornithological Society annually flood fields covering some six hectares which is largely responsible for the wildfowl numbers that now occur in these levels . |
| 7 | Persistent infections occupy the middle ground between acute life-threatening infections that can overcome the immune and interferon systems , and infections that readily succumb to these defences — albeit after a short burst of disease . |
| 8 | And , with luck , not long after that we will have in our very own editorial offices an electronic excuse for the mistakes that occasionally slide into these pages . |