Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Since the nucleus of each cell contains the same genetic information , it is the reciprocal communication between nucleus and cytoplasm during development that determines which proteins are made .
2 There is a dynamic about poverty that makes it a risk increaser when it interlocks with other factors .
3 There is a dynamic about poverty that makes it a risk increaser when it interlocks with other factors .
4 The result is a database on which you can search for a favourite author or publisher , or search for packages that give you the required level of coverage of particular elements ( or units ) of competence .
5 Of course , for conversation to provide opportunities for learning in this way , children must be encouraged to continue to be active participants , initiating talk about topics that interest them , asking questions and expressing their opinions .
6 The break with this structure of belonging can be announced only through a certain organisation , a certain strategic arrangement which , within the field of metaphysical opposition , uses the strengths of the field to turn its own stratagems against it , producing a force of dislocation that spreads itself throughout the entire system , fissuring it in every direction and thoroughly delimiting it .
7 But it was not his opinions so much as their force of expression that caused his hearers to stare at him in awe on these occasions .
8 It compelled him to look closer ; to feel the smooth , damp surface ; to grasp the ring of iron that held it prisoner ; to look into the black space behind it .
9 It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being but on the contrary ; their social being that determines their consciousness .
10 It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being , but , on the contrary , their social being that determines their consciousness .
11 In comparison to his contemporaries in 1967 he had completed a lot more films than most ; the difference was that his were a succession of B-movies that paid him little .
12 It is this programme of reinstatement that explains what , for some people , is the odd repetition of the date ‘ 1909 ’ on the stonework at the rims of the some of the locks .
13 We must then continue with a rolling programme of reform that takes us away from the narrow concept of notional rents .
14 Fear of rape that stalks our big cities
15 The infusion of desire that rushed her was so immense that she obeyed instantly , drawing her legs up to his hips .
16 And it finds an echo in the chapter of Isaiah that formed our first lesson ; the word ‘ peace ’ is n't actually used , but the picture of deliverance has a thread of divine peace running all the way through it .
17 This is the first piece of fantasy that greets you when you enter the gates of the Studios .
18 What we 've got here is a very conventional piece of logic that implements what I 've talked about .
19 The child might never have known his or her grandfather nor seen the small piece of land that made him a landlord , yet the child remained stubbornly a landlord in official eyes decades after land reform .
20 I mean , it could be just a piece of grass that cut him .
21 They know how to set traps , they know how to ask you questions which will lead you into using emotive words , they will have you on tape , they will also possibly be in a position to edit that tape , and at the end of the day you can not say , ‘ I did n't say that , ’ because I have a piece of tape that says you actually did say it .
22 Only now that he was safe did he feel a little black jet of fear rising in his chest , a gobbet of bile that filled his mouth , washing his teeth in acid .
23 She saw Naylor 's sharp glance go over her , but , while she quickly lowered her glance , she could do nothing about the unexpected riot of colour that flooded her face .
24 There was a thread of anger in the question , but Fran ignored it , just as she forced herself to ignore the sudden surge of hope that filled her heart .
25 In that instant , Juliet felt a surge of happiness that filled her chest and almost engulfed her .
26 It was there within them , a fiery surge of power that raced their breath .
27 The web of skin that unites their toes has become greatly enlarged so that each foot is , in effect , a small parachute .
28 Love is a strange force like gravity that holds us together in the transcendent and will suffer no parting .
29 He played a leading role in the $5m deal with Morrow that gave his novel Whirlwind a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the recipient of the highest ever advance for a single work of fiction .
30 Singleton has an astonishing three year deal with Columbia that gives him the freedom to make as many films as he can in that time .
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