Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being but on the contrary ; their social being that determines their consciousness . |
| 5 | It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being , but , on the contrary , their social being that determines their consciousness . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We must then continue with a rolling programme of reform that takes us away from the narrow concept of notional rents . |
| 9 | Fear of rape that stalks our big cities |
| 10 | The infusion of desire that rushed her was so immense that she obeyed instantly , drawing her legs up to his hips . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This is the first piece of fantasy that greets you when you enter the gates of the Studios . |
| 13 | What we 've got here is a very conventional piece of logic that implements what I 've talked about . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I mean , it could be just a piece of grass that cut him . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In that instant , Juliet felt a surge of happiness that filled her chest and almost engulfed her . |
| 21 | It was there within them , a fiery surge of power that raced their breath . |
| 22 | The web of skin that unites their toes has become greatly enlarged so that each foot is , in effect , a small parachute . |
| 23 | It is their good fortune to have the luxury of comment without the responsibility of action that enables them to appear more in tune with public feeling than the ideologists of either side of the political spectrum . |
| 24 | It was furnished with a certain meanness of equipment that made them feel like poor relations . |
| 25 | Grice himself might assimilate apine dance to the category of phenomena that have what he called natural meaning as opposed to the non-natural meaning of expressions of natural language . |
| 26 | Be prepared to take advantage of offers that come your way , especially if they concern a friend or relative . |
| 27 | It was the wickedness of men that removed her from our care . |
| 28 | " Variety 's the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour . " |
| 29 | Delaney and Forster were engulfed in a hammering storm of water that forced them almost to their knees . |
| 30 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |