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 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 .
13 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 .
14 Lou had allowed her coal-black hair to grow into a softer , more feminine style that flattered her small features .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 For one wild moment she thought it was Adam fighting her for the cup ; but it was a more powerful arm that pinned her .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 These attract a small moth with a specially curved proboscis that enables it to gather pollen from the yucca stamens .
21 Instantly , she was filled with the need to protect herself from the hopelessly vulnerable way that made her feel .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 She offered a freshness and uniquely British quality that makes her comparable to William Morris , I believe . ’
25 True , it shares the familiar 900 body shape but it 's the new thinking behind the radically different engine that sets it apart .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 The upper pole of the sphere is the centre of the inversion and the increasingly small stars that approach it correspond to the increasingly large stars lying at greater and greater distances on the plane .
30 Any er particularly bad points that make it difficult for you ?
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