Example sentences of "be a [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've never been a person that gets something for nothing . |
| 2 | The festival is also screening POISON , one of the most controversial American films for a long time , which has caused storms of protest in the States and will be a film that has everyone talking . |
| 3 | An over-planted pool detracts from its surroundings , while it should essentially be a feature that complements them . |
| 4 | cos there is a school of thought that they can be a virus that starts it |
| 5 | If , on the other hand , the condition is that the proper name , if it is to count as a proper name at all , must be non-descriptive , then we shall look in vain for suitable candidates , for there can hardly be an expression that communicates something and yet does not incorporate , or contextually presuppose , a descriptive content . |
| 6 | As Todorov repeatedly insists in his Introduction to Poetics , ‘ The particular text will only be an instance that allows us to describe the properties of literature [ in general ] ’ ( 1981 : 7 ) . |
| 7 | Well I do n't think that it 's primarily being a woman that affected my career . |
| 8 | I think it 's a response that has nothing to do with my interaction with Carrington . |
| 9 | It 's a subject that makes my blood boil and disappointments have left me a blister short of swearing . |
| 10 | It 's a thought that crossed my mind to help you as a trainer . |
| 11 | ‘ When you know there 's a bird that matches it 's description but you know it 's extinct , it just does n't sink in . |
| 12 | ‘ I sympathise with anyone who has any eating disorder because it 's a nightmare that affects your whole life . |
| 13 | Sometimes it 's a story that lends itself to cover status — from The Four Skins/race riot report in '81 to the death of Will Synott last year — but more often than not , NME 's prime site acts as a simple celebration of an act 's greatness . |
| 14 | That 's a cycle that cost him over two hundred pounds and it would cost him more money to have lights fitted now as an extra . |
| 15 | Wet 's a condition that suits you . ’ |
| 16 | What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background . |
| 17 | Here 's a questionnaire that enables you to look at what might be important to you . |
| 18 | He 's a soldier that gives everything ; throws himself at the enemy and for once every ball , he touched finished in the back of the net . |
| 19 | This is not a personal matter , it 's a matter that concerns your business integrity . |
| 20 | It 's a kiss that says it all . |
| 21 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 22 | These are separate topics in their own right , just as sewing itself is a hobby that has its own literature which we commend if you wish to learn more . |
| 23 | I think we can protect our children much better than we do , for one thing there is a law that says it 's illegal to sell tobacco to children under sixteen , that law is flouted every day in a large proportion of the , er the shops in this city and in Scotland . |
| 24 | This is a budget that promises what it will deliver . |
| 25 | Gillian Freeman 's Termination Rock ( Pandora , £12.95 ) is a novel that inserts itself under your skin leaving you wanting more . |
| 26 | It is a faith that believes it has only to ask in order to receive : e.g. in the cure of the leper ( Mark 1:40–5 ) . |
| 27 | The result is a service that acknowledges their special needs as guests and , more importantly , as individuals . |
| 28 | There is a legend that says they will return when the Lost Prince of Tara appears , and that it is he alone whom they will serve . |
| 29 | Very occasionally there is a document that gives us a clue . |
| 30 | This is a word that changes its meaning according to context , and it is dangerous to generalise by reference to decisions on other statutes . |