Example sentences of "and [noun] that [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The areas of Sunderland and Middlesbrough that we looked at were both poor working-class areas , yet there were considerable differences in the health of their communities . |
| 2 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 3 | What Labour needs above all is the network of working-class activists , sympathisers and supporters that it had in workplaces and on housing estates even as recently as 20 years ago . |
| 4 | The answer depends on the criteria of efficiency and equity that we developed in the last chapter . |
| 5 | One more guilty secret that Maggie felt obliged to keep from everyone was the deep fear and disgust that she felt at the thought of sexuality . |
| 6 | Deep down , well hidden beneath the façade of arrogance and ice that he presented to the world , a warm , caring heart beat within Adam Burns . |
| 7 | The little bits and pieces that we talked about . |
| 8 | I gave them some er jackets and trousers that I got in stock down there that 's that 's that 's it then yeah . |
| 9 | When he pulled himself together he rang Rachel , in search of that mixture of common sense and warmth that she applied to all emotional crises . |
| 10 | The snubs and indignities that he received from that quarter have passed into Gaullist lore : when he so much as enquired about the progress of the assembly 's constitutional commission , one of his own former ministers told him it was none of his business . |
| 11 | It must be fierce about preserving Nehru 's creed of secularism , but equally fierce about ditching the failed policies of economic interventionism and self-sufficiency that he attached to it . |
| 12 | It was this nightmare image of panic and despair that she kept in her mind 's eye as Simon talked his way confidently through his own philosophy of life . |
| 13 | The three Service Chiefs welcomed his preference for evolution rather than continuing and abrasive revolution , but the doubts and suspicions that they had about Mountbatten 's impartiality made it difficult for him to rebuild complete confidence between his staff at the Ministry of Defence and the Service ministries . |
| 14 | He could sing of lizard-clad nobles hunting for trophies , and of body-heat orgies and mutations of the eye , and of a lone white-haired woman whose senses had been scarified , locked in a sanctum forever , her mind reaching to the stars ; and out among all those stars and worlds that she spoke to in her mind , no fellow spirit yearned towards her or was able to express any such feeling — ’ |
| 15 | It is this typological point that I would like to consider now , bearing in mind the question of historical divergence and convergence that I referred to above . |
| 16 | The pale green mount was chosen to blend with the many different shades of leaves and flowers that I had in store , and is made from a linen textured mountboard which gives a more interesting effect than plain green card . |
| 17 | Castro subsequently admitted that he had been opposed to the removal of the missiles , and his adamant refusal to allow US inspections to be carried out on Cuban territory ( despite Soviet pressure ) testifies to the anger and resentment that he felt over the fact that matters which vitally affected Cuban sovereignty were settled without his knowledge or consent . |
| 18 | Has Colonel Gaddafi yet provided information about the explosives and armaments that he supplied to the IRA ? |
| 19 | The result is so infantile , feeble and unfunny that I left after 50 minutes — and you should see some of the rubbish I 've endured to the end . |
| 20 | The warmth and affection that we felt for each other will always be with me . |
| 21 | The peasants ' " redemption dues " were calculated not on the basis of the land which came into their possession but on the basis of the rents and services that they owed under serfdom . |
| 22 | The privacy and identity that they possessed by living in family homes separated from other families , even when members of co-operatives , would be broken down under the new arrangements . |
| 23 | They walked slowly up the church path , past the old graves , those so seared by time and weather that they stood as grey shapes furred with lichen , names and dates no longer legible , uniform in obscurity . |
| 24 | She set out across it , wishing she had a dog with her and admiring , over her shoulder , the neat prints of boot sole and heel that she left behind her as she walked . |
| 25 | This can cast us back to that sense of aestheticism and dedication that we saw in the sixth elegy . |
| 26 | He went to all the openings , parties and dinners that he wanted to and frequently did not see Constance for several days . |
| 27 | The extent to which the PCF was committed to popular front cultural politics can be appreciated both by the amount of time and energy that it devoted to the anti-fascist congresses , peace movements and revolutionary cultural associations of the period , and by its willingness to engage in the policy of la main tendue ( " the outstretched hand " ) in its relations with sympathisers of any persuasion , ideological or religious , willing to collaborate in its struggle against capitalist warmongering , imperialism , fascism and oppression . |