Example sentences of "a [noun sg] that [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walkers on the Three Peaks marathon usually start from Horton in Ribblesdale and do the journey anti-clockwise , visiting Penyghent , Whernside and Ingleborough in that order and returning to Horton from the last named by a route that approximates to a beeline . |
| 2 | Furthermore , two-earner couples enjoy greater allowances ( 2.6SA ) than single-earner couples ( 1.6SA ) , a provision that dates from the Second World War when there was a policy to encourage married women to work . |
| 3 | I do n't know about you fellahs , but I do n't like having a sister that looks like a tramp . ’ |
| 4 | We report a case that alludes to a facilitating mechanism . |
| 5 | There is now evidence that the bulge is elongated in a direction that lies in the plane ; the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy . |
| 6 | I was ready to chuck it all in after a decision that flew in the face of reason . |
| 7 | Edward Taylor has the subtlety to realise that comparisons with Christie and Conan Doyle are inevitable , so he 's steered a course that dips into the best of both camps , while creating a distinctive style of his own . |
| 8 | The result is a text that operates in the mode of potentiality . |
| 9 | There is a difficulty with Jenny , of a kind that came with the innocent of the previous novel . |
| 10 | Standing in front of them was an extremely old man with a beard that trailed on the ground and long flowing white hair . |
| 11 | There was a silence so complete she could hear the slight rasp in Mrs Browning 's chest , a rasp that broke into a cough she seemed to welcome . |
| 12 | ‘ Islam , ’ he was constantly telling Robert , ‘ is not a faith that pries into a person 's soul . |
| 13 | It is a weed that grows in every soil . |
| 14 | The barbarian pulled himself to his feet and slung his treasure bags into a sack that hung from the saddle , then hauled himself onto the beast 's back . |
| 15 | My Dad works on a farm in Maltside , and we live in a cottage that belongs to the farmer . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend will be aware that as a result of the debt crisis , over the past few years the ECGD has accumulated a deficit of more than £4 billion which is , of course , a deficit that falls to the taxpayer . |
| 17 | A number of systems exist for helping to determine information requirements , for example , Task Analysis ( Spurgeon and Barwell , 1989 ) which is a technique that moves from a statement of work objectives to an identification of the information needs that underpin these tasks . |
| 18 | It does , however , show clearly that when assessing suffering it is important to have a framework that goes beyond the narrow concerns of selective or functional assessment approaches , although such approaches do have some value in distinguishing between ‘ appropriate ’ and ‘ inappropriate ’ suffering . |
| 19 | Slowly the stillness rose in a tide that lapped at the rage within her ; her breathing steadied . |
| 20 | The brothers were very much alike , the same strong shoulders and the fine head of hair , but physical appearances were deceptive and there was about Spencer a weakness that showed in the line of his mouth and the almost shifty look in his eyes . |
| 21 | If you have any doubts about your ability to fix a burst pipe , a storm-damaged roof , or a boiler that does on the blink , it may be worth signing up for Homercare , the new 24-hour emergency repair and assistance service from Europ Assistance . |
| 22 | The Britax Freeway ( £89.99 ) has a harness that adjusts to the correct fit at the touch of a button . |
| 23 | Some come complete with a tent that fits over the boom to make a very snug overnight bedroom . |
| 24 | On the whole the girls are ahead of the boys , so this is a change that occurs in the teens . |
| 25 | Other treks cross the two fine Arctic National Parks , Uhro Kekkonen to the east , and Lemmenjoki park in the north , a park that links with the Øvre Anarjokka Park that lies in Norway , to the east of Kautokeino , capital of Norwegian Lappland . |
| 26 | Harold Gunson , the national director of Britain 's Blood Transfusion Service , agreed that a formulation that survives in the body for up to 24 hours would be useful in trauma , angioplasty and stroke treatment . |
| 27 | This tidal wave is a product of the combined efforts of the jostling of the crustal plates and the behaviour of the deep Ocean through which the resulting shock waves are transmitted : a small nudge in southern Chile can set up a wave that streaks across the entire Pacific in a matter of hours , with unimaginably enormous force . |
| 28 | This goes down its throat and into a pouch that opens from the top wall of its gut . |
| 29 | The incident provoked a demonstration that led to the arrest and beating of Vuk Draskovic , head of the Serbian Renewal Movement , the largest opposition democratic party . |
| 30 | He had the revolutionary idea that gravity was not just a force that operated in a fixed background of space-time . |