Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm talking about a pharmacist with a G P that set us . |
| 2 | After two years designing murals for Wimpey , the construction company , he took a teaching post that enticed him back into the photography world , and led to a post-graduate degree at the Royal College . |
| 3 | The body has a defence system that protects it against outside invaders . |
| 4 | When you open a current account you will be issued with a cheque book that has your name printed on every cheque . |
| 5 | Yes sure , the card itself er is authorisation that is signed by er an officer of at least the rank of Assistant Chief Constable and er it 's a firearms authorisation that enables us or as an individual , to be issued with a firearm that is named on this card , er for that particular type of weapon er if if we go to a firearms operation . |
| 6 | But William 's grandad was too busy working to notice or care , riding shotgun to a great clattering brute of a knitting machine that reminded him of the Irish cobs he 'd broken in for the brewery ; he could knit thirty fully fashioned stockings an hour , sixteen hours a day . |
| 7 | She now has a wedding dress that cost me the national debt , but which now bears no relation to the original creation because all the expensive seed-pearls are strewn around her bedroom floor , and which the dog thought would be marvellous to eat and is now residing at the local vet 's and which will cost me even more money . |
| 8 | Not even a Guy-Fawkes bonfire that scorches you head to toe with a hot and lavish lick and leaves your back frosted and tingling . |
| 9 | With the national and strategic interest of the United States as part of its more elevated terms of reference , the CIA would co-opt DEA informants at will or take over a DEA operation that suited its purpose or use the DEA as a cloak for its own interests or activities without much regard for the lesser claims of law enforcement . |
| 10 | It proved enough for a most handsome victory over decidedly off-colour Ontario and it was an enormous pity that Rod Snow , the dynamic Newfoundland no.8 , sustained a neck injury that kept him out of the final . |
| 11 | What we have tonight is a labour group that says they no longer believe in that philosophy . |
| 12 | Even many Christians have split lives , with a thinking faith that leaves their emotions untouched . |
| 13 | He wrote a 30-second piece for a shampoo commercial that enabled him to buy a house in the country . |
| 14 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 15 | At least have the honesty to admit it and not to vote for an a management initiative that says we 're gon na become an enabling authority and then it subsequently to deny every single measure that will allow that to happen . |
| 16 | Harriet made a grunting sound that meant she 'd given in under protest and Jess did n't wait for any other sign . |
| 17 | Recently I was shown around the offices of a community church that prides itself on its radical Christian commitment . |
| 18 | Networx is venture-backed with funding from Vanguard Venture Partners and Paragon Venture Partners with a business plan that says it can be a $35m to $50m company . |
| 19 | But the counter-argument still held good : that it was the operational control and not the manufacture of a weapon system that made it independent . |
| 20 | Buick also sorted out its muddled product line and drew up a marketing plan that helped it sidestep the most intensely competitive part of the American market . |
| 21 | Leaving the Warsaw pact is not on the agenda , but Hungarians are asking what benefit their country derives from protection against a NATO alliance that touches its borders at no point . |
| 22 | The argument developed in this chapter is that teachers can ill afford to take this blinkered attitude towards LMS , even if in doing so they appear to be adopting a coping strategy that enables them to focus on those aspects of their work that they see as most important . |
| 23 | Mr Corman has shot the whole thing in colour and in a cinema-verité style that makes it resemble a documentary . ’ |
| 24 | We have a conrod line that manufactures them . |
| 25 | The Lotus-style menu system of version 3.5 has been replaced by pull-down menus and dialogue boxes ( although if you prefer the old interface , there 's a menu option that lets you switch back ) . |
| 26 | There 's a landlord with a broken nose in Brighton , and a DHSS hostel that kicked me out . |
| 27 | Mr Hunt 's last campaign was to oppose , vigorously , a court decision that declared it illegal to fly the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol . |
| 28 | Despite the stigma and stress associated with a court case that threatened him with jail , he has so far managed to score 17 goals for Brentford in the First Division this season . |
| 29 | A prairie dog that knows what it 's up against may have a better chance of getting away safely . |
| 30 | Very few studies have sought to position shoplifting within a broader social and political sphere , where women in particular are vulnerable to a consumer fetishism that drives them to lawbreaking … |