Example sentences of "for the [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 2 | He was a very modest man , refusing to take any credit for the enterprise that bore his name . |
| 3 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 4 | The IM reached for the telephone that linked him by direct line to Bacton . |
| 5 | It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) . |
| 6 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 7 | Charity was thankful for the sunglasses that shielded her surprise from the other woman 's prying eyes . |
| 8 | At the first sign of the emotional see-saw that life so often presents , you go scurrying off for the goodies that give you comfort . |
| 9 | It is important to remember that it was Alexander 's all-consuming passion for the theatre that gave him the determination to find out the cause of his hoarseness . |
| 10 | He still does n't know the exact reason for the problem that kept him in care for a week — more tests are planned at the end of next month — and which has prevented him from going back to Stamford Bridge , where his coaching has transformed the fortunes of London 's Cinderella club . |
| 11 | I made a hand winch with a double handle and a ratchet and room for half a kilometre of twine on the drum ; I made different types of tails for the kites that needed them , and dozens of kites large and small , some stunters . |
| 12 | She listened for the siren that marked their departure , the roar of the engines that meant their journey had truly begun . |
| 13 | It depends upon the precise accuracy of some observations made in 1715 under the direction of Sir Edmond Halley , later Astronomer Royal and known to this day for the comet that bears his name . |
| 14 | If this sort of technology was introduced into commercial-sized refrigeration plants , they could be turned off during peak times and then switched back on during low demand periods , saving money for the companies that own them and using less energy . |
| 15 | For a start , it would leave EMU an option for the countries that want it , and a cause of no bother to those that do not . |
| 16 | Always touch the walls of an old abbey — for the currents of ancient idea coming through from learned men , and for the systems that housed them . |
| 17 | The result is a mid-engined sports racing car for the road that borrows its styling from the Pininfarina Mythos . |
| 18 | The new telecommunications backbone comprises high capacity fibre optic cables and microwave links rather than copper cabling , which means that voice lines are sharp and clear — and that high capacity data links are also available for the businesses that need them . |
| 19 | But his explanation for the lie that cost him his job failed to convince an industrial tribunal which rejected his claim for unfair dismissal . |
| 20 | For here is trance dance grooving at its highest level , a silver drug for the senses that allows you to enter into another dimension of sex and sorcery . |
| 21 | Sounds to me like an angry father , With a pistol in either hand , Looking for the man that screwed his daughter ( Rum ti-iddle-ey etc ) . |
| 22 | Since the late 1940s the Queen Mother had been the darling of National Hunt racing : it was largely her enthusiasm for the sport that raised its status from that of a poor relation to the Flat to , by the mid-1950s , a position of near equality — in popularity if not in the prize money available . |
| 23 | However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs : |
| 24 | But at the age of eighteen he was wholly unprepared for the terrors that awaited him . |
| 25 | If it goes ahead with the project , it will find that it has a reward for the investment that exceeds its wildest dreams . |
| 26 | All the blood drained from Folly 's face as she listened , straining for the meaning that eluded her ears , and yet at the same time knowing that there could be no innocent explanation . |
| 27 | Not once has the driver apologised to Noreen for the accident that wrecked her life . |
| 28 | We turn to wild nature for new crops and new drugs , as well as for the beauty that enriches our lives . |
| 29 | The paragraph mark is typed at the end of a paragraph whenever you tap Enter It contains paragraph ( not character ) formatting instructions for the paragraph that precedes it , eg tab stops or justification . |
| 30 | We live in a cause-and-effect world and feel uncomfortable if we can not discover the reasons for the events that surround us . |