Example sentences of "[noun] that [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is their good fortune to have the luxury of comment without the responsibility of action that enables them to appear more in tune with public feeling than the ideologists of either side of the political spectrum . |
| 2 | ( Inimical means that certain remedies have been found to be similar in their action that prescribing them in succession leads to aggravation e.g. Mercury and Silica should n't follow each other without interposing some other remedy ) 2 ) The beauty of the LM system is encompassed in its ability to fulfill §.2 of The Organon : |
| 3 | Thirdly , as for members of the public suing in respect of unlawful action in the public sector , will the Secretary of State confirm that unions have no immunity now for unlawful action in respect of public services and , that , although there may be some doubt about it , the only decided case in law held that the public already have the right to sue in respect of action that affects them ? |
| 4 | As well as the academic and professional qualifications , accountants who aspire to the de rigueur red braces must also have personal characteristics that set them apart . |
| 5 | These divergent states are often subjectively perceived as having distinctive characteristics that mark them out as discrete varieties : people can recognize regional varieties such as ‘ Birmingham ’ English , ‘ Yorkshire ’ English and so on , and they often have a fairly clear idea of how such varieties are distinguished from one another . |
| 6 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 7 | He joked with them like a cheerful , older brother and sang one or two shockingly rude Army songs that made them both giggle . |
| 8 | The sayings of country people , sometimes tinged with poetry , always rich in concrete images and braced with the vigour and rhythm that gives them long life , are worth revealing . |
| 9 | Similarly , although they show remarkable powers of regeneration in the aquarium , there is a better chance of success if the animal is undamaged when purchased , so it 's wise to look for cuts and splits of any kind , and reject animals that show them . |
| 10 | The species of plants and animals that inhabit them today have adapted , where adaptation was needed , only during the current ice age . |
| 11 | This is an adaptation to survive predation from the many animals that hunt them — not least man for the cooking pot ! |
| 12 | All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered . |
| 13 | Their ephemeral character is the essence of the ‘ un-permanence ’ of the partnership that bore them . |
| 14 | By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers . |
| 15 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 16 | Just remember that the invisible spiritual force that makes them work is evil and harmful , so leave them all well alone . |
| 17 | Well there must be another force that makes them see them things must n't there ? |
| 18 | But it soon became apparent to the pioneering voluntary organizations that established them , such as the Richmond Fellowship , that patients who had been mentally unwell for years did not miraculously become capable of independent living in a short space of time ; they often needed permanent help and support and coped particularly poorly with changes in their environment and lifestyle . |
| 19 | But there was something about them , maybe their mohair suits , maybe the hard men they imported from Glasgow or maybe their bonding as brothers that made them seem glamorous . |
| 20 | Only the bigger parties are sure to receive the bonuses that provide them with over-representation . |
| 21 | They play , instead , joyfully , with a full command that allows them in performance to play , not as men chained to their scores , but as men making music with free intelligence and full imagination . |
| 22 | But they disagreed about what this requirement actually requires when the " literal " meaning of a statute suggests a result that strikes them as odd . |
| 23 | His dilated pupils told one story , the honesty of the eyes that enclosed them another . |
| 24 | She had bright blue eyes that surveyed them warily . |
| 25 | From the opening , during the cold New York winter of 1967 , the queues extending round the block outside Manhattan cinemas consisted mostly of young people hugging themselves and each other , and stamping their feet to keep warm , full of the expectation of seeing a movie that addressed them and their problems . |
| 26 | Alike in size and general appearance , but not in the guards that operated them . |
| 27 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |
| 28 | While it is true that cause could be inserted in ( 134 ) , it is significant that the writer has used make with a subject ( " enzymes " ) which actively produces chemical reactions and is even described in the same sentence as an agent that speeds them up . |
| 29 | It is true that , by contrast with those that constitute ‘ imaginary things ’ , the ideas that constitute ‘ real things ’ are , for Berkeley , independent of the human mind : they are not subject to the voluntary control of the mind that perceives them . |
| 30 | But I quite agree with you , that some young women have ties that stop them doing exactly what they wish — until it 's too late , in many cases . ’ |