Example sentences of "[adj] that have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was this that had prevented me from resting half a day here or there , from starting late in the morning and from stopping early in the evening . |
| 2 | It was this that had caused the shin injury , pushing me on when I could have taken things more slowly . |
| 3 | It was this that had precipitated Charley 's act of violence towards Rose , whom he had grabbed as she parked her car , forcing her to drive to the van . |
| 4 | Since the only source of energy in the building is electricity , it was this that had to heat the water . |
| 5 | It 's problems like this that have convinced environmental campaigner , Julian Jones that Severn Trent Water is failing to meet its duty to control pollution . |
| 6 | It is the realisation of this that has led to sensory methods of assessment being developed . |
| 7 | It is this that has led students of social policy to draw attention to the significant impact of war upon policy . |
| 8 | It is this that has made some Americans say that , if Iraq agreed to withdraw from Kuwait , it must abandon its tanks and other heavy equipment . |
| 9 | This has made it possible to keep much greater numbers of animals in much greater stocking densities in intensive housing , and it is this that has made factory-farming possible . |
| 10 | It is this that has caused many readers to find in Troilus and Cressida a nihilistic vision of human life , where nothing of true value is maintained . |
| 11 | In effect this has meant approximately 400,000 new and inexperienced customers coming on to the overseas market each year , and it is this that has kept the traditional inclusive tour package alive . |
| 12 | It is this that has allowed the astonishingly rapid conquest of the terrestrial environment and the anthropogenic changes in habitat resulting from accelerating rates of population increase and extension of urban environments . |
| 13 | and she 's had to go and buy some that had gone , and I says well I , she says it 's just burning it up that fire |
| 14 | In the end , ten republics — including some that had declared independence — agreed a joint statement which indicated that a loose union would be established based on Russia and the Central Asian republics , and that around it there would be a ‘ common economic space ’ that would include most if not all of the republics that had been part of the USSR . |
| 15 | Much of its business was concerned with continuing statutes that would otherwise lapse , repealing some that had become irksome , or modifying others which had revealed weaknesses in operation . |
| 16 | A few of Richard 's toys were there as well , and some that had belonged to Kate . |
| 17 | Many very poor countries , and even some that have suffered famines in the 1980s , like Ethiopia , have actually turned over land to cash crops for export . |
| 18 | We calculate from regression that A/g of oats and mustard would have increased 14.1 to 16.4mmol CO 2 per mol H 2 O , respectively , with the increase from 275 to 350μmolmol -1 CO 2 that has occurred since 1800 . |
| 19 | South Korea 's reafforestation and erosion control programme is one of the few that has enjoyed considerable success . |
| 20 | but there are very few that have made it really big in this country . |
| 21 | Ther there have been quite a few that have come out recently which I have n't briefed . |
| 22 | All have made the three-year commitment to the project and , excepting the few that have managed to get various forms of sponsorship , all but the wealthiest will have to make some financial sacrifices . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , for some reason Heather wanted to know all about the last time Clare had been here , which , as it happened , I remembered very well , not just because it turned out to be the last I ever saw of her , but on account of something odd that had occurred . |
| 24 | For grammars restored to Tory councils ( and the 80-odd that have stayed with Tory authorities ) , the outlook is not quite so bleak . |
| 25 | Suggestion scheme secretary said : ‘ Suggestions are dealt with anonymously by a panel , so they were unaware that had done so well ’ . |
| 26 | We were unaware that having crossed the Webi we were now in Bale . |
| 27 | It was perhaps ironic that having decided to dedicate the rest of his career to the private sector that Cuckney became caught up in a major government row when he took over as chairman of Westland Group . |
| 28 | According to De Quincey , Coleridge had ‘ the largest and most spacious intellect , the subtlest and most comprehensive that has existed among men ’ . |
| 29 | By 1991 that had risen to a quarter . |
| 30 | In 1981 , less than 1 per cent of the workforce was employed by the rest of the world companies , but by 1991 that had increased 15-fold to almost 11 per cent . |