Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , he hoped they would provide the basis of a religion that could unite the warring factions of the Church . |
| 2 | A ‘ god ’ and corresponding religion that can serve the human need , must be produced by mankind itself , that is , the ‘ god ’ must be created by life and man 's intelligence , not life created by ‘ god ’ . |
| 3 | I believe that the creation of the universe and all that that involves , is still a mystery and forms no part of the conception of a god and a corresponding religion that can fulfil the human need . |
| 4 | Likewise it is reasonable to accept that a rationalised religion must have a starting point that is based on acceptance of an unproved statement , provided that such a statement , if later proved to need modification , has not permitted the development of a religion that will collapse , if that vital primary premise comes into question . |
| 5 | It was the indictments of the Audit Commission that led the Secretary of State for Social Services to ask Sir Roy Griffiths ‘ to review the way in which public funds are used to support community care policy and to advise … on the options for action that would improve the use of these funds as a contribution to more effective community care ’ . |
| 6 | The central requirement can not be escaped : almost every action that would remedy and reassure involves the relationship between the citizen and the state . |
| 7 | Thus , for example , if the market for a firm 's products is buoyant and it can sell all it makes , management would normally be reluctant to provoke action that would disrupt output . |
| 8 | One had tried to involve some of the staff but they apparently refused to get involved ; another head wanted more involvement and had a plan of action that would lead to this : another was sure that all staff were involved and departments were compelled to discuss finance at least once a month . |
| 9 | In today 's European capital markets , the freedom of exchange rates , to which some of my hon. Friends are so attached , means only the freedom to devalue — a course of action that would prove to be as futile as it is nugatory in modern conditions . |
| 10 | Instead of becoming frustrated with the futility in solving the problem , the celebration of success combined with the reflection on limitations nourishes people to choose the next action that may bring them closer to real community change . |
| 11 | If the immediate international situation is used as an excuse to get us to drop our opposition to the rearmament programme of the Government , the next phase must be that we must desist from any industrial or political action that may disturb national unity in face of fascist aggression . |
| 12 | Any action that might harm an opponent is forbidden . |
| 13 | But the question of education can not be dealt with in isolation from the wider and urgent need to develop forms of union organisation and action that will rebuild the movement and protect and advance working-class interests . |
| 14 | A COURT action that will block plans by Edinburgh University to sell one of two world-class works from the Torrie art collection , of which it is custodian , is expected to begin next week . |
| 15 | In one sentence it was ‘ The objectives of US policy can only be attained by such French action that will satisfy the nationalist aspirations of the peoples of Indo-China ’ . |
| 16 | There is no course of action that will help you lose the cacophony of teenagers yelling , adults whining and children screaming , until the turn off for Carn Mor Dearg , which joyfully appears at Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe . |
| 17 | Now that updated guidelines on the prevention of infection in the mortuary and post-mortem rooms are available , it would seem an opportune time to review local current arrangements , and if necessary , take appropriate action that will demonstrate a true commitment to staff safety and welfare . |
| 18 | Back in 1956 Philip Moore declared that : ‘ A massive birth control programme is the only action that will permit European survival and at the same time be acceptable to the rest of the world ’ . |
| 19 | But he added : ‘ There must be a better way of meeting those concerns than taking action that could lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 20 | SHOW giants Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh last night threatened legal action that could ruin a top amateur theatre group . |
| 21 | NASHWAN 'S owner and trainer yesterday decided against the only course of action that could have restored the reputation of their Derby winner as one of the outstanding racehorses of the post-war era by opting to by-pass the richest and usually most competitive race in Europe , the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . |
| 22 | Women have so often been in situations of powerlessness and dependence that any system of belief or programme of action that could count as ‘ feminist ’ must in some way see this as a central concern . |
| 23 | With abused children the immediate and undisputed need is for protection but , in achieving this , we may cut them off from cherished family and community links , an isolation that may prove damaging . |
| 24 | There is always some magic remedy that will cure it , or some whizz-kid quack with a patent method . |
| 25 | ’ Sergeant Bramble made as if to speak , but the foreign person silenced him with a glance that would have iced coffee . |
| 26 | At first glance that might look surprising since the AS/400 architecture is theoretically capable of running 14 processors and the current top of the range model F95 has only four . |
| 27 | Despite considerable circumstantial evidence that the causal agent in sarcoidosis is likely to be a mycobacterium no conclusive association that might influence treatment has yet been shown . |
| 28 | At a number of places his landscaping was contemporaneous with work on the house by Samuel or James Wyatt [ q.v. ] , a professional association that may have started at Kedleston . |
| 29 | Between Levels 1 and 2 there is at least a logical association that would support their inclusion in some form in the same hierarchy . |
| 30 | The trick is to find a way of giving the Europeans enough of a feeling that they can pursue security policies of their own without at the same time forming a European defence association that would drive the Americans away . |