Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually , the state of anticipation at Ballingolin began to subside like an inflated pig 's bladder that has a slow leak . |
| 2 | This time it 's Murray Mouse : Supercop that comes up for a lump of cheese and a quick spin on the squeaky exercise wheel that keeps the whole house awake at night . |
| 3 | The little brick-built mill has an internal iron wheel that provides the power for the two sets of stones as well as the various ancillary equipment . |
| 4 | At the tender age of six or seven , she was then involved in court action that saw the man go to prison — with Rosemary being taken away to a place of safety , a children 's home . |
| 5 | It was Sole 's action that caused the collapsed scrummage , not ‘ lowering ’ by Probyn . |
| 6 | Sustainable development — action that alters the environment so that it caters more effectively for human needs , without depleting renewable resources — is essential if the world is to be free from poverty and squalor … |
| 7 | So the matter arises in this way , the action that concerns a partnership dispute , er between the plaintiffs on the one hand and the defendant on the other . |
| 8 | This stage culmin-ated in the massive reorganization of General Electric in the early 1950s , an action that perfected the model most big businesses around the world ( including Japanese organizations ) still follow . |
| 9 | Kent , taking full advantage of the disciplinary action that ended the 11 year reign of Essex as boys ' champions , won the Midland Bank Junior County Cup for the first time since its inception in 1967 , at Bournemouth during April . |
| 10 | In order to encourage your child to act in a way in which he has seldom or never before behaved , take your child through mini-steps towards a goal by rewarding any action that approximates the behaviour you want . |
| 11 | Erm , but obviously if somebody can take some assertive action that stops the fire |
| 12 | It is this action that levels the board out in flight and makes a small hop into a controlled jump . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , the cocking action that begins a back fist movement presents an unmistakable cue to the opponent . |
| 14 | Action in the majority of adventure stories is seen both to affect and to be affected by character but in the end it is action that has the final word , in the romantic happy ending in which the heroism of man is affirmed . |
| 15 | In a meeting with Menem in New York on Oct. 1 the US President George Bush had welcomed the Argentine decision to send troops to assist in the blockade of Iraq in the Gulf [ see p. 37694 ] , stating that Argentina had " rejoined the international community after many years of frustration and isolation that led the country to a critical situation " . |
| 16 | Though the OAS has traditionally carried little weight , the appearance of Mr Soares seems to have emphasised the international isolation that awaited the country if Mr Serrano remained in power . |
| 17 | As a social worker , I met family after family and the isolation that having a ‘ special ’ child brings was a common theme . |
| 18 | And that 's the furnace that creates the steam and the steam goes then to the turbines and a matter of half a million er Drax Drax power station and Ferrybridge their units are s s s half a million horsepower half a million or six hundred five hundred million horsepower . |
| 19 | Equally , however , it might be perfectly reasonable to use a headline that encourages the reader to read on to find out what the proposition is . |
| 20 | Similarly , the release of sex hormones in the spring , which stimulates reproduction ( p. 46 ) , also stimulates northward migration , an association that led the biologist J. B. S. Haldane to remark that although ‘ we must be very careful in attributing human motives to animals , the emotion behind migration to breeding places is almost certainly more like human love than hunger or curiosity . ’ |
| 21 | Many hundreds of cousins , the majority of the proliferation that linked the Fairleys to the other great families of England , the Pagets , the Cavendishes , the Churchills , the Devonshires , and the Spencers , did not choose lives predicated totally on loyalty to the ruling house ; those who did entered a circle in which birth and wealth were of some consequence but far less important than the taste for maintaining the moral code of the élite in all its ramifications . |
| 22 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 23 | Time after time his lips swept over hers before his tongue slid inside her mouth to tangle with hers in a rhythm that sent a frenzy of red-hot sensation along her veins . |
| 24 | The hallmark of Glass 's music is a mesmeric rhythm that provides the structure in which melodic phrases , often of ethereal beauty , undergo a gradual transmutation in which time appears to stand still . |
| 25 | What is this grief that visits the Earth so regularly ? |
| 26 | He had changed physically but the movement of his body down the carriage for coffee still had that freedom that set him apart from the suited composure of the brief case brigade that filled the train . |
| 27 | It was Netherallan stock that topped the trade . |
| 28 | Its vast volume of water pours into a huge cleft in the earth that is thirty-three , metres deep and in some places only thirty-three metres wide ; a long , parallel-sided cleft that becomes a gorge or even a canyon . |
| 29 | Funding of Public Lending Right was increased by Parliament last month , after a debate that echoed the filibustering that postponed the introduction of PLR through much of the 1970s . |
| 30 | This is particularly so in the field of Scottish education , where folklore about having once been the best in the world has too easily fostered the delusion that restoring the old ways is the route to excellence . |