Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] that [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 The shark , which attacked the man as he swam in a bay north of Sydney on his honeymoon , rammed the fishing boat that netted it yesterday and disgorged John Ford was grabbed by the 16ft shark as he was diving east of Byron Bay , 370 miles north of Sydney , police said .
2 It is their own direct labour organization that run it .
3 He says he does not want to privatise loss-making state industries , or change the labour laws that make it virtually impossible for an employer to fire any employee .
4 I abhor the poetry voie that makes it special , churchy — — though ’ , Beth interrupts , ‘ you have to be true to the rhythm in a poem , that 's vital , the lifeblood of the thing … ‘
5 It is finished in black leather , has an ABS breaking system and a 158 bhp engine that shifts it from 0–62 mph in 7.7 seconds , and from there to a top speed of 134 mph .
6 Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis ( BTI ) , otherwise known as serotype H-14 of B. thuringiensis , is a spore-forming bacterium that produces a crystal of toxic protein which paralyses the mouthparts and gut and destroys the gut epithelium of any mosquito larva that ingests it .
7 This problem is n't exclusive to Dublin , of course , but the endemic mistrust of dance music that makes it a rock and roll island also means that the new noises of the Eighties hip hop , house , techno et al have been , at best ignored , at worst patronised .
8 In practice , it will probably try to get away with transfer prices that let it shift profits into low-tax countries .
9 The studies on which these theories are based , incidentally , have involved the use of test procedures that make it possible to assess the relative contribution of the two hemispheres to psychological performance , usually on tasks that demand the processing of linguistic information .
10 It was the free window sticker that pushed it but …
11 And it was the scum players that f-ed it up .
12 Shaking the spinnaker out of its bag , he curled it on to the trampoline while checking the cotton lashings that held it rolled .
13 The Open Software Foundation 's recent wrestling with its internal structure ( UX No 423 ) , reportedly a product of its continuing financial angst , has created a reorganisation that separates OSF/1 , the operating system that brought it into existence , from the other technologies it has put its name to .
14 And although Platinum has , like the spreadsheet solution that preceded it , some limitations , he sees it as a good basis for future developments .
15 Buick also sorted out its muddled product line and drew up a marketing plan that helped it sidestep the most intensely competitive part of the American market .
16 Networx is venture-backed with funding from Vanguard Venture Partners and Paragon Venture Partners with a business plan that says it can be a $35m to $50m company .
17 It is with this startling new perspective in mind that we view the eukaryotic cell 's rapid multiplication as it spread throughout the world 's oceans , finally replacing all the free-floating molecule strands that preceded it .
18 But the counter-argument still held good : that it was the operational control and not the manufacture of a weapon system that made it independent .
19 Its delightful situation in a wide fertile valley framed by the twin craggy peaks of the Mythen standing behind is particularly picturesque when the cherry orchards that surround it are smothered in spring blossom .
20 Thus , in trying to change teaching , ironically it is likely that the recommendations arising from this kind of research , like much of the research on teacher effectiveness that preceded it , will help keep teaching the same by failing to look outside the parameters of the transmission model .
21 This new task is recognised by special training courses on problem management — a carefully chosen course title that distinguishes it from ‘ problem solving ’ .
22 Stephen walked about his room , thinking about the house he was in , about the garden and the brick wall that surrounded it , and the white iron gate in the archway , and the setters and the summer-house .
23 Mr Hunt 's last campaign was to oppose , vigorously , a court decision that declared it illegal to fly the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol .
24 Victorine stared at her reflection held in the ornate frame of the mirror over the fireplace while her fingers dusted the china vases that flanked it .
25 But the electron carries a high energy transverse to the direction of the collision , and thus bears the signature of the W particle that gave it birth .
26 Harvard Graphics Windows is one of the latest generation of presentation packages that make it easy for anybody to produce a stylish and professional looking presentation suitable for any type of audience .
27 Mr Corman has shot the whole thing in colour and in a cinema-verité style that makes it resemble a documentary . ’
28 Its object-oriented underpinnings imposes a formidable development burden that means it will be several months , if not years , before they can deliver applications that exploit its improved data-sharing capabilities .
29 Equally unsurprising , NT 's advantage rests primarily , the study says , ‘ in the strength of the marketing and sales programmes that support it .
30 The service enjoys a monopoly position , supplying news to the independent television channels that own it and pay accordingly ( the initial estimate for 1990–91 was £60 million ) .
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