Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skies appeared to contain little that would have startled older astronomers , apart from a host of new observations by means of more powerful telescopes and measuring instruments ( both largely German developments ) and the use of the new technique of photography , as well as spectroscopic analysis , first applied to the light of the stars in 1861 , which was to turn out to be an enormously powerful tool of research . |
| 2 | From 9.30 to 5.30pm , 6 days a week , we smother the children with suncream , take them for walks , supervise those that can swim as they play in the water , feed them and entertain them with games . |
| 3 | The industry howls , then writes its own code to pre-empt any that could change its marketing practices . |
| 4 | ‘ Rest assured that will occur . |
| 5 | As a source of information , the return collates much that should have been delivered for registration when the relevant transactions occurred , so that a searcher may find it unnecessary to search back beyond the latest annual return on the file . |
| 6 | ‘ I am retribution , created to carry out the task of destroying those that would threaten the security of the Seven Planets . |