Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Starts with a wolf-howl and then descends into galactic camp that has none of Betty Boo 's appeal , but all of her ideas ( that 's both of them ) . |
| 2 | Sheer walls thirty feet high enclose you , the way upstream being a clamber up the smooth lip of a nine-foot dry waterfall that takes you into Upper Ease Gill Kirk . |
| 3 | It 's a fast-paced , illuminating and frequently hilarious show , but the portrait is left incomplete by the short shrift given to film of Fishbone onstage — surely the one place where their controlled chaos makes perfect sense — and a surprising lack of emphasis on the political apoplexy that makes them so fascinating . |
| 4 | Only the legs of birds show the tough scaly skin that reflects their reptilian ancestry . |
| 5 | An exciting yacht that fulfils everyone 's expectations , she is stylish , luxurious and very fast . |
| 6 | One peculiar characteristic of the British Parliament that distinguishes it from many legislatures in other countries , and particularly from the United States Congress , is the slight use made of specialized committees . |
| 7 | Have you made a note of some kind that reminds you to research the blank spots further ? |
| 8 | Clowns seem to have a lower centre of gravity , or a magnetic field that converts everything to prose . |
| 9 | The Macallan is a smooth , sumptuous whisky that gets its character and rich , dark amber colour from the sherry casks in which it is aged for at least ten years . |
| 10 | It is not their high income that makes them capitalists , but the fact that they own the means of production ( i.e. inputs necessary for production factories , machines , etc . ) . |
| 11 | If you are restrained from doing something , then there is often some force that prevents you . |
| 12 | The emotion that goes into art is subtle and it is the faculty of being able to feel this emotion that constitutes our appreciation of art . |
| 13 | Well there must be another force that makes them see them things must n't there ? |
| 14 | This section is possible precisely because the unity of the whole is an expressive totality , that is ‘ a totality all of whose parts are so many ‘ total parts ’ each expressing the others , and each expressing the social totality that contains them , because each in itself contains in the immediate form of its expression the essence of the totality itself ’ ( 94 ) . |
| 15 | True , it shares the familiar 900 body shape but it 's the new thinking behind the radically different engine that sets it apart . |
| 16 | The other thing to remember is that Mobs already engaged in hand-to-hand combat are not affected by Animosity and ca n't be attacked by another Mob that fails its Animosity test . |
| 17 | Give a dog ( so to speak ) a bad name , treat him or her accordingly — by having a confrontation or using a suspicious manner — and we are quite likely to trigger a hostile , resentful reaction that confirms our original opinion . |
| 18 | ‘ Answer me one question : why do the British have a stick up their asses about any local British band that makes it in America ? |
| 19 | And it is the freak subversive genius of this record that makes them the single most important rock band of our time . |
| 20 | Gatsby seems alive like the glittering social circle that surrounds him , whereas Clegg is , emotionally , as dead as his butterfly collection . |
| 21 | For a bigger event , it is always better to go for an empty room that allows you scope to do your own thing rather than a place which has limiting fixed features . |
| 22 | The child will discover from experience whether the sword glows in the presence of evil , does extra damage to the undead , or perhaps is a cursed sword that makes it easier for monsters to find and wound Samson . ) |
| 23 | ‘ Well , if I 'm a peeping Tom that makes us about even , would n't you say ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Is there something , ’ George asked icily , ‘ about the atmosphere of this place that causes you to come up with such expressions ? |
| 25 | Their feedback-drenched fog makes it almost impossible to discern anything resembling a tune , and each song coasts along for upwards of five minutes — but it 's precisely their avoidance of career-minded polish that makes them so invigorating . |
| 26 | It 's only my fevered imagination that keeps me warm . |
| 27 | Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together . |
| 28 | First recorded in the Domesday book , it still has the centuries old appearance that makes it so popular with tourists . |
| 29 | Where mystics like the author of The Cloud of Unknowing and Walter Hilton insist that their apprehension of the divine brings with it a calm joy that has nothing to do with either physical or emotional sensation , these prophetic visionaries feel , like Julian , that the shock of the divine impact has brought them close to death . |
| 30 | Er reimbursement for expenses so petrol , postages that sort of thing , but the time of running around you ca n't get back , which is one of the factors that back to the old Which magazine they never deal with this say yes you can deal with it and I read some person that says it only took me forty hours , yes forty hours at legal rates , well that would be a big bill . |