Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the latter half of the twentieth century , belief in Sandys ' nuclear philosophy counted for less than the political opportunity that it provided for ending National Service . |
| 2 | The ant repays the tree by sweeping it leaves free of fungi , by assaulting any leaf-eating animals that it encounters and by attacking any competing plant that dares come within chewing distance . |
| 3 | Well before 1330 the Angevin Empire had ceased to be the dynamic and significant political force that it had been in the mid and late twelfth century . |
| 4 | Such is the wealth of historical literature that it has been difficult to decide what to give in notes in this chapter . |
| 5 | One final point I would make is is that there has been a a little bit of an impression given I think in some comments this morning that we have a a virtual free for all as regards the availability of agricultural land and er the marked change that it has been said to occur since nineteen eighty . |
| 6 | In an extreme case an authority might decide for economic , political or cultural reasons that it did not wish to make coinage , which may explain the periods mentioned above when various states abandoned coinage . |
| 7 | While the meeting in the foyer was going on , the corporation gave a clear indication that it felt under pressure . |
| 8 | By fortunate chance , often a major factor in war , Hawke , on the afternoon of 16 November , learned from a victualling ship which was returning empty from taking supplies to the blockading force that it had sighted the French fleet the previous day . |
| 9 | But when it comes to the issue of how a given physical stimulus is actually perceived , we have chosen to represent this in terms of the central representational elements that it activates . |
| 10 | There were abortive attempts at a settlement by the American Secretary of State , General Alexander Haig , and discussions over a Peruvian peace plan which would bypass the British contention that it possessed sole sovereignty over the Falklands . |
| 11 | When the name was officially changed the term ‘ non-objective ’ fell into general disfavour , possibly because of a public mis-perception that it referred to art without a purpose . |
| 12 | Instead , after the first flaring of fame had died down to a steady glow , and he had enjoyed the sexual fruits that it offered , he stayed in his two-room West 11th Street apartment , together with Anne and Karina again , dressed in the faded jeans and threadbare leather jackets he had always worn . |
| 13 | The last folly was finished in nineteen thirty-six and provoked such a public outcry that it led to the first-ever planning inquiry . |
| 14 | According to Advanced Micro , the 210 has proven such a popular architecture that it has been chosen for the first speed and power upgrades . |
| 15 | Yes , you could make music on one but that would be sacrilegious considering all the other exciting possibilities that it has to offer : eg. killing fascists ( Woody Guthrie ) , saying sorry ( Billy Bragg ) , as a firelighter ( Jimi Hendrix ) , for clubbing amplifiers senseless ( Pete Townshend ) , for levelling stage floorboards ( Ritchie Blackmore ) , as a mini-TV stand ( Billy Gibbons ) , to stimulate groupies ( Steve Vai ) , to cream yourself ( Hendrix again , that infamous Tokai advert or even that sad figure in the current Trantec Systems advert ) , as a shop sign ( Original Flying Vee ) , as a cricket bat ( Ian Botham with the Staccato magnesium bass ) , as a baseball bat ( Steinberger XL ) , you could use one to kill her mama ( like Frank and Dweezil ) and , if you are still bored after all that , you could electrocute yourself with it through your dangerously hot-rodded stack . |
| 16 | It 's hard to believe that the first meeting of the Galway Races took place at Ballybrit Race Course in 1869 ; and it immediately so fired the public imagination that it has been a major fixture on the Irish racing calendar ever since . |
| 17 | For most of these the use of English presents no problem and the Church does not assume the cultural importance that it has for some of those from ethnic minority cultures who live permanently in Britain . |
| 18 | If as we indicated , Grice 's theory of meaning-nn is construed as a theory of communication , it has the interesting consequence that it gives an account of how communication might be achieved in the absence of any conventional means for expressing the intended message . |
| 19 | There is one immediate step that Serbia could take as a clear sign that it wants peace . |
| 20 | It is almost as if the modern mind , unable to tolerate cultural restraints , and feeling that discontent in civilization which Freud described long ago , had become so intolerant of the demands of communal existence and civilized behaviour that it saw each and every representative of those restraints as an incitement to revolt rather in the same way that an enraged revolutionary mob , thirsting for the blood of its oppressors , might fall on some unfortunate bystander merely because he happened to bear a resemblance to the head of the secret police . |
| 21 | The documentarists were natural allies of the government , well practised in tailoring their own ideas to the demands of their sponsors , and exploring ideas about British character that it had become important to validate in order to distinguish the natives from their foes . |
| 22 | But we need zoos and botanical gardens to conserve species , because they are disappearing daily with dwindling habitats and pollution threatening the integrity of ecosystems , — and to educate the public , although there is no clear evidence that it works . |
| 23 | Hewlett told Electronic News that it had n't seen any fall-off of interest in the HP9000 Series 1200 machines it buys OEM from Sequoia , but if it did , it could ‘ take over what it needed , whether that 's technology rights or manufacturing rights or whatever . ’ |
| 24 | This expansion is said to be " inflationary , " meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today . |
| 25 | Now that the contents of everything have to be described in great detail on the packaging , they duly told the French people that it contained preservatives . |
| 26 | In interviews with a number of panel members filling various roles in the project , and including members of the coordinating committee , it was generally acknowledged that the panel was often less than well chaired , with a fairly universal feeling that it lacked direction and a clear sense of purpose . |
| 27 | The threat co-incided with an announcement by British Gas that it had secured an exclusive deal with Bahrain , one of the GCC members , to develop plans for a large power station there . |
| 28 | In fact , it was only as a consequence of this earlier work of literary , linguistic , and historical categorizing that it became possible for a sense of national and vernacular " ancestry " to challenge the cultural and educational rule of the classical languages and literatures . |
| 29 | In the hospital , sitting up for the first time in several days , he had watched the doctor anointing an old man who would have made a superb St Jerome : ‘ a thin , long , sinewy brown wrinkled body with such very distinct and expressive joints that it makes one melancholy not to be able to have him for a model . ’ |
| 30 | It 's extremely rich in different species that it contains . |