Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [verb] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both tortoises and armadillos are animals that carry around their own suit of armour , and at first glance we might think they were related . |
| 2 | I sat tight in my seat , my big knees grating against the row in front , trying to ignore the agonising cramps that tore up my thighs . |
| 3 | Excitement spread tentacles that fastened round her heart , squeezing it mercilessly so that it was unable to beat , tentacles that compressed her lungs so they were unable to breathe . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Flupper showed us the deadly thorn bushes that wrap round their prey like octopuses : and then whooshed us off at savage speeds — sometimes so fast he aquaplaned over the water . |
| 5 | Of the 16 funds that made up our Global Strategy umbrella fund when it was launched five years ago , no less than four have come first in their respective sectors over this period , according to Finstat . |
| 6 | Staff need to be made aware of the indicators that trigger off their own prejudices — snotty noses , nose- and ear-rings , coloured hair , leather jackets , elaborate and expensive school uniforms , gum-chewing — all those things that set off an expectation of a certain kind of behaviour , regardless of the individual young person 's personality . |
| 7 | He put little slips of paper in the entries that made up his fragile narrative or non-narrative . |
| 8 | In Scotland they become territorial on an area of estuary mud from which they filter the small invertebrates that make up their diet . |
| 9 | He fingered some of the amulets and icons that dangled around his neck now that he was in the warp . |
| 10 | It should be self-evident , therefore , that where individual behaviour can be so extensively influenced by conformity to the standards of the social groups that make up our community and its social strata , then there will be major implications for the marketer . |
| 11 | Her hair was done in pig-tails that hung over her shoulders and were tied at the bottom with satin ribbon . |
| 12 | This is a great achievement on the part of all the company 's work force , and of not only those who work in Barrow but those employed in the other elements that make up our Trident system . |
| 13 | But as you may know , ESP guitars are handmade in just one factory in Tokyo ; this is not one of those companies that farm out their work to whoever gives them the lowest quotation . |
| 14 | Under the heading ‘ tax fairness ’ , he has identified wealthy individuals , executive compensation , ‘ runaway plants ’ ( US companies that close down their plants and ship their employees abroad ) and the US subsidiaries of foreign companies as targets for tax increases . |
| 15 | Companies that set up their regional headquarters in Singapore are only taxed 10% on income from approved services , including trading in foreign exchange and offshore investments . |
| 16 | Much has been written about Griffith and his contribution to the movies but the ingredients that made up his genius have never been better identified than in the review Heywood Broun wrote of Intolerance when it appeared in 1916 . |
| 17 | He laid the palm of his hand across Elisabeth 's forehead and pressed back the curls that tumbled over her brow . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you really want to go into that now ? ’ he challenged her softly , his ironic gaze returning briefly to her party face and the shiny , streaky curls that tumbled over her brow and about her neck , just skimming her bare shoulders . |
| 19 | Today — such muddles often happened — she was wearing a cardigan of matted grey wool belonging to a much smaller and slighter inmate , a long brown skirt , brown stockings that wrinkled round her still-narrow ankles , and blue check carpet slippers . |
| 20 | His eyes roved her features , as if he was recalling every item of the lines and planes that made up her face . |
| 21 | As the Goods sit in Kelly 's bedroom surrounded by the bits and pieces that made up her world , Mike picks up her diary . |
| 22 | The Norman conquest brought with it , among many other customs , the strewing on floors of aromatic plants that gave off their scent when walked upon . |
| 23 | You will be semi-detached from the world around you for a wee while Wednesday and all the people and places that make up your life will take on a shadowy irrelevance until you come to terms with your own innermost thoughts and feelings . |
| 24 | Child care became something of a battleground , and policy-makers and practitioners were influenced by the battles of ideas that raged over their activities . |
| 25 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
| 26 | Then to each of the heavily loaded bombers that roared over her head Jane had whispered , ‘ Good luck . |
| 27 | They loved stories that tripped off her tongue as easily as other women talked about waiting in the check-out queue at Tescos . |
| 28 | Walk along a river , sit by the sea , stroll through the woods and start to analyse the components and blockages that make up your present existence . |
| 29 | It was the idea of falling into a sea of brains that turned over her insides . |
| 30 | Those firms that take on their payroll the early leavers will again either gain a subsidy via a reduction of their training levy , or , if they are already claiming the maximum rebate , the payment of a grant from the training board . |