Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In the place of the correlation of knowledge with vision and light , the visual metaphor by which the adequation of the idea with the thing has been thought from Plato to Heidegger , Levinas proposes language , which in the form of speech enables a kind of invisible contact between subjects that leaves them both intact .
2 Well you 'll see that in that apology Milton appears to be conscious of the very point that I am trying to make , that is to say it might be considered out of place in this prose work to speak of myself in direct factual terms , although a poet — a poet intending to write of things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme — a poet soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , in other words where we ca n't or are n't really invited to make out his individual identity very clearly because it is his role as poet that concerns us , there he clearly feels it would be proper .
3 ‘ Is there anything about Toby that makes you uneasy ? ’
4 ‘ What is it about work that gives you the most pleasure ? ’
5 What is it about PolaGraph that sets it apart from all the other black and white films ?
6 This is the result of my experience and your money and a touch of genius that follows me whatever I do .
7 Better performance in 1993 must be everybody 's objective and despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth that surrounds us there has been plenty happening in our Division in 1992 to put us in good shape for the challenge of 1993 .
8 For it is the importance that the Formalists give to language in their theory of literature that enables them to avoid the difficulties and the fuzziness that they had so disliked in their critical and scholarly predecessors .
9 If we carefully analyse the frequencies contained within speech it is possible to devise a system of rules that allows us to create any given sound from its basic frequencies .
10 It is only the natural caution of paleontologists that prevents them from jumping to startling conclusions .
11 Furthermore , both Lichtheim and Barth provide a critique of Marx 's concept of ideology that treats it as similar to that of Destutt .
12 At least in the post-Gazza era in which we now find ourselves , several soldiers have admitted to a level of fear that makes them cry their eyes out .
13 different type of horse that makes it different for shodding
14 Because er i from the management point of view if you have got four hundred people and you work a lot of overtime that saves you having six or seven hundred people .
15 It is their good fortune to have the luxury of comment without the responsibility of action that enables them to appear more in tune with public feeling than the ideologists of either side of the political spectrum .
16 Thirdly , as for members of the public suing in respect of unlawful action in the public sector , will the Secretary of State confirm that unions have no immunity now for unlawful action in respect of public services and , that , although there may be some doubt about it , the only decided case in law held that the public already have the right to sue in respect of action that affects them ?
17 The definition of feedback that concerns you as Chairman or Hon.
18 They know how to set traps , they know how to ask you questions which will lead you into using emotive words , they will have you on tape , they will also possibly be in a position to edit that tape , and at the end of the day you can not say , ‘ I did n't say that , ’ because I have a piece of tape that says you actually did say it .
19 Many of you , of course , make your contribution in good time , and deserve the cup of tea that helps you to recover from donating your ‘ blood ’ !
20 You could almost say there 's a kind of rule that says you ought to write in fairly free verse nowadays and that you 're making a kind of statement if you do n't .
21 Is it the fear of wearing in that stout new pair of shoes that keeps us in our old battered brogues ?
22 This is the first piece of fantasy that greets you when you enter the gates of the Studios .
23 The rest of the distant landscape provides a frame of reference that enables us to make fairly accurate judgments of their size .
24 In an age where many people specialize in their work lives , it is the rounded , all-embracing nature of archaeology that makes it such a fascinating and popular pursuit .
25 If you can , try to do some form of exercise that makes you breathe hard for about ten minutes each day .
26 This feeling is only likely to be reinforced by the realisation that the underlying technology used by most players — the set of chips that makes them tick — comes from a very limited number of sources .
27 At a future review conference — such conferences will occur every few years in the Community — it might be desirable to go even further and press for a clause in the Community body of law that makes it crystal clear that all powers that are not specifically allocated to the Community should remain as of right with the member states , as is the case in the American constitution .
28 We must then continue with a rolling programme of reform that takes us away from the narrow concept of notional rents .
29 But — and it 's this sort of complication that makes him I think such a remarkable man — although that did happen then , for the next ten , twelve years , he was entirely preoccupied , almost entirely preoccupied with something else , and this something else erm originates from the other revolution that he underwent at this time , a revolution that occurred after a visit to an international mathematical congress in Paris , where he met the Italian mathematician Peano .
30 So what 's the property of magnetite that makes it interesting ?
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