Example sentences of "[that] [adv] [vb base] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the rewards of breeding may be high for males that successfully mate with several females , the costs may be substantial too . |
| 2 | Mr Winchester is impressively knowledgeable about all manner of things , from the tectonic plates that inexorably grind against each other beneath the Pacific 's waves to the steamer duck paddling furiously away in Patagonia ( although sloppy editing has the duck paddling at 20 knots on one page and a more believable 12 on another ) . |
| 3 | And now they would be dancing , as we said , dancing right down , with the elegance and economy of movement that only exhaustion brings , the careful and expert moves that only come at that particular time in the morning . |
| 4 | Education is seen as a process of nurturing individuality , of fostering distinctive qualities that already reside within each individual . |
| 5 | The identities of chemical units that normally exist for less than a microsecond are important clues to how reactions take place . |
| 6 | However , these optimistic hopes , while not entirely misconceived , appear to have ignored the many formidable traditional obstacles to the emancipation of women that still remain in most Third World societies , as well as new obstacles created by the so-called ‘ modernization ’ processes themselves . |
| 7 | Perhaps it is the distinctiveness of this particular anatomical colour that makes us forget the pure white quartzites that also occur at this level , even in our own Midlands ( as the Stiperstones Quartzite of west Shropshire ) . |
| 8 | Thus at Glynde Levels the Sussex Ornithological Society annually flood fields covering some six hectares which is largely responsible for the wildfowl numbers that now occur in these levels . |
| 9 | All crimes , no matter how trivial , no matter how minor , now expose the citizen to the risk of arrest without warrant and detention , with all the sordid and humiliating consequences that often attach to these upsetting experiences . |
| 10 | Persistent infections occupy the middle ground between acute life-threatening infections that can overcome the immune and interferon systems , and infections that readily succumb to these defences — albeit after a short burst of disease . |
| 11 | And , with luck , not long after that we will have in our very own editorial offices an electronic excuse for the mistakes that occasionally slide into these pages . |
| 12 | Erm you know they 're not interested in services that actually meet with these of people , like people that want the buses and I really take great exception to on the on spending less money on public transport er not but also work place |