Example sentences of "a [adj] that [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different sections can be masked off in various ways ( for example , by a black card or a partial image painted on glass , partly left clear ) and exposed separately — either to give a composite that looks like a single image , or to show multiple images at once . |
| 2 | The administration 's strongest criticism to date of Mobutu came in testimony to the Senate foreign relations committee on Nov. 7 by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen , who accused Mobutu of " an apparent unwillingness to distinguish between state finances and his own , a failing that lies at the heart of Zaïre 's dismal economic record " . |
| 3 | From this secure position , it extends a long tube , its siphon , along the tunnel and into the open water to suck in a current that brings with it minute particles of food . |
| 4 | Past generations of British farmers made dairy products ‘ for the house ’ yet today 's farmers have been slow to exploit a potential that exists for selling these products directly . |
| 5 | In relation to the tap and glass metaphor we can think of these as being something like a plunger that fits over the glass and which forces down the level of stress . |
| 6 | An individual that escalates without assessment is in danger of finding itself in a fight with a much stronger individual . |