Example sentences of "the [noun pl] that [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , in each image Picasso synthesizes information obtained from viewing the subject from various angles , and , relying on his knowledge and memory of the structure of the human figure , he gives a complete and detailed analysis of the nature of the forms that compose it . |
| 2 | I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny . |
| 3 | The rink 's owners say it simply is n't making money — the clubs that use it are trying to form a consortium to keep it open . |
| 4 | The bosses of a troubled firm and the shareholders that appoint them choose between chapter 11 and workouts . |
| 5 | What are the signs that tell us whether or not we are making genuine progress in a particular area of study ? |
| 6 | When we escape from the physical and the chains that bind us , we see the eternal and infinite being within us , then suddenly the mirror lake shivers and the images are stilled in frozen crystals . |
| 7 | Youngest of the three were the ‘ Pre-Puberty ’ boys aged ten to thirteen ; they were to be taught ‘ the true facts of their origin , of their life development , and of the dangers that surround them … ’ . |
| 8 | In addition to the firearms that tell us about and the door opener , was any other equipment issued to the officers ? |
| 9 | The birds that do it are the oilbirds of South America , and the cave swiftlets of the Far East , the ones whose nests are used for birds ' nest soup . |
| 10 | The energy thus captured by the atom will be discharged into the molecules that surround it . |
| 11 | There is no organising principle beyond the energy of interaction of the molecules that form it . |
| 12 | It is an atavistic reaction , born partly of disappointment that decades of believing that infectious diseases are a danger past and partly from the underlying despair of those infected with HIV and the anger of the groups that represent them . |
| 13 | The government says schools like Pate 's are better-off out of local authority control … but admit that the school has had it 's hands tied by the rules that say they ca n't spend more on teachers than the county council will allow.The governments proposing a review of the regulations system in 1994 but for teachers at Pate 's who 're facing redundancy and pupils a drop in educational standards this could be too long a wait . |
| 14 | Figure 1 shows several of the most elementary transformations together with the rules that generate them . |
| 15 | The thing to avoid or at least cut down on is refined sugar and the products that contain it . |
| 16 | If your standard way of eating ( or your slimming diet ) includes a mix of proteins , complex carbohydrate , and fresh fruits at each meal , you are much less likely to eat large amounts of refined sugar or the products that contain it . |
| 17 | Promises to ‘ delegate ’ have , therefore , to be seen against a long-established trend , with no obvious change in the reasons that underlie it . |
| 18 | But if as a Westerner you can not read the abacus , or the scales , it is bad luck , because the assumption is that everyone shares the skills that enable them to do this . |
| 19 | At the end of the day a company is no more ( but even more importantly , no less ) than the sum of the people and the skills that comprise it . |
| 20 | So are the policies that affect it |
| 21 | Most of life , after all , is spent within four walls , and the space they define , the objects that fill them , the prospects on which they open , inevitably influence and express our consciousness . |
| 22 | Victorian writers often present themselves as speaking from their fireside to those of their readers , while the stories they tell , like those of Dickens 's narrator , Master Humphrey , may be prompted by the objects that surround them . |
| 23 | Like light , they carry energy away from the objects that emit them . |
| 24 | Beautiful though your age is , many though the intellects that adorn it , and ugly though my age is , cruel many of its leaders , I believe that the period from which I come is to be preferred to yours in this respect . |
| 25 | Formal education is important in political socialization , less for its effect on partisan support ( family remains the predominant influence ) than for helping shape awareness of the political system and explicitly or , more often , implicitly , the values that underpin it . |
| 26 | VINNY Jones last night sensationally revealed the secrets that make him soccer 's hardest man . |
| 27 | To the animals that do it , there is nothing particularly special about using tools : it is a piece of behaviour much like any other that the animal performs . |
| 28 | He despises the human race and the combinations that make it tick ; the human race in its present state , he 'd qualify — he 'd like to send us all back to nursery school — so he has to behave as unlike his fellow beings as he can . ’ |
| 29 | The common European toad , when it meets a snake , inflates its body and stands on tip-toe , a procedure that makes it appear to have grown suddenly and that seems to baffle most of the snakes that encounter it . |
| 30 | It takes guts to break away from the ties that bind you . |