Example sentences of "that [verb] [verb] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time linguistics has evolved in a direction that has increased enormously its explanatory potential for literary studies . |
| 2 | And does the fact that one in four people in Britain now lives alone mean that we have finally achieved the highest aspirations of humanity , or that we are victims of an ideology of individualism that has distorted even our deepest relationships ? |
| 3 | I shall look into the matter because I recognise that Newcastle is a Labour authority that has put aside its doctrinaire opposition to technology schools . |
| 4 | Just consider the idea that fear is a hungry creature that wants to feed off our energy and see how easily it has trained us to provide that nourishment at the push of an idea . |
| 5 | The crowd swirled around him but he felt no fear , only a flush of anger that seemed to wipe out his normal senses . |
| 6 | He began to sweat , a weird cold extrusion of moisture that began to trickle down his face . |
| 7 | One survivor recalled that having made up her mind to do this , she asked her elder sister to put in a word for her . |
| 8 | Coyle Plc at present manufactures ail the components that go to make up its finished products . |
| 9 | Of course it was him that had messed up his diary , drawing those stupid pictures in it . |
| 10 | The attention has catapulted Singleton to the fore of the newwave of black film-makers and he has been taking full advantage of the limelight , running off his mouth on issues of Black America and the worldwide struggles of the oppressed , with a revolutionary fervour that threatens to eclipse even his hero and mentor , Spike Lee . |
| 11 | Oddly , the wasps pay no regard to the building birds , but they will attack any other creatures that dare to approach either their nests or those of the birds . |
| 12 | Those that refused to take up their rights could have offset their losses by selling their 200 rights at 5p each ; i.e. 10 . |