Example sentences of "an [noun] that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an experience that Graham of Westlands , Pickering , Yorkshire , will never forget . |
| 2 | AFRENCH magazine has promised to publish more proof of an allegation that dioxin from the 1976 Seveso disaster in northern Italy was secretly buried in a central French town where the inhabitants have been suffering from fumes from a toxic waste dump . |
| 3 | The abolition of compulsory service for the nobility ( 1762 ) appears to have been widely read as an indication that freedom for serfs would follow shortly . |
| 4 | This important six-part television series was shown for the first time in June 1988 , and in itself was an indication that freedom of intellectual debate had indeed been extended , but it also forewarned of the type of strong criticism to be expected from the conservatives in the party . |
| 5 | Leaving home should be a normal part of young adult development , but running away or leaving prematurely is an indication that life at home is no longer acceptable or bearable . |
| 6 | But what bothers the company 's bosses is that the tip-offs contained enough circumstantial detail to indicate the source was a fairly high-ranking employee , perhaps an indication that disaffection with Mr Reuter 's strategy is spreading . |
| 7 | Perhaps the stories were even more popular , for when Conan Doyle decided in 1894 to kill off his hero , so that he could write serious books , historical novels , there was such an outcry that bands of young men wearing black armbands marched on the Strand Magazine office . |
| 8 | An announcement that holdings of shares carrying 30 per cent or more of a company 's voting rights are for sale or that the board is seeking potential offerors is treated as the announcement of a possible offer . |
| 9 | It is not only an absurdity but an absurdity that victims of crime resent . |
| 10 | Because of a lecture I gave last weekend I 've to write a paper on how P R audits can be applied to the military which is great fun and an acknowledgement that people of a senior level were listening to my lecture but , um it 's put quite a bit of work on me . |
| 11 | They were filmed for a documentary , ’ Twenty-four Square Miles ’ shot in an area that size in north Oxfordshire . |
| 12 | But Middlesbrough and the North-East is not an area that appeals to the London-based agent , despite the opportunity to expand its regional representation . |
| 13 | IT SEEMS only yesterday that falsetto singing was such an oddity that mention of it surfaced in a Marx Brothers film in order to give Chico Marx a chance to observe , ‘ My aunt , she got-a falsetto teeth ’ . |
| 14 | In 1963 the Robbins Report on Higher Education enunciated the following principle : ‘ Throughout our Report we have assumed as an axiom that courses of higher education should be available for all those who are qualified by ability and attainment to pursue them and who wish to do so . ’ |
| 15 | Some of these are essentially historical : the interest developed in part as a reaction or antidote to Chomsky 's treatment of language as an abstract device , or mental ability , dissociable from the uses , users and functions of language ( an abstraction that Chomsky in part drew from the post-Bloomfieldian structuralism that predominated immediately before transformational generative grammar ) . |
| 16 | However , it is an approach that conflicts with traditional investment strategy . |
| 17 | The fundamental reason for this was that between 1880 and 1900 there was coming to an end that Concert of Europe which , in spite of the wars of the mid-century , had avoided a general war since 1815 . |
| 18 | It is a reasonable assumption — though little more than an assumption that ads in the categories at the lower end of the scale as it appears on the page will be more closely studied , and more thoroughly and consciously used by purchasers , than those at the upper end of the scale . |
| 19 | Socialization within the family and the educational system tends to inculcate an assumption that obedience to those in positions of authority is neutral and morally proper ; and the legitimacy of industrial management is routinely insisted on by religious dignitaries , politicians , judges , editors of newspapers and others with the ability to exert ideological influence . |
| 20 | It is certainly true that , when offered an explanation that conflicts with our beliefs , we can reject the explanation on the ground that , since our beliefs are true , it must be false . |
| 21 | Surely there is an expectation that members of the medical profession should undertake audit and research based activity ; is not this intervention a restraint of that ? |
| 22 | One such exception concerns circumstances where a particular person does not have close relatives , where there seems to be an expectation that kin in the outer circle should give more support than they otherwise might , as it were deputizing or substituting for the non-existent children or parents . |
| 23 | Despite an initially hostile atmosphere , with demonstrations organized by the regime , the talks concluded on Nov. 13 with an agreement that representatives of the National Assembly should meet for direct talks with Aristide . |