Example sentences of "and [noun] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when a good public image is essential for universities , English is unable to explain itself in ways immediately intelligible to the outsider , is notoriously riven with doubts and disagreements that prevent it from having a shared sense of purpose , and may at intervals erupt into crises that attract the wrong sort of publicity . |
| 2 | Official encouragement , genuine popularity and a sense of purpose helped further heal the self-doubt and hesitation that had previously constrained British filmmakers . |
| 3 | Dressed in well-cut suits , and hats that cover shaven heads , they hawk copies of their newspaper , The Final Call , and hand out petitions calling for Louis Farrakhan 's right to enter Britain . |
| 4 | The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demand for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity : it affords protection to all beings , offering shade even to the axeman who destroys it . |
| 5 | the train had made its imperceptible departure and was rolling along again past the uninhabited infinity of rocks and lakes and conifers that seemed to march on to the end of the world . |
| 6 | Communities seem to want airfields and pilots around , so they do n't load them with the penal rates and taxes that lead to high parking and landing charges as in this country . |
| 7 | It 's not just that your inability to go out is restricting your life ; as you say , your daughter is missing out on many of the events and activities that help a child 's emotional and social progress . |
| 8 | Nurses should encourage their elderly clients to take up sports and activities that develop skill and coordination , rather than strength , speed and endurance . |
| 9 | She promised herself , however , that she would hold the office only briefly , and now that her husband Stan has retired , she feels that she can no longer involve herself to so great an extent in commitments and activities that take her away from home . |
| 10 | His hands met a furry body and claws that flailed at him . |
| 11 | Oliver 's hell hounds are on his trail for sure , great slavering paisley-patterned beasts with saucer-sized eyes and claws that catch . |
| 12 | Because making the material itself is a lot harder than turning it into a rudimentary bomb , it is the tight control of plutonium and uranium that has until now restricted the spread of nuclear weapons . |
| 13 | The idea is to eliminate words and definitions that suggest discrimination , on grounds of sex , colour and even height . |
| 14 | One of the most striking facts of the Commonwealth , as I saw clearly at the Commonwealth conference in Harare , is the immense affection and admiration that exists for Her Majesty the Queen among all Commonwealth leaders and countries . |
| 15 | But it is the Duchess herself who most obviously embodies those qualities of courage and fidelity that act as an antidote to the surrounding evil . |
| 16 | Today 's agricultural and forestry methods have caused a decline in broadleaf woodlands and coppices , affecting the animals and birds that inhabit them and the general landscape . |
| 17 | It seems to be valid for virtually all animals with backbones , with a few exceptions : kangaroos , lions and birds that waddle ( but more of them later ) . |
| 18 | A number of other mammals and birds probably also disperse a very small proportion of the seeds , while two parrot species are the important seed predators among several mammals and birds that destroy seeds . |
| 19 | The insects ( mainly Lepidoptera ) and birds that do so can not directly sense the superior environment of the north ( in the spring ) , but its superiority , on average , is guaranteed by the predictable changes of the seasons . |
| 20 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |
| 21 | The second , the Green movement , is a very widely based and variegated collection of individuals and groups that includes those on the fringes of the global capitalist system as well as some who are fundamentally opposed to it , mainly from the libertarian left but also from the authoritarian right . |
| 22 | One important structural relationship is that between bureaucracies and groups that represent particular interests . |
| 23 | The same names and groups that have already featured in the discussion of the provincial press therefore appear again as owners of local radio . |
| 24 | Even during the Reformation it was biblical scenes likely to promote superstition and idolatry that came down . |
| 25 | She went to bed in her own room , still full of pictures and possessions that had belonged to a previous and vanished Phoebe . |
| 26 | The elaborate carving and tiling that clothes most traditional architectural forms ; the row of badges and lamps that decorate the grille of an enthusiast 's motorcar , the roses and shrubs in front of a suburban house ; all act as buffer zones between differing activity spaces . |
| 27 | Many writers have noted the widespread change in ideas and attitudes that occurred between 1939 and 1945 [ Addison , 1977 ] . |
| 28 | have n't just to literally lie back there and the man says what happens , when it happens , and they 're to do as they 're told sort of thing because that obviously develops sexual abuse , women being raped , and attitudes that lead towards these things . |
| 29 | The culture-ideology of consumerism produces the values and attitudes that create and sustain the need for the products . |
| 30 | Presumably one thought that , in the early days in the universe as it were , the atoms and molecules that existed were very simple ones ? |