Example sentences of "and [noun] that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Not only can we match any skin , from lightest to darkest , ’ he says , ‘ but we can give any woman the exact combination of texture , weight and coverage that she wants in a foundation or powder .
2 ‘ We can match any skin , and give any woman the exact combination of texture , weight and coverage that she wants ’
3 Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest .
4 Her parents felt that she was being difficult and kept presenting her with toys and activities that she could not do .
5 She was buoyed up suddenly on the wave of amazement and admiration that she could feel enveloping her from across the whole room .
6 Talking to members of the Education Area about their researches , I was struck by the constructive relationships that they built up with the schools and groups that they studied .
7 Tell yourself that this is a habit which is going to change your life forever , and that it is going to bring you the health , fitness and slimness that you deserve .
8 The areas of Sunderland and Middlesbrough that we looked at were both poor working-class areas , yet there were considerable differences in the health of their communities .
9 It is when ageist attitudes become part of the rules of institutions , govern the conduct of social life , and blend imperceptibly into everyday values and attitudes that they have a drastic effect on the way older people lead their lives .
10 Mystical experience never arrives out of the blue ; it is always influenced by the religious milieu of the mystic , even though he may want to transcend the beliefs and attitudes that he found there .
11 Two minutes later she was tapping on his office door , clutching to her bosom the file of notes and sketches that she had been working on with such enthusiasm all week .
12 What he saw was incredible to him : imperfect stones , yes , flawed , sometimes of poor coloration , but cut and set with such skill and ingenuity that their imperfections were disguised .
13 For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise .
14 Lardie was the last fluent speaker of the Kalkadoon language , a language of such versatility and ingenuity that it stands as a monument to human intellectual development .
15 The state of English teaching in schools had obviously , by the late 1980s , become a cause of such radical complaint and discontent that it was not surprising to find a committee of inquiry set up to look into its proper aims and methods ( The Kingham Committee , 1987 ) .
16 And kind that she said , I was very disgusted , she said , with you , afterwards .
17 This , however , is what we do , together with a big ‘ Thank you ’ for all the news and views that you 've given us in 1991 .
18 As his series of meetings progressed , some at Chartwell , some in London , there was even fear on the part of Jones and Davidson that he might get a settlement in the absence of the Prime Minister and thus damage Baldwin 's position .
19 To define the different forms of theism and atheism is no easy task , and it requires from the start a degree of modesty and admission that we can not hope to cover everything !
20 By definition this means trying to give you more work and responsibility that you can probably handle .
21 BELVILLE : This last of Sally Godfrey is a piece of spite and meanness that I can renounce you my blood for .
22 Her name and her address ; and a couple of visits , dates and times that she had made .
23 When I first moved into my present garden nine years ago I madly planted all those trees , shrubs and climbers that my previous garden , being rather small , would not allow .
24 If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say .
25 Many college curricula , especially in scientific and technological subjects , subject the student to such a barrage of facts and opinions that he has little chance to pause and assess what has taken place so far .
26 You can learn so much from simply watching their actions and reactions that it is always worth sacrificing fishing time to spend an hour or so studying their behaviour .
27 Goebbels 's rhetoric that ‘ the German people has never looked up to its Führer so full of belief as in the days and hours that it became aware of the entire burden of this struggle for our life ’ , and that far from being discouraged ‘ it stood all the more firmly and unerringly behind his great aims ’ , sounded even emptier than usual .
28 Yesterday he told the heads of such toffs ' schools as Eton and Marlborough that nothing had changed .
29 He was evidently not facing the college class and exams that you 're facing !
30 They were trading in the village , bartering orange plastic beads and metalware that they 'd bought in India for flour and grain .
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