Example sentences of "and [noun sg] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Official encouragement , genuine popularity and a sense of purpose helped further heal the self-doubt and hesitation that had previously constrained British filmmakers . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Even during the Reformation it was biblical scenes likely to promote superstition and idolatry that came down . |
| 7 | ‘ Wars in the Middle East resolve no dispute and settle no injustice — they simply sow the seeds of frustration and discontent that lead to more and more costly wars . ’ |
| 8 | It is such considerations of equity and judgement that make the course-work component in examinations suspect , however much its assessment may be regulated by published sets of criteria . |
| 9 | They are not trying to replace the skill and judgement that comes with years of training and practice , but to enhance and prolong the surgeon 's own capabilities . |
| 10 | His apparent personality as an ungeneralized individual is a literary illusion ; he is regarded instead as an object of a form of general moral evaluation and judgement that probes the mores of medieval commercial and commercialized life from a conventional standpoint that is , paradoxically , radical and fundamentalist . |
| 11 | Even afterwards , when I was a teenager , I paid for my bad timing , coming just too early to enjoy the fun and freedom that waited round the corner . |
| 12 | You see we can not always help who our brothers and sisters are but we can make alliances of people on issues of liberation and freedom that goes beyond that narrow family relationship and develops into a very solid alliance that helps to change situations . |
| 13 | It was a dynamic age , an age of opportunity , and the pattern of population migration , income distribution , and increased leisure and freedom that allowed movie audiences to accumulate had also permitted a largely anonymous host of small businessmen to create a new industry and a new entertainment . |
| 14 | We went on to talk about the articles in Time and Tide that had so provoked Rebecca West , and Father D'Arcy observed how , in dealing with ‘ difficult ’ correspondents , it was important to strike the right note in replying . |
| 15 | A purist could argue that it was class and function that set these store owners up for assault , but on the streets , in the full fury of those 48 hours , stretching from the mid-afternoon Wednesday verdict in Simi Valley , any Korean would have been fair game . |
| 16 | By dint of some speedy alterations by Taheb 's dressmaker , Huy was able to wear a kilt and shirt that had belonged to Taheb 's late husband , his friend Amotju . |
| 17 | These are just some of the facilities and expertise that have been made available to industry . |
| 18 | Finally , it is pointed out that if times are indeed bad then , in the name of justice and humanity , more rather than less should be spent on those services in cash and kind that cater for the welfare of those in need . |
| 19 | Equally they recognise that their pupils are exposed to sophisticated and easily accessible media which graphically , and at times gratu-itously , portray the violence and disharmony that exists in society . |
| 20 | The commentator 's ingenuous query could just as well have been prompted , however , by an unrelated but somehow symptomatic display of the insensitivity and obstinacy that have come to be regarded as part of Kohl 's character . |
| 21 | Inexperienced teachers embarking on such experiments are likely to land in the same sort of confusion and chaos that resulted in those primary schools that went headlong into the " integrated day " without a preliminary survey of their available resources and their knowledge of children 's interests and reactions . |
| 22 | Lang 's film was immediately hailed as a masterpiece especially with regard to its frighteningly real depiction of the prejudices and hysteria that lay waiting to be released in a typical Midwestern town . |
| 23 | Despite all the hype , hate and hysteria that has gone before , something magical and mysterious can still be heard shuffling around in the dark , and this celebration is the spotlight that picks it out . |
| 24 | So it has been for centuries , yet the multi-petalled bloom of modern times , epitomized by the modern Hybrid Tea rose ( or , as it is abbreviated , H.T. ) and probably most people 's mental image of all that a rose is and should be , is a product of modern hybridizing and cross-breeding that did not exist even as recently as medieval times . |
| 25 | Her ear was tuned to every creak and rustle that disturbed the air , and when it came again , that soft , almost imperceptible shuffling , she caught it , and her pulse-beat quickened . |
| 26 | It is also essential to place these contrasting perceptions in the context of attitudes towards independence , autonomy and responsibility that have developed throughout the disability career . |
| 27 | By deliberately writing from a male point of view , Tanith Lee is able to explore the fear and loathing that underpins the traditional male characterisation of the woman who stands alone outside the pale of family and community life ; such women are designated bitch , whore or dyke . |
| 28 | He may be able to command as large an audience as anyone , yet he remains one of the least showy of performers , preserving a musical integrity and discrimination that deserved a better conductor than Elio Boncompagni , and certainly one who might have persuaded more sophisticated playing from a dispirited Royal Philharmonic . |
| 29 | He drummed on the window with the flat of white , spectral hands — eyes turned to his left , in the direction of the glass doors , and filled with a fear and horror that paralysed Cardiff . |
| 30 | In the preamble to the final version of the Declaration released by Egyptian officials , contracting parties reaffirmed their " rejection of the aggressive course and alignment that occurred during the Iraqi aggression and occupation of the state of Kuwait " and recognized that it had " destroyed many of the concepts and achievements of joint Arab action " . |