Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] that [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A simple savings account that lets each person choose their own level of saving and which pays an attractive rate of interest free of all income tax . |
| 2 | No one can be in any doubt now that she was pulling the strings behind the royal side show that has preoccupied Britain for the past six months . |
| 3 | Tall , he suffered the sunken chest of a consumptive , and had a hooked nose and eyes that , though hidden behind dark lids , were too big for his face — it was the starving poet look that enslaved self-sacrificial women . |
| 4 | Humpbacks are thought to be mostly solitary creatures , though such songs indicate that close physical proximity is by no means necessary for social contact of a vocal nature . |
| 5 | Having smilingly watched Palmer acknowledge his footsoldiers , then go through a practice swing that bears little relation to the actual flurry and flourish , Wolstenholme 's start was nervy , understandably , and inauspicious . |
| 6 | Investigations show that replacing arable land with woodland would probably reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater , but perhaps by less than was expected , since natural forest processes themselves release nitrate into the ground . |
| 7 | Despite a sure-handed debut against Brazil in the 1–1 Washington draw that restored English pride , the Southampton player will be asked to make way for the third goalkeeper on the trip , Crystal Palace 's Nigel Martyn . |
| 8 | Midge answered the telephone call that came next morning . |
| 9 | Ecologists agree that eating less meat is better for you and the environment . |
| 10 | Thus , from a letter of 1867 : " most philologists lack that elevating total view of antiquity , because they stand too close to the picture and investigate a patch of paint , instead of gazing at the big , bold brushstrokes of the whole painting and — what 's more — enjoying them … " ; and " … our whole mode of working is quite horrible . |
| 11 | Additional studies by the Building Research Establishment indicate that isolated structural damage can occur when gust speeds exceed about 39 knots and widespread damage can occur when gustspeeds exceed about 49 knots . |
| 12 | Most have a roller drive that creates attractive light and dark stripes on the lawn and also allows you to cut the grass right up to the edge . |
| 13 | here , the lack of adequate damping revealed itself in float and wallow , and excessive body roll that exposed serious defects in the seats . |
| 14 | Should you accept a package deal that contains many assets but some businesses that are going to provide a hefty cash drain ? |
| 15 | Besides , aid workers argue that cutting any aid will only result in more poppies . |
| 16 | In the conference call that followed Digital Equipment Corp 's announcement of its figures ( CI No 2,148 ) , news of which did n't reach us until after close of play on Wednesday , company executives said that their outlook for the rest of the year continues to be cautious given the current economic environment , and they declined to forecast profits : Bill Steul , chief financial officer , said that during the third quarter , DEC 's US business showed a decline of just under 5% , and that total product revenues were flat , while services grew at about 12% in the quarter ; business was a little soft in Germany and France and continues to be down in Japan , but that there are some signs of improvement in Japan ; DEC , in its final quarter of fiscal 1993 , does not expect much in revenues from its Alpha-based systems running Microsoft Corp 's new NT operating system before next fiscal . |
| 17 | GP fund holders placed contracts for more MRI sessions than the district health authority … so their patients have a better chance of being seen quickly … in about three weeks instead of about four months.But hospital managers deny that means two types of care … |
| 18 | But most research studies suggest that sharing practical support is more characteristic of women . |
| 19 | New studies show that targetting normal genes using viral and other systems to enter cells ( from marrow , the lung and gut , liver and skin ) may be easier than at first thought , and that DNA will function more or less normally once it gets into the cell . |
| 20 | In summary , our studies of unselected patients with PSS show that impaired oesophageal peristalsis delays the clearance of acid and increases the exposure time to acid . |
| 21 | Recent studies indicate that altered lysosomal function may be involved in the early stages of pancreatic injury . |
| 22 | a method of recording on floppy disks using a modified frequency modulation process that allows more data to be stored on a disk . |
| 23 | With a signature print that resembles crazy paving and stained glass windows , Pucci clothing can not fail to attract attention . |
| 24 | Respectively they include device-independent device control protocols to enable heterogeneous video cassette recorders , laser disks and Compact Disk players to be integrated , a Japanese text-to-speech synthesiser necessary to phone-based data retrieval and TruVoice , a text-to-speech converter and an application programming interface that transforms any text passage into spoken English or Spanish . |
| 25 | Regulationist theories assert that advanced capitalist economies are marked by a succession of distinct historical stages which differ from each other in terms of the organization of production within each economy . |
| 26 | These drafts emphasise that expensing such costs is the normal accounting treatment and that the asset recognition criteria will be met only occasionally . |
| 27 | It obliges the bureau to conform to the policy aims and objectives of the CAB and reach a standard of advice work that fulfils these aims to NACAB 's satisfaction . |
| 28 | It is n't just drug use that causes unforeseen problems — drug prohibition also has an unintended impact . |
| 29 | An ulterior motive for performing text recognition is to convert existing printed material into a computer format that permits further processing . |
| 30 | A new bank account that pays regular interest on your savings at a special high rate . |