Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] that [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that maybe Elsie went under finally sickened and stifled by the righteous attitudes that prevailed at the time . |
| 2 | They were breeding in huge numbers in all the hollows of the tall eucalypti that grew on the banks of the Mokai , and fed in flocks of many hundreds upon the grass seeds on the plains , descending in great noisy crowds on the pools by Gould 's tents to drink . |
| 3 | On the way red-necked phalaropes at last show themselves , tame , almost friendly birds that come towards the camera . |
| 4 | The really big egg-producers , however , are the simpler animals that live in the sea , such as corals , jellyfish , sea-urchins and molluscs . |
| 5 | ‘ As you know Mr. Arteh [ Qalib ] was appointed as the interim Prime Minister for Somalia within the context of arrangements agreed upon by all the Somali political parties that participated in the Somali National Reconciliation Conference held at Djibouti in July 1991 . |
| 6 | The music and lyrical ideas are the stuff of nightmares , foam-flecked poetic rantings that go for the throat and refuse to let go no matter how hard you may plead . |
| 7 | Now that type of exception would mean that the practical difficulties to which he referred would not arise except in the comparatively few cases that arise of the particular type . |
| 8 | As managing partner of KMG Thomson McLintock , he played a leading role in the pre-merger discussions that led to the formation of KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock . |
| 9 | Some dinosaurs that evolved during the Permian/Triassic reduced their body mass by around 35 per cent or more , and may have had their dimensions reduced by 50 per cent . |
| 10 | A blistering July day , her thick woollen underwear sodden with perspiration under the hot black habit , a throbbing headache , Hilda more insistent than ever ; a scene in the playground , only a few words exchanged because other girls were watching , but a few words that shrieked under the stress of the emotion that they bore ; an impatient phrase , more cutting than she had intended ; Hilda turning away–nth a passionate sob , running , running … |
| 11 | The procedures followed in the very different circumstances that arise from the electoral defeat of the party in power are inevitably simpler , provided that the result creates a viable situation for the majority party . |
| 12 | The later theory of instincts , which included the death instincts , as well as the sexual instincts which were retained from the first formulation , seemed to solve the theoretical difficulties that arose with the first theory of instincts . |
| 13 | The range of architectural styles , with details such as terracotta friezes , gargoyles and ironwork , the attractive pub and wine bar , and the two medieval lanes that run through the site , with street-level shops all around the perimeter of the buildings , are what makes the City a unique place . |
| 14 | This kids ' book has an electronic strip down the side which you touch to get 10 different sounds that go with the story . |
| 15 | Exx.1-3 show the three different textures that appear in the scores for this ballet : ex.1 solo voice and bass line ( this is the opening vocal air of the ballet , the full text of which may be seen in illus.l ) ; ex.2 an instrumental trio , with two treble instruments and bass ( the ritournelle that follows the vocal air ) ; ex.3 a five-part instrumental texture , each line notated in a different clef ( the first entrée ) . |
| 16 | Mr Foster said only a statement from the Health Secretary would allay public fears that care in the North-East is about to undergo its most radical shake-up for years . |
| 17 | He turned left in the village of Wanswell and blasted the bike over the slight pitch and on into the twisty overgrown lanes that led to the village of Purton . |
| 18 | Arafat allowed his men to join a leftist Lebanese assault on Damour , a pretty Christian coastal village of silk factories and olive groves that lay across the Sidon–Beirut highway . |
| 19 | Both the expansion of the market economy and the imposition of colonial institutions took place in the context of long-established and complex cultures which shaped the form of the new social arrangements that appeared during the colonial period . |
| 20 | There are also the exciting poses that come at the end of some of Ashton 's pas de deux as the two characters declare their love , for example , when Oberon cradles Titania in his arms at the end of The Dream and , even more excitingly , when Colas lifts Lise high on one arm it the end of their dance in Act II of La Fille Mai Gardée as if to crown her queen of the harvest |
| 21 | The Junkers also set about diverting social pressures that emerged from the spread of industrial and urban society and the creation of national identity away from socialist revolutionary solutions into naval and military expansion , anti-socialism , and the manufacture of a threat from the east that justified the maintenance of traditional German life — a life that was , of course , best represented in the continued existence of the Junkers . |
| 22 | ‘ Scurrying round to pick up the few crumbs that fall from the table ? ’ |
| 23 | She had reached the top of the narrow wooden stairs that led into the single upper-storey chamber she shared with her mother . |
| 24 | Again , the ‘ normal ’ situation in the sciences is not a sure guide , as none of you needs to be reminded , when the brain and mind are the subjects of investigation , given the peculiar features that attach to the notion of consciousness and to its close relations , thought , feeling , privacy and so on . |
| 25 | And they can gloss over the social forces that contribute to the appeal of reductionist and deterministic ideas . |
| 26 | Yes we will have to get some curtains that fit in the bay go |
| 27 | Of the 12 games that went to the 18th hole during the course of the match overall , only one was won by an American and , as matters got tighter and tighter , the home team got worse and worse . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , glancing round towards the french windows that led to the bar . |
| 29 | Then , without bothering to wait for her answer , he had swung round again and was heading imperiously for the group of gold-brocade-covered armchairs that stood in the curve of the huge bay window , overlooking the sun-burnished waters of Loch Lomond . |
| 30 | £30 Examines the cultural forces that contributed to the demise of the Salon exhibitions . |