Example sentences of "that [vb -s] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … We depend on the media for our life-blood , the stream of information , the adventures , the violence , the romance , … the eternal commentary that lines our lives like a loving companion , a double , making sense of it for us. ( 30–1 ) |
| 2 | Our knowledge of this comes very largely from David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel , who worked together for twenty years at Harvard Medical School , recording from single neurons of the visual cortex — the part of the neocortex that receives its input mainly from the eyes . |
| 3 | Image , hyperbole , parallelism , comparison , repetition or any other trope are potentially all equally effective in committing poetic violence on ordinary language , and it is this differential function and not any inherent quality that constitutes their interest for Russian Formalism . |
| 4 | It will be recalled that , according to this theory , a stimulus is held to be fully effective only when it is able to generate the Al ( primary activation ) state in the node that constitutes its central representation . |
| 5 | The New Critics did not believe , of course , that the value of poetry lay in isolated metaphors or similes ; on the contrary , they insisted that in good literature all the components of the text contributed to the reconciliation of opposites that constitutes its poetic function . |
| 6 | The emotion that goes into art is subtle and it is the faculty of being able to feel this emotion that constitutes our appreciation of art . |
| 7 | We are helping the individual , whether adult or young person , to gain meaning from the vast display of information , opinion , and activity that constitutes our daily lives . |
| 8 | In any case it is important that librarians remain in close touch with the industry that produces their raw materials , through the literature , and through formal and informal contacts . |
| 9 | It is one of our most valuable assets , like the land that produces our food . |
| 10 | Of phrase that lights your face , |
| 11 | It 's believed the attacker used the public footpath that crosses her field . |
| 12 | Erm , not necessarily complain but interview police officer about when he was told that upsets my mother |
| 13 | And if you 're really interested in finding out all there is to know about us there 's a book on the hall table that records our historic events and heroes , including Francis Ledwidge , our local poet … ’ |
| 14 | With Satire that supplies our Tongues , |
| 15 | In this way , the new upper floor is prevented from crossing the original three-light arched windows which serve the end bays of the lower storey , and the stair is prevented from conflicting with the central window of this range by the introduction of a further quarter-landing at an intermediate level that turns its lowest flight parallel to the side elevation at a level just below the window-sill ( Fig 49 ) . |
| 16 | As Morrissey sings : ‘ I 'm so very sorry … ’ his vocal hits a pitch that turns your stomach with queasy delight . |
| 17 | The first trap is a sentimental romanticism that turns our attention away from the present battle and leaves us wallowing in nostalgia for the past . |
| 18 | There 's something about watching little birds , even dead ones , being torn to shreds by a powerful beak that turns my stomach . |
| 19 | In the centre of the island are the fire mountains — dormant volcanoes — where the temperature is 400 degrees a few feet below the surface , and you can find a restaurant that grills your steak on the native rock . |
| 20 | God might , in creating the world , have put the sort of distance between Himself and ourselves that involves our having to live in an environment within which , until the day that we die , there is evidence both for and against His existence . |
| 21 | Is a set of floppy discs for Windows 1.0 , say , like the telescope with an identity that transcends its state of repair ? |
| 22 | But all have the finely spotted skin and distinctive head-shape that denotes our race of Phoca vitulina . |
| 23 | What we need is managerial hierarchy that understands its own nature and purpose . |
| 24 | If we 're self sufficient due to a policy that subsidizes our farmers , we 're not going to want to import anything . |
| 25 | I know — I know about the monster that haunts your life ! ’ |
| 26 | Does n't the apostle say , he that taketh his stand , take heed lest yee fall ! |
| 27 | It encourages individuals to make a personal pledge to change their lives in a way that minimises their impact on the environment — each of the eight pledges shown here will make a real difference . |
| 28 | Jon sees his role as helping clients identify the type of home they want — one that fits their lifestyle . |
| 29 | When a lymphocyte is presented with an antigen that fits its receptor as a key fits a lock , the lymphocyte is literally ‘ turned on ’ , with its metabolism rapidly increasing . |
| 30 | Only 14 days for the seven years to be increased to the sentence that fits his crimes and his evil — life . |