Example sentences of "[vb -s] [that] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It would allow small parties to gain a footing in the legislature , which would tend to promote coalition governments and avoid the radical swings that have characterised British politics since the Second World War .
2 It was not only the trade figures that have reversed this view , but they clearly affected the markets most .
3 Furthermore , even samples that have undergone ancient enrichment in incompatible trace elements retain the low Re/Os signature , so that enriched portions of the SCLM become characterized by both low γ Os and low Nd .
4 However , even with their aid it is thought by some to be unlikely that the outer Moon could have been melted quickly enough to yield those highland rock samples that have given radiometric ages of about 4300 Ma and older .
5 First decide on just two matches that appear to have outstanding draw chances and mark them X in the first column of the Treble Chance ( to the right of the fixtures ) .
6 This suggests that make expresses antecedent causation , since it evokes a process of causation giving rise to a state of affairs that comes into being only at the end of the process .
7 Unhappily , the varnish was tarnished by a golden duck against Yorkshire , reawakening the ghosts of three ‘ A ’ tours that have done scant justice to a considerable talent .
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