Example sentences of "[vb -s] that it [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This road had a greater significance in past centuries when it was the regular route to Skye , the way taken by Dr Johnson and Boswell in their tour of exploration ; a glance at the map shows that it followed a direct line from Shiel Bridge to Broadford across the Kylerhea ferry . |
| 2 | This behaviour is typical of the several meals we have investigated using scintigraphic techniques , and shows that it represents a physiological relevant test meal . |
| 3 | The Ladder may lack the charm of some of the other works anthologised here but it was the first systematic and comprehensive account of the spiritual life to be written in English and its immediate popularity shows that it answered a real need . |
| 4 | The lower equilibrium price in Germany shows that it has a comparative advantage in producing this good . |
| 5 | The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle . |
| 6 | She bought it a year ago and recalls that it cost a great deal of money . |
| 7 | The Department of Health states that it forms a valuable part of a baby 's diet for at least a year — so do carry on if you want to . |
| 8 | The broad evolutionary conservation of SSRP1 indicates that it performs a critical cellular function . |
| 9 | New evidence also proves that it causes a chemical reaction in the skin , attacking and destroying collagen and elastin — which keep skin supple — and so hastening signs of ageing . |
| 10 | And indeed , he does give an account of the structure of the complex whole , and argues that it awards a certain primacy to economic practice ‘ in the last instance , . |
| 11 | Another firm , Keith Bayley Rogers & Co ( 071–378 0657 ) also continues only to charge commission on transactions , and stresses that it has a large and long-established client basis and no need to churn portfolios . |