Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On every local flight that I make in a single-seater glider , I do some sideslipping on the approach to keep in practice .
2 A small orchestra was playing ‘ Lights of Moscow ’ and the waiters were clattering metal dishes and semaphoring with table napkins , and there was the air of subdued hysteria that you get in a big theatre when the orchestra is tuning up .
3 Also , primary schools are more adaptable erm they have n't got the constraints ; they have n't got the syllabuses to get through ; they have n't got exams at the end of the year ; they have n't got to the sort of subject departmentalization that you get in a secondary school .
4 It may be an idea to check out any varieties that you fancy in a reputable book — some are hard to grow and need lots of light ; other plants are still being sold that are really bog plants and should not be grown submerged .
5 The New York graffiti craze , which meant just spray-painting your name again and again , was the most basic , single-minded assertion that you exist in an indifferent world .
6 It 's called time , it gives you a little space at the top so you can fill in what you feel to be your role , and if you can fill below , all the tasks in respective order that you do in a typical day .
7 He then drifted gloomily away , noting that this could not be ‘ an open-ended matter that you do in an idealistic whim ’ .
8 It is very rare that we disagree as an industry , but it is equally rare that we speak in a co-ordinated way , ’ he said .
9 To make sure that we 're able to put our point across clearly so that we speak in a clear way so that people do n't have any er doubts as to what you actually mean .
10 If that is what getting engaged does to him , the pity is that we live in a monogamous society !
11 Meanwhile we should stop pretending that we live in a golden age of literary biography , an art form that all too frequently seems to be founded not so much on spite , as on a fundamental lack of interest in its subject . ’
12 I think that we look very favourably on schemes whereby an education process is involved erm where there are workshops and performance , but it becomes a total package in itself — it 's not just a performance for an ethnic minority , but it 's one that represents the fact that we live in a multi-cultural society itself .
13 The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament .
14 Perhaps Lagerfeld was trying to remind us that we live in a harsh world .
15 Precise definition of what is and is not a legitimate purpose is probably not possible , but the fact that we live in a competitive or acquisitive society has led English law , for better or worse , to adopt the test of self-interest or selfishness as being capable of justifying the deliberate doing of lawful acts which inflict harm .
16 Technological advances might mean that we live in an artificial environment with respect to time-cues , but it is a rhythmic environment nevertheless , and our possession of a body clock means that all the advantages that come from the integration of biological and environmental rhythms apply equally to ourselves .
17 In nature they will be able to feel the stripes of their background , and ensure that they settle in a camouflaged posture .
18 The evidence suggests that they operate in a particular way , namely that there are predictable patterns in flows of support between older and younger generations , in which support flows in both directions , but on balance the older generation are the givers and the younger the receivers .
19 In principle , however , the public law nature of the SROs ' rules and the fact that they operate in an integrated way with the SIB 's rules should mean that a court is able to take the same approach to the interpretation of both the SROs ' and the SIB 's rules .
20 for a whole , W , to exist it is not normally enough merely that its parts exist , rather it is required that they exist in a certain arrangement , in a certain set of relations to each other .
21 But even those who discard books forget that they exist in a real world and that the booksellers sell to real customers .
22 Encouraging authors to recognise that they live in a complex , multicultural society is one thing .
23 To set up such a tank containing only the larger species so that they live in a harmonious group requires careful thought .
24 Moreover , Stevenson 's theory , and the attitudinism sketched above , are at their most convincing in their treatment of value charged descriptive words , among which indeed even such words as ‘ good ’ can be counted when we are concerned with the meaning that they have in a homogeneous society .
25 Mrs Stevens eventually gave him 5/ and when he asked for clothing suggested that he look in a nearby workman 's shed .
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