Example sentences of "[that] [verb] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm because it is an onerous task , erm onerous in terms of the time that needs spending doing the job even if it 's relatively simple in terms of what needs to be done it still takes time and there 's still running around to do . |
| 2 | That has made a huge difference , and in terms of the response to the issues among so-called ‘ decision-makers ’ it is this increasing ability on the part of the environmental organisations to marshal good accurate evidence behind them that has begun to tilt the balance of opinion in their favour . |
| 3 | Staff involved in scandals are nearly always the victims , too , of a system that has failed to recognize the needs of both users and providers . |
| 4 | The London International Opera Festival is now a regular fixture in the June calendar , and though its scale may be relatively modest — a skilful combination of performances annexed from the seasons of the Royal Opera and English National Opera with one- off ventures mounted by small-scale professional companies — it serves as a useful chance for the capital to catch up with a variety of new work that has failed to find a niche elsewhere . |
| 5 | He is named in a party of 15 and his knack of scoring vital goals could prove a bonus for a side that has failed to find the net in seven of their last nine games . |
| 6 | The well-rounded rib — the barrel chest that has helped to give the Suffolk the name of Punch — is a distinctive feature , as is the deep carcase . |
| 7 | It is a tradition that has refused to claim the certainty claimed by both these camps . |
| 8 | We are , therefore , critical of the constitutional approach that has tended to dominate the field of constitutional study and the textbook accounts of British politics . |
| 9 | One company that has managed to find a way through the red tape is Fraser Charters Inc , who offer skippered charter in the Sea of Cortez and Mexican Riviera areas . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman should give some credit to that health board and every other health board in Scotland that has managed to increase the numbers of patients treated . |
| 11 | Some pairs of boots and wellingtons were lined up beside it , and on the wall , above a crude , oil landscape that seemed meant to depict the moor where the diver nested , was a long rack , presumably meant for fishing-rods . |
| 12 | She could feel nothing but the cold , that seemed to have filled every pore of her body . |
| 13 | She turned to Nicolo , who smiled and held a glass out to her , one that seemed to have caught the rays of the dying sun . |
| 14 | The only questions that seem to have excited the commentators are : is the recession over ? |
| 15 | Transposons are fragments of DNA that seem to have evolved the ability to reduplicate themselves independently of the chromosomes in which they are integrated , and to re-integrate duplicate copies in other parts of the chromosome . |
| 16 | Somewhere buried in my brain is a puzzled little voice that keeps trying to ask a question but keeps getting shushed by everyone else . |
| 17 | It was perhaps ironic that having decided to dedicate the rest of his career to the private sector that Cuckney became caught up in a major government row when he took over as chairman of Westland Group . |
| 18 | She was very distressed and embarrassed by the March , 1992 , report which said that having agreed to attend a gala for the blind — with only her expenses to be paid — she had broken her word by demanding a fee only two days before the event . |
| 19 | And yet Raskolnikov 's greater enormity is that having forgotten to bolt the door after killing the money-lender he is surprised by her half-sister , the woman who mends linen and has mended his in her time , apparently always pregnant , through simplicity , not waywardness , meek-eyed though ‘ she looks like a soldier dressed up as a woman ’ ( who but Dostoevsky ! ) and Raskolnikov kills Lizaveta too . |
| 20 | I mean York City Council will obviously er Mr Curtis will obviously give his views on the situation , erm the particular issue that seems to have changed the mind of York City Council is the reference in P P G thirteen , transport to sizes of new settlement not being erm er desirable in in in transport terms , small scale resettlements . |
| 21 | The best known of the three bore the official name , dating from the 16th century , of Joueurs de violons , hautbois , saqueboutes et cornets , but was informally known as the 12 Grands hautbois du roi ; also attached to the Ecurie ( the king 's stables ) were the six Hautbois et musettes de Poitou , the ensemble that seems to have provided the winds for Les nopces de village . |
| 22 | The analysis showed that there were many similarities between the activities that are systemically desirable and those undertaken at the time of the study , but highlighted certain aspects of the organisation that needed strengthening to allow the Colleges to become more self-supporting once the ERA took effect . |
| 23 | Two of the crew stayed to oversee the unloading of the meagre cargo , and the rest were paid by Finnan with the same silver knuckles that Bicker had purchased the company 's passage with . |
| 24 | And in injury time , substitute Paul Trainor — who had replaced Arsenal 's John Bacon in the Derry attack — could only watch in amazement as Bohemians keeper Dave Henderson flung himself across goal to turn away a header that looked to have decided the contest . |
| 25 | It tells me on the packet that stopping smoking reduces the risk of serious diseases . |
| 26 | Couples that do decide to have a child often prefer boys . |
| 27 | And only eight per cent of those that did had engaged a lawyer to speak for them ‘ even though , where defendants are represented , they are more likely to receive a favourable outcome . ’ |
| 28 | If the structures of knowledge that exist do reflect the structures of the real world , then any attempt to modify or erode them is likely to be unproductive . |
| 29 | The Prime Minister summoned the European Commission President to Downing Street where the two agreed that talks to try to avert a trade war with the United States must begin as soon as possible . |
| 30 | On the contrary , it flourished within a discipline that had emerged to help the farmers who were struggling to exploit the prairies in a way that destroyed the traditional climax . |