Example sentences of "[that] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , oh yes , I 'm sure I 'm not saying that 's the only thing that controls people 's food intake I mean clearly there are things cultural some cultures , the Japanese seem to love eating raw fish , I mean how they can bring themselves to do it I do now know , I mean the raw is I do n't think I 'd want to eat again , but er erm not always if they were cooked either , but erm the , the er and certainly if you look at the Australian Aborigines even though we take the Australian Aborigines as our kind of primeval people , they have astonishing food taboos , I mean their attitudes to food are very very culturally er effective to , to a quite extraordinary extent , some so that somebody somebody discovered that eating a tabooed food by accident , they 'll get very ill , a kind of psychosomatic illness . |
| 2 | Latest results from Europe 's centre for particle physics point to the possible discovery of the W , a particle that plays a key role in theoretical attempts to unite two of nature 's forces |
| 3 | Althusser termed such a view ‘ historicism ’ : an abstract philosophical scheme that imposes an overall process of transformation upon historical events . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , failures will be encountered and such failures can eventually attain a degree of seriousness that constitutes a serious crisis for the paradigm and may lead to the rejection of a paradigm and its replacement by an incompatible alternative . |
| 5 | Thus it is plausible to view science as an enormous cluster of innovations , of which the most successful are diffused by means of a contagion process that produces a logistic curve in all facets of scientific activity . ’ |
| 6 | However , we have to remember that offsetting a large part of this acquisition of funds is an outflow which is being used to meet claims and other expenses . |
| 7 | Modernity is a word that evokes a different response in North America , Continental Europe and Great Britain . |
| 8 | The dogs followed hard on their heels up the deep-treaded , creaking staircase that made a gradual ascent to the first floor . |
| 9 | In chapter four below , there will be an examination of her poetry to demonstrate what sorts of books Leapor read , and especially those that made a strong impact on her work . |
| 10 | Damp , fragrant veils that made a cool tent around the central space of heat where Rose began to ply the heavy iron . |
| 11 | There was something about this part of France that made a powerful appeal to her imagination and emotions . |
| 12 | Somewhere among the crags of limestone that made a broad shelf along part of the foin 's lowest slopes . |
| 13 | There was a spaciousness and simplicity of line that made a perfect foil for the few touches of vibrant colour that drew the eye , and yet the whole effect was completely uncontrived , as if it had all come together naturally . |
| 14 | He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books . |
| 15 | And he was the only lecturer who would admit that he 'd changed his mind about something since the last lecture , and that made a great impression on me . |
| 16 | And that made a big difference to my life . |
| 17 | There was something about the expression on his face as he unclipped his seatbelt and turned towards her that made a sudden flurry of alarm run through her , and she backed as far away as the close confines of the car would allow . |
| 18 | As she hurried over the rough track that made a short cut between her aunt 's cottage and the farmhouse where Angela lived , Cheryl 's eye was caught by a splash of colour on the far side of the field . |
| 19 | The use of animated graphics can focus attention ; an investigatory program style that encourages a high level of pupil participation will arouse interest and possibly a healthy curiosity about the new work . |
| 20 | While there I was part of a management team that led a successful buyout of the Bricom Group from B & c . |
| 21 | A subsequent successful re-launch of the product , based on research that revealed a Swiss pre-occupation with cleanliness , emphasised the germ-killing and hygienic aspects of the use of dishwashers . |
| 22 | In a move that revealed an unusual lack of ego and a large amount of common sense , he suggested that his friend , another drummer , Julian Sowa , would do a better job . |
| 23 | But I do not think that the characteristic that turns a simple assault into a sexual assault is solely a matter of anatomy . |
| 24 | Not the sort of thing that turns a self-respecting dybbuk on : you 'd never catch Lil and me , for instance , trying to swan-dive into each other 's souls when the heavy breathing starts . |
| 25 | Over the 400 miles , that produced a total cost of £3.80 . |
| 26 | Peter Calvocoressi has described the principle of Enigma as succinctly as it is possible to do : ‘ The Enigma was an encyphering machine that produced a highly-variable scramble of the 26 letters of the alphabet by passing electric current through a set of moveable rotors , each of which by its internal electrical connections contributed to the overall scramble . ’ |
| 27 | Bachelard 's work on the formation of scientific disciplines led him to argue that the proper form of historical analysis should focus not upon an empirical history but upon the cognitive or epistemological status of concepts that distinguish a new science from an old one . |
| 28 | Eaux-Bonnes is mainly built around an oval public garden with bandstand , and of solid , four or five-storey Second Empire buildings that make a strange contrast with the thickly wooded hillsides behind them . |
| 29 | Western countries should be prepared to open themselves far wider to East European countries that make a real move to democracy and free markets : let the shameful visa queues at western embassies disappear , welcome Gastarbeiter from these countries , open up to any exports deserving East Europeans are capable of selling in the West 's competitive markets . |
| 30 | Unlike the American computer industry , which is characterised by firms that make a narrow range of goods , all six of the top Japanese electronics firms make semiconductors and telecommunications equipment as well as computers . |