Example sentences of "[that] [is] [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is a valuable addition to the growing volume of news from Tibet that is helping to undermine the brutal occupation of this tragic region . |
| 2 | In a show of unity rarer than a dodo sighting , the US Big Six have issued a joint statement of position in an attempt to focus attention on the ‘ epidemic of litigation ’ that is beginning to threaten the very existence of many American firms . |
| 3 | It is not the branding iron or the hypodermic needle that is going to make the most impression on the horse at these times , but our own behaviour , and how we go about it . |
| 4 | ‘ We have found something that is going to revolutionise the archaeological interpretations of Peru 's ancient civilisations . |
| 5 | Backbenchers also noted , and liked , the political populism that is starting to become the Major hallmark — good news for the football-watching , pipe-smoking , beer-drinking man on a modest income , less good news for directors with free flats and swanky company cars . |
| 6 | The latter are in some sense ‘ given ’ to individuals in the act of observing , but there is no straightforward step from those private experiences ( which will depend on factors peculiar to each individual observer such as his expectations , prior knowledge , etc. ) to an observation statement that is meant to describe the observed situation . |
| 7 | Clientcentred care is care that is delivered to meet the particular needs of the client , and that is why identifying the client really is is so important . |
| 8 | RAF Uxbridge is the current holder of the Jolliffe Trophy , which is awarded to the unit that is judged to provide the best standard of catering for all three messes . |
| 9 | The point is that the psychophysical approach forces you to develop a model of how the system , in this instance the mechanisms of colour discrimination , might work and it is this model that is used to guide the direct physiological measurements . |
| 10 | We 're also circulating a petition round , anything that 's trying to get the public awareness of it . |
| 11 | There is also the case for state financing , which is the position of the Party but for the foreseeable future the Labour Party will need trades union money , and as Steve said even our fiercest critics have to admit that the money the union gives to the Party is open and above board and that 's more than can be said of the money that 's used to finance the Conservative Party . |
| 12 | Sand that 's measured to ensure the right grain size for maximum strength and exceptional beauty . |