Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be unwilling to criticise the decision for fear that future projects will be jeopardised . |
| 2 | Lawrence could express the strongest emotion through dialogue that used dialect — as in this section from John Thomas and Lady Jane . |
| 3 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 4 | In the colonies there are no Inns of Court , but it is essential for the due administration of justice that some persons should have authority to determine , who are fit persons to practise as advocates and attornies there . |
| 5 | Unless something like this is done , America 's blacks will suffer the same collapse of morale that American Indians have . |
| 6 | One hundred years ago , however , mistrust of the medical profession and loss of belief that divine providence had decreed all our exits from the stage , combined in some sensitive souls to produce a state of mind akin to panic . |
| 7 | notes the stated intention of Government that small businessmen including those rendering services to Government should be paid promptly ; |
| 8 | The origins of the military colony of Elephantine are unknown , but the author of the letter which goes under the name of Aristeas must have found somewhere the piece of information that Jewish soldiers helped Psammetichus in his campaign against the king of the Ethiopians ( 13 ) . |
| 9 | It is a stretch of coast that 30-year-old Elizabeth , from St Albans , Herts , working in Durban , had come to love for its wildlife . |
| 10 | The Payment of Wages Act allows employers to make it a condition of employment that new employees should be paid through a bank , but prohibits them from doing this with existing employees ( though of course individual existing employees can agree voluntarily to accept bank-account payment ) . |
| 11 | He reminded us of our debt to those whose labour supported our studies and I recalled this many years later when , passing through Harvard , I read the inscription commemorating the foundation of its college in order that future generations might be spared an unlettered clergy . |
| 12 | Thomas Eisner from Cornell and Dan Janzen from Pennsylvania University suggested to a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that pharmaceutical companies should train local " parataxonomists " to make inventories of their countries ' flora and explore potential markets for its use . |
| 13 | The unbeaten Irish lead Group 3 and have yet to concede a goal — an error-free level of consistency that main rivals Denmark and Spain have so far been unable to match . |
| 14 | Now I have to say that since I 've seen a report from the Students ' Union and have read it through , I was actually shocked at the level of harassment that that report seemed to indicate . |
| 15 | It is this particular level of grouping that this research aims to investigate . |
| 16 | So crawling along a girder that was swaying gently under the dome of a gigantic space station induced a level of fear that Ace thought she could handle . |
| 17 | So it 's a pleasure really , I think it 's true , I think there are very many people who undermine and er undervalue the contribution made by people who have been in politics for a long time and I think what they also forget is the level of commitment that these people have put in over many many years . |
| 18 | On this morning however , they dallied somewhat so that each might have the off-chance of that little bit of news that other people call gossip , which the other might add to the jigsaw of seemingly useless information built up bit by bit in small minds . |
| 19 | If the oil film breaks down momentarily for a very short period of time that little bit of carbon that four percent carbon in the cast iron will actually stop the aluminium sticking to the cylinder . |
| 20 | In her view , a liberal education was the birthright of every child and she tried hard to persuade the Board of Education that any form of continuing education should be based on the humanities rather than on technical training . |
| 21 | He took the dose and immediately collapsed , rolling around on the floor in a kind of agony that most people could not contemplate . |
| 22 | It is likely in this kind of case that Regional Railways might seek a partnership operation with a local council or one of the passenger transport executives to establish a light rail line . |
| 23 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 24 | But at the same time it 's wonderful that the government is recognizing the kind of work that gay organizations have put into this issue . |
| 25 | For it is the kind of work that these individuals carried on with the knowledge that they were seeking to improve life on earth , that set the example for the vast mass of the human race to follow and thereby perpetuate , albeit largely unknowingly , the strengthening and augmentation of the Created God . |
| 26 | Funding was given to groups such as Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights and the Stonewall Housing Association , both of which were engaged in the kind of work that most people in the Labour movement could easily identify with . |
| 27 | ‘ My colleagues and I will be very interested , ’ he said sourly , ‘ to know what kind of propaganda that red magazine you work for can make out of an international survey of prospective parents . ’ |
| 28 | It was just this kind of argument that two company directors put forward when they were prosecuted in New South Wales in 1979 for apparently causing shareholders to lose more than A$22 millions ( Hopkins 1980b ) . |
| 29 | It is the kind of argument that any businessman in charge of even a medium-sized company would recognize instantly . |
| 30 | It 's probably the kind of irony that old Moz himself would appreciate : the only Morrissey book actually authorised by the great man is a celebration of that hoary institution , the rock tour . |