Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] that [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one can be in any doubt now that she was pulling the strings behind the royal side show that has preoccupied Britain for the past six months . |
| 2 | Tall , he suffered the sunken chest of a consumptive , and had a hooked nose and eyes that , though hidden behind dark lids , were too big for his face — it was the starving poet look that enslaved self-sacrificial women . |
| 3 | Having smilingly watched Palmer acknowledge his footsoldiers , then go through a practice swing that bears little relation to the actual flurry and flourish , Wolstenholme 's start was nervy , understandably , and inauspicious . |
| 4 | Midge answered the telephone call that came next morning . |
| 5 | Additional studies by the Building Research Establishment indicate that isolated structural damage can occur when gust speeds exceed about 39 knots and widespread damage can occur when gustspeeds exceed about 49 knots . |
| 6 | Most have a roller drive that creates attractive light and dark stripes on the lawn and also allows you to cut the grass right up to the edge . |
| 7 | here , the lack of adequate damping revealed itself in float and wallow , and excessive body roll that exposed serious defects in the seats . |
| 8 | Should you accept a package deal that contains many assets but some businesses that are going to provide a hefty cash drain ? |
| 9 | In the conference call that followed Digital Equipment Corp 's announcement of its figures ( CI No 2,148 ) , news of which did n't reach us until after close of play on Wednesday , company executives said that their outlook for the rest of the year continues to be cautious given the current economic environment , and they declined to forecast profits : Bill Steul , chief financial officer , said that during the third quarter , DEC 's US business showed a decline of just under 5% , and that total product revenues were flat , while services grew at about 12% in the quarter ; business was a little soft in Germany and France and continues to be down in Japan , but that there are some signs of improvement in Japan ; DEC , in its final quarter of fiscal 1993 , does not expect much in revenues from its Alpha-based systems running Microsoft Corp 's new NT operating system before next fiscal . |
| 10 | a method of recording on floppy disks using a modified frequency modulation process that allows more data to be stored on a disk . |
| 11 | With a signature print that resembles crazy paving and stained glass windows , Pucci clothing can not fail to attract attention . |
| 12 | Respectively they include device-independent device control protocols to enable heterogeneous video cassette recorders , laser disks and Compact Disk players to be integrated , a Japanese text-to-speech synthesiser necessary to phone-based data retrieval and TruVoice , a text-to-speech converter and an application programming interface that transforms any text passage into spoken English or Spanish . |
| 13 | It obliges the bureau to conform to the policy aims and objectives of the CAB and reach a standard of advice work that fulfils these aims to NACAB 's satisfaction . |
| 14 | It is n't just drug use that causes unforeseen problems — drug prohibition also has an unintended impact . |
| 15 | An ulterior motive for performing text recognition is to convert existing printed material into a computer format that permits further processing . |
| 16 | A new bank account that pays regular interest on your savings at a special high rate . |
| 17 | MR DAVID LEVY withdrew his threat to resign as Israel 's Foreign Minister yesterday in a surprise deal that produced fresh tensions within the governing Likud bloc . |
| 18 | 619% PAY RISE THAT PUT ONE BOSS ON £910,319 |
| 19 | Hotel and catering group Forte has launched a new upmarket brand , the Heritage collection , which marks the latest phase in the corporate identity revamp that began last summer . |