Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years .
2 Clearly it is the fate of the ark that has provoked the name Ichabod , and that has led to her death , just as it killed her father-in-law .
3 It was not so much the result in Porto Alegre but the manner of the defeat that has thrown a spanner in the works as Germany prepare to defend their title in the United States .
4 It is n't just football that needs to keep an eye on its spectators .
5 And he has given the club back its pride , passion , and the kind of penetrative football that has awoken the North East .
6 It does take time , about two hours for each member of staff when preparation and writing is included but it has been an investment that has repaid the school with great dividends .
7 Toy makers , breakfast cereal producers and clothes manufacturers are all hoping to benefit in a merchandising bonanza that aims to beat the $500 million spin-offs generated by 1989 's Batman .
8 Now we 're on the talent trail again in the build-up to the grand final in September at Liverpool 's Kiss nightclub , and we want to hear from any pub or club that wants to hold an Echo Karaoke Night .
9 Now we 're on the talent trail again in the build-up to the grand final in September at Liverpool 's Kiss nightclub , and we want to hear from any pub or club that wants to hold an Echo Karaoke Night .
10 As part of a comprehensive training programme that has touched the Le Havre company from top to toe , special emphasis has been given to improving motivation .
11 The drought has its origins in a persistent pattern of atmospheric circulation that has affected the whole of the southern hemisphere , bringing drought also to South Africa and parts of South America , and probably related to the return of El Nino , a surge of warm ocean water off the western seaboard of South America ( see box ) .
12 You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage .
13 Why the nights could not have been alternated is anyone 's guess but is symptomatic of the confusion that has dogged the competition — due in part to Linfield and Bangor 's involvement in European preliminary rounds .
14 With headaches the pain will almost always disappear ( while I am working on them ) as soon as they release the tension that has caused the pain .
15 I took , I took the cheque around on Monday , I had the , the last appointment on Friday and erm since I 've had the abscess , the tooth that 's got a crown on top , I think it 's been pushed up a little bit and my top teeth , the first two keeps catching was this
16 In practice that means keeping an eye out for leadership qualities and sometimes selecting on that basis and , at the same time , encouraging the absorption of certain leadership precepts by those who do not seem to possess them in a natural way .
17 For example , a rule that prohibits bringing the exchange into disrepute can not be read cold from the rulebook .
18 There is just one catch to all this , which is , that in some races , notably Divisions 1 and 11 , there is a rather badly constructed rule that tries to limit the amount of pumping you are allowed to do .
19 The miss rule that has dogged the game all season struck again in the third .
20 Should audits be expected to detect every fraud ? ’ that we will have any chance of dealing with the expectations gap that has surrounded the audit .
21 In every example they offer , it is competitive egoism that has subverted the ideal of objectivity — from instances of brazen cheating to the simple laxity with which papers are refereed , grants awarded , and experiments checked — or left unchecked .
22 Whereas a course of dealing can incorporate a term that has in effect become customary between the two parties in question , trade usage can incorporate a term that has become a custom amongst all the buyers and sellers dealing in the environment in question .
23 Mr , if we have a criterion that says protect the countryside for its own sake , and a criterion from our discussion yesterday , and somewhere down here in relation to free standing , is n't our conclusion that nowhere is acceptable for a new settlement .
24 Some are useful , like the horse wanting our approval ; some may be amusing , like the show horse that has learnt the delights of sandwiches and Coca Cola ; and some are harmful , or annoying , which include bad behavioural habits .
25 A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion .
26 It is a curving half-mile of cottages and assorted buildings lining a single street and facing a loch that has carved a channel inland from the open sea and given the village its name .
27 There has been no area , there 's been no need or entitlement that has escaped the Thatcher and the Majorite acts .
28 In some cases referral is essential , but this chapter will show that for many the CAB is developing specialist in-depth expertise that has turned the tables such that the CAB is now becoming the agency to whom clients are referred .
29 William Gibson , author of the cyberpunk fiction that has mirrored the development of VR , is not too impressed by what he sees as our VR future .
30 The VINNY JONES story that has rocked the soccer world
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