Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [that] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , Alex was shown pairs of objects that had nothing in common and asked ‘ What 's the same ? ’ |
| 2 | It is only the natural caution of paleontologists that prevents them from jumping to startling conclusions . |
| 3 | A useful outcome is the third ingredient , for what would be the point of skills that led you to a useless outcome ? |
| 4 | Just to give you an idea of the order of magnitude we are talking about , the number of generations that separate us from our earliest ancestors is certainly measured in the thousands of millions . |
| 5 | The result is a set of pictures that expose her as a fabulous vamp with more definition than Wolf and more powerful pectorals than Panther . |
| 6 | Indeed the only reason that modern living things are able to survive in the presence of oxygen , is that they contain a variety of compounds that prevent it from reacting with materials such as fats : compounds that include vitamins C and E , and uric acid . |
| 7 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 8 | Is it the fear of wearing in that stout new pair of shoes that keeps us in our old battered brogues ? |
| 9 | Valdo and Romario soon defied the squelching conditions with a double exchange of passes that took them through the middle of the Dutch defence before the ball rolled across a gaping goalmouth with no one to apply a finishing touch . |
| 10 | Dreaming of moths that drink them under the moon ; |
| 11 | The report , prepared by the consulting group Segal Quince Wicksteed of Cambridge , says that international facilities can boost the long-term economic fortunes of companies that supply them with equipment and services , act as a magnet for other high-technology companies and generally raise the public profile of science . |
| 12 | For the ‘ Banality ’ show , Koons created a startling series of ads that showed him in four flagrantly artificial settings . |
| 13 | I 've worked at a number of occupations that put me into positions of possible danger . |
| 14 | He argues that standards may be rendered more precise by ‘ criteria ’ , facts that are to be taken into accounts but that ‘ the feature of standards that distinguishes them from rules is their flexibility and susceptibility to change over time ’ . |
| 15 | It was the wickedness of men that removed her from our care . |
| 16 | The sorts of premises that lend themselves to this kind of development tend to be your large country house type accommodation , miles from anywhere . |
| 17 | Starting early , I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur , arriving late in the afternoon . |
| 18 | By entering the forest she and Allen had launched themselves into a stream of events that carried them with it . |
| 19 | Kevin and his brother were putting back the whiskeys and talking about things that meant nothing to her . |
| 20 | What does Mr Hattersley know about rights that sets him above the wisdom of the ages ? |
| 21 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 22 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 23 | Club cruises start at a remarkably low price from Corfu or Rhodes with itineraries that take you to some of the most idyllic of the Greek islands . |
| 24 | They were rocket propelled bombs with wings that enabled them to be launched and to fly in a straight line until the rocket fuel was used up , then to fall on the unfortunate people and buildings below . |
| 25 | A ban on the import of veal from countries that produce it by a method banned here would constitute such a stand . |
| 26 | As an additional sophistication in Superman , both camera and projector were slung from rigs that allowed them to be moved too . |
| 27 | Products are sold in industrial goods markets to organisations that need them as INPUTS . |
| 28 | The building sits on bearings that isolate it from the ground . |
| 29 | She turned on taps that emitted nothing but a despairing sigh and she laughed . |
| 30 | It consists mainly of a diagram of the shape , plus figures that tell you about the sizes , stitches and rows . |