Example sentences of "a [noun] that it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Which came mercifully swiftly , in the shape of another devastatingly accurate straight left , and then a perfect right uppercut which hardly seemed to travel more than a foot , but which was delivered with such a force that it lifted Mike up on to his toes , before toppling him backwards in a heap at his elder brothers ' feet . |
2 | Actually , Apple has been converting its ToolBox , the source of the Mac interface , the crown jewels it has guarded so long , for the IBM Corp RS/6000 , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000 and Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc machines under a project that it calls Cat in the Hat ( CI No 2,090 ) . |
3 | But if so , the concept of compresence will have to be revised to accommodate temporal distinctions ; briefly , it will have to be interpreted in such a way that it makes sense to speak of qualities occurring in a temporal sequence as part of a particular 's " biography " . |
4 | He looks such a snip that it enabled Southampton to command £3.6m for Alan Shearer , Ian 's partner in attack tonight and , in my opinion , the best foil for him in England . |
5 | It may not be an accident that it has echoes of Knossos . |