Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | On every local flight that I make in a single-seater glider , I do some sideslipping on the approach to keep in practice . |
2 | A small orchestra was playing ‘ Lights of Moscow ’ and the waiters were clattering metal dishes and semaphoring with table napkins , and there was the air of subdued hysteria that you get in a big theatre when the orchestra is tuning up . |
3 | Also , primary schools are more adaptable erm they have n't got the constraints ; they have n't got the syllabuses to get through ; they have n't got exams at the end of the year ; they have n't got to the sort of subject departmentalization that you get in a secondary school . |
4 | It may be an idea to check out any varieties that you fancy in a reputable book — some are hard to grow and need lots of light ; other plants are still being sold that are really bog plants and should not be grown submerged . |
5 | The New York graffiti craze , which meant just spray-painting your name again and again , was the most basic , single-minded assertion that you exist in an indifferent world . |
6 | It 's called time , it gives you a little space at the top so you can fill in what you feel to be your role , and if you can fill below , all the tasks in respective order that you do in a typical day . |
7 | He then drifted gloomily away , noting that this could not be ‘ an open-ended matter that you do in an idealistic whim ’ . |
8 | It is very rare that we disagree as an industry , but it is equally rare that we speak in a co-ordinated way , ’ he said . |
9 | To make sure that we 're able to put our point across clearly so that we speak in a clear way so that people do n't have any er doubts as to what you actually mean . |
10 | If that is what getting engaged does to him , the pity is that we live in a monogamous society ! |
11 | Meanwhile we should stop pretending that we live in a golden age of literary biography , an art form that all too frequently seems to be founded not so much on spite , as on a fundamental lack of interest in its subject . ’ |
12 | I think that we look very favourably on schemes whereby an education process is involved erm where there are workshops and performance , but it becomes a total package in itself — it 's not just a performance for an ethnic minority , but it 's one that represents the fact that we live in a multi-cultural society itself . |
13 | The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament . |
14 | Perhaps Lagerfeld was trying to remind us that we live in a harsh world . |
15 | Precise definition of what is and is not a legitimate purpose is probably not possible , but the fact that we live in a competitive or acquisitive society has led English law , for better or worse , to adopt the test of self-interest or selfishness as being capable of justifying the deliberate doing of lawful acts which inflict harm . |
16 | Technological advances might mean that we live in an artificial environment with respect to time-cues , but it is a rhythmic environment nevertheless , and our possession of a body clock means that all the advantages that come from the integration of biological and environmental rhythms apply equally to ourselves . |
17 | In nature they will be able to feel the stripes of their background , and ensure that they settle in a camouflaged posture . |
18 | The evidence suggests that they operate in a particular way , namely that there are predictable patterns in flows of support between older and younger generations , in which support flows in both directions , but on balance the older generation are the givers and the younger the receivers . |
19 | In principle , however , the public law nature of the SROs ' rules and the fact that they operate in an integrated way with the SIB 's rules should mean that a court is able to take the same approach to the interpretation of both the SROs ' and the SIB 's rules . |
20 | for a whole , W , to exist it is not normally enough merely that its parts exist , rather it is required that they exist in a certain arrangement , in a certain set of relations to each other . |
21 | But even those who discard books forget that they exist in a real world and that the booksellers sell to real customers . |
22 | Encouraging authors to recognise that they live in a complex , multicultural society is one thing . |
23 | To set up such a tank containing only the larger species so that they live in a harmonious group requires careful thought . |
24 | Moreover , Stevenson 's theory , and the attitudinism sketched above , are at their most convincing in their treatment of value charged descriptive words , among which indeed even such words as ‘ good ’ can be counted when we are concerned with the meaning that they have in a homogeneous society . |
25 | Mrs Stevens eventually gave him 5/ and when he asked for clothing suggested that he look in a nearby workman 's shed . |