Example sentences of "that [verb] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as looking messy , this means that trying to find the next step in the process is somewhat disruptive of the reading process , and hence , possibly , to retention of the information . |
| 2 | The invention of the tank and the aircraft broke through the defensive stalemate that had characterised the first world war . |
| 3 | Although by the turn of the century most of the food adulteration that had characterised the nineteenth century grocery trade had disappeared , customers were still cheated by unscrupulous retailers who gave short weight by including an excessive amount of packaging around products such as tea . |
| 4 | They dragged me to the Police Station where I had to make a detailed statement of everything that had happened the first time intercourse took place . |
| 5 | Many of the enterprises that have survived the first year of reform are still at risk . |