Example sentences of "that [vb -s] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However , unlike most of the rest of the oil barrel that goes directly into use as a fuel , the four per cent that is made into plastics retains its energy properties and , tonne for tonne , has double the calorific value of coal . ’
2 Frost-hardening — the process that enables plants to withstand freezing conditions without damage — is a property of cells that develops seasonally in response to climatic factors .
3 Pick a target that lies directly in front of the cannon and which you can see .
4 He was in turn replaced by Sydney Box who , while reinstating Black 's policy of maintaining a broad range of films and enlarging the script department , run by his wife Muriel , to develop original stories and train new writers , gave a twist to the company 's film production that looks more like deference to Rank 's demand for moral uplift than a full-hearted pursuit of the popular audience .
5 It needs a firm beginning , a detailed and carefully prepared centre that passes logically from item to item , and an ending that rounds it off .
6 I 'll not have the horses frightened by a stomach that rattles loudly for want of food .
7 In our experience , however , pouchitis is often only a single event that responds rapidly to treatment with metronidazole .
8 Fuel bond AN ADDITIVE that bonds diesel fuel and water to create a solution that burns cleanly without loss of power has been developed by a team led by Prof David Thorley of City University .
9 Employment for life and pay according to age should produce an earnings curve that rises steadily from recruitment to retirement .
10 The value of diagnosing a condition that presents late in life with often only trivial symptoms , may be questioned especially when this entails changing long established eating habits .
11 It has been argued that moves away from status-based to contract-based employment relations are consistent with more flexible and efficient use of labour under contemporary economic conditions .
12 Then , as now , most people wanted to be able to experience the constancy and trust that comes only with faithfulness in a relationship .
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