Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual evaluation/consultation is a factor that may affect the existing situation . |
| 2 | In this area , at least , the would-be functionalist is offered the kind of rich and intricate structure that may match the detailed organization of linguistic structure , and so can be claimed plausibly to stand in a causal relation to it . |
| 3 | Gasification is a ‘ retarded ’ technology , a technology that may benefit the Third World in in era where the perceived cost of oil is reckoned to be high . |
| 4 | So if we can do something that may trick the would-be burglar into thinking there 's someone in , then he may well go somewhere else . |
| 5 | The likely route of feeder and supply mains ; taking into account ground conditions ; anticipating , searching for and dealing with any problems that may hamper the mainlaying work . |
| 6 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 7 | This may be due to eagerness to get to bed or to various other factors including lack of sleep , worry about contacting more senior surgical staff , lack of proper training or control by senior staff , and pressure not to leave matters that may interrupt the next day 's elective list . |
| 8 | It is the nature of the research problem that should dictate the appropriate research method ; sometimes quantification is required , sometimes not . |
| 9 | Choose plants that should reach the desired height without becoming bare or ragged at the base ( this can be a problem with berberis ) . |
| 10 | With words that should shame the Prime Minister , one man 's humiliation on facing the sack |
| 11 | They may be unable to make some of the viral proteins that should trigger the immune system into action , leading to a weakened immune response against the infection . |
| 12 | Retail outlets will view the products that they buy from manufacturers or wholesalers as items that should provide the maximum Contribution per unit of limiting factor , which is floor space . |
| 13 | The first , and urgent , question relates to the administrative and financial arrangements that should replace the present system under which four separate bodies produce the clean feed from the two Houses of Parliament ( HOCBUL and the Operator for the Commons Chamber , CCTV for Commons Committees and the BBC and ITN jointly for the Lord ) . |
| 14 | She hesitated , conscious that she was being required to take a decision that must change the whole course of her life . |
| 15 | But on the long , split bench of the chapel , the floppy red book of hymns in my hands , I used to imagine every possible circumstance that might deflect the loving attention of the angel . |
| 16 | We therefore used data from a large case-control study to look at differences between Maori and non-Maori children and examine factors that might explain the higher mortality from sudden death infant syndrome among Maori children . |
| 17 | There is evidence that Protestant millenarianism , enjoying a resurgence during the civil war period in England , could provide a framework within which Bacon 's program for the empirical sciences gained an extra impetus — despite the fact that Bacon himself had been hostile to any religious movement that might threaten the fragile monarchy to which he had constantly vowed allegiance . |
| 18 | Bearing these caveats in mind , however , we may speculate from the evidence of this study on the changes that might improve the glycaemic control in patients with diabetes . |
| 19 | The more we look at the behaviour of insects , birds , mammals , and man , the more we see a continuum of complexity rather than any difference in kind that might separate the intellectual Valhalla of our species from the apparently mindless computations of insects . |
| 20 | His meaning was clear , and she knew the choice before her was a momentous one , one that might change the whole course of her life . |
| 21 | The ‘ balance of Nature ’ was a shifting affair at the mercy of geographical factors that might change the physical environment or allow the invasion of rival species . |
| 22 | Richard was the King 's brother ; according to Henry 's mood and caprice that might make the young man either indispensable or unthinkable , but even for de Burgh it made it difficult to disparage his stewardship openly . |
| 23 | About these matters it seems to me that he writes really well , in a manner that might suggest the intent translation of a Latin author anxious to tell the truth . |
| 24 | The argument also ignores the type of considerations that might determine the present non-use of these sophisticated weapons , such as the fear of complete destruction and total annihilation , rather than a greater degree of ahi sā , or love and concern for others . |
| 25 | It outlawed the closed shop ; forbade " unfair " labour practices ; provided for a 90-day " cooling off " period before strike action started ; authorized the President to issue an injunction to prevent strikes that might harm the national interest ; and banned Communists from union office . |
| 26 | So practices that might strengthen the inner ear are to be commended . |
| 27 | Multiple regression analysis computer programs can be used to introduce other independent variables that might increase the statistical reliability of the regression equation ( increasing the value of Rs towards 1.0 ) — in our example , perhaps , the cost of cars , the cost of petrol , the total length of roadway in the country , and so on . |
| 28 | They rang on Saturday morning to say the repair to the tractor 'll be three thousand and that 's the only one that 'll take the big plough . |
| 29 | Even his cynicism could n't destroy the kind of male magnetism that could draw the innocent female into its web . |
| 30 | But assuming that matches can be achieved on all the known likely factors , there may well be others that could affect the main relationship of interest that are not known about . |