Example sentences of "that [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is only the slow pace of human speech and human reactions that slows down the electronic processes that come into play when national security appears to be at risk .
2 The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one
3 A sound that conjures up the balmy shores of the Carribean .
4 On the face of it , this seems like a happy ending that ties up the loose ends .
5 To be just , that is to say , to justify its existence , criticism should be partial , passionate and political , that is to say , written from an exclusive point of view that opens up the widest horizons .
6 She saw the only viable feminist film practice to be one that breaks up the familiar structures of visual pleasure , thus exposing and problematising the habitual violence which is the male gaze .
7 From the management 's point of view , any technology that breaks down the old lines of demarcation ( and reduces the number of employees ) is a good investment .
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