Example sentences of "that [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hogarth devised a line of beauty that has an uncanny similarity to a woman 's back ! |
| 2 | Converted markets can offer a different facility that adds a new dimension to urban life . |
| 3 | ‘ Boggers ’ ( no , I do n't know why , though I suspect it may have something to do with a haircut that bears a passing resemblance to a bogbrush ) may have a couple of incisive seasons left in him at best , but opponents will rarely get a moment 's peace when he combines with Bicknell and Waqar Younis next year . |
| 4 | Several wild song thrushes in different parts of Britain — and some blackbirds too — have been heard singing a new song that bears a striking resemblance to the distinctive electronic warble of British Telecom 's ‘ trimphones ’ . |
| 5 | One of the assumptions that underlies a traditional approach to the role of the tutor is the idea that more effort , direction , control , leadership , motivation and so on by the tutor is better . |
| 6 | Part 1 is a weekend course of illustrated lectures and a practical pool session that presents a broad-based introduction to the subject . |
| 7 | Why am I not allowed to feel the same about something that means a great deal to me ? ’ she retorted fiercely . |
| 8 | In practice it is often difficult to define bibliographical types in a way that gives a reliable guide to content , and the selector is best advised to look at each bibliography individually . |
| 9 | And then in darkness with a shout that gives a fierce twist to his jaw — we 're in it . |
| 10 | The refusal to concede that gives an obstinate glory to Spanish policy , conquered any thought of a negotiated settlement . |
| 11 | Beyond the last buildings of Cowgill , a bridge over the river admits to the branch road that gives an alternative return to Dent Town . |
| 12 | An external utility that does a similar job to TrueType is , of course , Adobe Type Manager . |
| 13 | It is magnificent , but it is not the kind of historical writing that brings a dead world to life for late twentieth-century students . |
| 14 | In 1993 , the year that brings an open market to Europe , the European nations seem to take a similar view of Britain , regarding it as a strange and ultimately negligible country . |
| 15 | Again , if you 're feeling generous , a 1985 bottle of Château Lascombes ( £24.99 ) is a powerful claret that makes a superb accompaniment to cheese . |
| 16 | Twenty years old , the Range Rover is still the only serious off-roader that makes a convincing alternative to a luxury saloon . |
| 17 | Yet more sweet scent came wafting from the generous drifts of white alyssum that softened the open areas of stone chippings in Cheshire Pink shade — a surface that makes a practical alternative to the conventional lawn and can be defined and contained by brick edging . |
| 18 | The unity of the ending is a fairy tale happy-ever-after that provides a jolting contrast to the grimly realistic descriptions of misogyny and racial hatred . |