Example sentences of "[noun] [that] other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , an awareness that Japan was acutely vulnerable to threats of superior force , a resentment that Japan was considered inferior because she did not conform to Western standards and models , and a perception that other nations were prepared to act ‘ unfairly ’ to maximize the advantages that could be gained from any particular situation , made Japan determined to achieve equal status with the so-called Great Powers , or indeed , to surpass them .
2 Braggarts can help themselves by working on responding to signals that other people use , looking and listening .
3 And not just Ford buyers : Options instantly touched such a sensitive nerve that other makers rushed to promote similar schemes .
4 It was again noted that he did not deny the wider allegation that other members of the Reagan election campaign had been involved in such a deal .
5 Unfortunately for the interesting diversity of the old breeds , the Scandinavian nations have in recent years developed official breeding policies designed to create uniform national breeds by amalgamation , with the result that other breeds have largely been replaced and are now almost extinct , often making way for most untypical horned , pied breeds which have relied to a greater or lesser extent on imported Ayrshires and Friesians .
6 In at least one area this varied according to whether a person was seen by elderly services or others , because staffing profiles were much more biased towards medical care for elderly people with mental illness , with the result that other professions , such as social work , occupational therapy , and community psychiatric nursing , were less frequently called upon .
7 One school , deciding that extra space for resource-based learning was a priority , took over a classroom for use in unstructured individualized work , with the result that other classrooms including some specialist rooms were more heavily used than before ; teachers complained that they could not get in to put up work on the blackboard beforehand , and were introduced to the more thorough use of the overhead projector ; the timetabler had to bear in mind the needs of some practical subjects where the previous laying-out of equipment was vital , but the exercise was valuable in focusing attention on such priorities and making them clear to everyone .
8 What makes a fanatic is not having strong and extreme ideals oneself but taking no notice of other people 's — not seeing the considerations that other people are concerned about .
9 The need for excessive control in conversation can come from a deep fear that other people 's ideas are threatening .
10 The club fear that other anglers in their area have also recognised the Wyre Boat Angling Club from the article .
11 That there is a clear similarity has escaped no one , and there is fear that other daughters of similar families are at risk .
12 Mr Portillo claimed that people on low incomes were very low users of road fuel yet would be compensated through the RPI for the extra expense that other people would pay .
13 Because the people who run those things are 40-year-old ex-rockers driving Porsches around , they feel threatened that people can make music with computers that other people like .
14 How would it look if I suddenly disappeared for weeks — leaving a gap that other people would have to fill — because my wife 's grandmother is ill on the other side of the world ? ’
15 Halling until the 19th century was fairly solidly conformist — it was not until the coming of the cement industry that other denominations such as Wesleyan and Baptist found their way here .
16 I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on .
17 He acknowledges that before a contemplative is ready , like Moses , to climb the mountain , he must prepare himself by the time-honoured Western disciplines of Lectio , Meditatio and Oratio — study of scripture , meditation and prayer — but he tells his readers that other authors will tell them all they need to know about these .
18 THIS is probably the first view of Ford 's flashy new flyer that other drivers will get … as it zooms past .
19 The more workers are sent from the developed world , the louder is the message to the recipients of aid that other people know best .
20 This is partly due to the relative costs of production and the public 's growing recognition that other countries can make good rugs ; but perhaps the main reason is simply that the output of workshops has increased dramatically in recent years .
21 Seymour Papert may be an educational Utopian , but he and his associate Guy Monpetit at LOGO Computer Systems in Montreal have one trick that other software houses will envy .
22 Many birds and mammals may have alarm calls that are given to objects that other members of their species have indicated are frightening .
23 It was fairly clear that there was going to be some smuggling as well but , even allowing for the often-repeated story that other ships lay over the horizon and sent boats in to add to the stock on board the single ship , the net profits from the ship could hardly have been much more than twice those of the slave-trading .
24 Er , certainly in sort of , transportation technology , the easier it is to trade , the more trade there will be , and transportation technology has increased dramatically over this year , so we can now ex exploit the comparative advantage that other countries have in particular commodities , whether they be agricultural or manufacturing , quite simply because transport costs are no longer prohibitive .
25 Bottle feeding was regarded as both more ‘ Western ’ and ‘ modern ’ and had the advantage that other family members could deal with feeding the infant .
26 David Redden , the senior vice president at Sotheby 's who arranged the loan said that Sotheby 's approached the society with the idea of giving ‘ them the breathing space they so desperately needed while they were trying to determine what they were going to do next for themselves … with the hope that other institutions will join in ’ .
27 As in all these cases , there is another side to the story , which Hook Harris partner Gaynor Harris is keen to tell in the hope that other firms facing financial difficulties will benefit from it .
28 They renovate and enhance our reactions to life by disrupting established habits of response , and creating in us a state of equilibrium of a kind that other sorts of experience can rarely achieve .
29 It is prepared to invest huge sums in developing new technology , money that other companies just are n't prepared to put up .
30 While there may be no fiscal imbalance in aggregate , some authorities may be unable to finance programmes that other authorities find easy to handle .
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