Example sentences of "[noun] that [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There have been many Western and Soviet studies of religious belief per se , and of the interaction in Soviet history between an atheist regime and a highly religious peasantry , but scant reference is made to socio-economic views and actions derived from religion that had ultimate political repercussions .
2 A state religion that included all others obviously conduced to this objective .
3 They are Chinese Muslims whose ancestors came to China from Arabia as long ago as 651 and who still live scattered throughout the People 's Republic , preserving a way of life , a language and a religion that has more in common with Mecca than with the Orient .
4 Thus , since it is large ‘ failures ’ that are easily detected and that , as a consequence , reap penalties , methods are sought to ensure that large risks that entail high probabilities of failure are not undertaken or , if undertaken , that responsibility does not rest on any single individual , for example by requiring consultation among a number of individuals .
5 A golf swing is a dynamic action that demands good balance at all times .
6 The personal , ‘ background ’ characteristics that make one person 's voice recognisably different from another .
7 Indeed , agricultural equipment data should have unusually favourable characteristics that avoid some of the problems that some manufacturing investment data exhibit — most notably the conceptual and estimation problems that occur when there is a long lag between the placement of a new order and its subsequent delivery sometime in the future .
8 But the mirror has two characteristics that indicate those ways in which Thru goes beyond the self-reflexive novel .
9 solids Some of the characteristics that distinguish these three states of matter are shown in table 3.1 .
10 Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints .
11 These are the tracks to which a whole generation dated and danced , the driving rock numbers and sweet teen love songs that formed such an unforgettable soundtrack to our lives .
12 Hear the songs that sold millions and in the Exhibition 's very own cinema , enjoy excerpts from the greatest movies of all time .
13 These clips are a triumph of form over content , and by the time you reach the four live songs that close this boxful of banging and shouting , it 's a relief to know that at least this is roughly what they 're really like when they 're not busy being hyperactive .
14 The same fragility can be heard in the six songs that complete this issue , and she seems too light a voice for either the humouristic pomp of the Ballade des gros Dindons , or the lovely lyricism of Chanson pour Jeanne and L'île heureuse .
15 The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’
16 The Banks have totally rejected IBOA members ' concerns and have advised the Association that Extended Opening Hours are working without any difficulties .
17 So far , though , Pool Re has raised far less cash than was expected , according to AIRMIC , an association that represents corporate buyers of insurance .
18 They have reflected the wishful thinking that informed liberal development politics in the post-War period .
19 A proper respect for the Modern thinking that underlay such tools of social and economic experiment as the centre of Zlin , the original Bauhaus buildings , the Weissenhof , the Maison Savoye and many more , demands that their documentation should be preserved , but they themselves should be allowed to die .
20 For the general view of music-making in the Nineteenth Century is inaccurate : time has winnowed away the reputations of many of the figures best known at the time , and completely obscured the smaller fry that occupied nine-tenths of the publishers ' catalogues of those days .
21 Sadly , if it was produced using the SEUCK utility it was n't tweaked enough — there 's no excuse for baddies that use such boring attack patterns .
22 The animals that received the PDGF-secreting COS cells were protected from the anti-proliferative effects of nerve transection ( Fig. 3 ) , whereas animals that received nontransfected COS cells were not ( data not shown ) .
23 Chital are extremely wary animals that alert each other to danger with a whistling call .
24 Animals that produced insufficient milk were sold .
25 Remarkably , most animals that reach old age have each had , on average , the same number of heartbeats in their life .
26 To find the most advanced animals that show regular regeneration of lost organs , we must turn to the reptiles and , in particular , to the lizards .
27 In America the neo-Lamarckian zoologist Alpheus Packard ( 1839–1905 ) studied the blind animals that inhabit many caves .
28 We shall have to reconsider how Darwin 's theory should be applied to animal fighting , to see whether natural selection might in some circumstances favour animals that avoid aggressive conflict .
29 Animals that look similar are classified together , and not only that , they are also closely related in an evolutionary sense ( or put another way , they share a common ancestor ) .
30 You know this sort of thing and all British wildlife has got its own little characters , every species is different er and you know thousands of animals we 've taken in over the years we 've just learnt different things about different animals that suit different animals .
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