Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A state religion that included all others obviously conduced to this objective . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ We have a card that says that . |
| 6 | The difference in the electrical properties of the metals provides the force that drives such a current . ’ |
| 7 | These names have a personal connotation and , according to Gandhi , are simply man 's attempt to define the mysterious , invincible force that pervades all things . |
| 8 | The PLO escorted the British through west Beirut and they were replaced at Khalde by Major Hassan Kassar of the Libyan army , a reconnaissance officer for a Libyan-sponsored Arab League peace force that disintegrated some days later . |
| 9 | The ingredient that causes this effect is the solvent contained in many brands of glue as well as many other household and industrial products . |
| 10 | I have one in the bathroom for dirty washing , which doubles as a seat ; I have one in my bedroom for ironing and one in the other bedroom that holds all my sewing materials . |
| 11 | IS Scissormen 's first release , a six-track mini-LP that goes some considerable distance towards explaining their steadily-growing popularity in the capital . |
| 12 | The object of this study is to consider in detail the sources of capital investment that facilitated such a rapid rate of industrialisation , and the consequences of these patterns of investment in the different branches and sectors of the economy . |
| 13 | However , it is an emotion that leads many of us to play games — either by denying we feel angry , or by squashing it in an effort to be seen as reasonable , easygoing and likeable , or from fear of being rejected . |
| 14 | That generated a bonanza that kept many troubled banks afloat . |
| 15 | The movie that provoked most debate around rape and its representation before The Accused , was Lamont Johnson 's 1976 film Lipstick , which at least did make some attempt to make connections between the rape and the wider social implications of how society constructs images of women . |
| 16 | Behind all the razzmatazz of exploding cannons lies a movie that contains many more considered pluses , not least being Daniel Day-Lewis 's mesmerising central performance as Hawkeye . |
| 17 | ( 1984 ) describe a treatment programme that combines several treatment approaches to managing faecal incontinence . |
| 18 | We need a programme that involves all five permanent members of the Security Council and those Russian republics to which the Secretary of State rightly referred in his opening remarks . |
| 19 | It is our policy that no one should be discharged from long-stay hospitals without the existence of a care programme that defines that person 's needs — and , furthermore , naming an individual key worker who will be responsible for ensuring that the person receives the care that he requires . |
| 20 | It is possible to point to landmarks — the moment of ‘ quickening ’ when the mother first feels foetal movements within her ; the moment when the foetus first has potential for independent life — deemed by law to be 24 weeks from gestation ; the moment when the baby has been fully expelled or removed from the mother 's body ; the moment when the baby takes its first breath , with the anatomical changes in circulation that accompany this , and subsequent changes as the baby develops after birth which any parent will recognise . |
| 21 | It is an irony that underlying this kind of dispersal policy , which can of course be criticised , is a reliance on the old skills that the private librarians would have had at their finger tips . |
| 22 | If it is indeed the loosening of control over associative thought — Woolf 's ‘ Wings in the Head ’ — that is the basic mechanism responsible for autism then the question arises : what is it about the mind that modulates this process , allowing it some free rein , though being capable on occasions of going badly awry , leading to psychosis ? |
| 23 | It is this wanting to get out of one 's mind that creates such a strong demand for drugs in prisons . |
| 24 | In fact the darkness , the whispers , the creaking floorboards , the footsteps and the thought of a stalking murderer had had their usual effect on her : a state of fear that had little to do with pleasure . |
| 25 | Each of these students has to be taught neurology in a hospital department that has fewer than 100 beds . |
| 26 | The mouse has a two-position switch that allows this rodent to be switched between its two personalities — Microsoft or Mouse Systems mode . |
| 27 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 28 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 29 | Does the whole village tell every complete stranger that arrives all about me ? |
| 30 | But in our news void that spring these dramatic changes could only be interpreted as an almost mythical message of hope . |