Example sentences of "[that] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 It would , therefore , make sense if axons played a part in controlling the number of oligodendrocytes that develop in a myelinated tract .
2 If I want group members ' approval , I will accept the dictates of the group about my role , even though I might not accept that influence in a one-to-one relationship .
3 The motherboards are arranged in four clusters that communicate through a single backplane .
4 The motherboards are arranged in four clusters that communicate through a single backplane .
5 Mel Thompson ( chapter 9 ) goes some way towards rescuing the term , arguing that whilst the trumpeting of particular forms of entrepreneurial success is dangerous because it can be used to locate the blame for economic distress on the victims of economic disruptions , it is equally worthwhile not disparaging a broad set of practices that qualify under a more conventional definition of this term .
6 However , the bulk of LDCs have neither oil resources to export nor a diversified manufacturing base , and it is these countries that account for a high proportion of the world 's poor .
7 Sometimes antibodies can be produced that bind to a virus but do not succeed in preventing it from entering and infecting cells ( called non-neutralising antibodies ) .
8 Richard Pryor ( who was never given another chance to explore this side of his acting ability ) , Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel star as the workers who attempt to break the chains that bind with a break-in at their corrupt union 's headquarters .
9 The general practitioner can only act as a , necessary , mediator between layman and specialist by cultivating that trust to a degree which makes paternalism unavoidable .
10 If your subject to these irrational fears , then use that fear as a trigger to change your attitude .
11 In the United States that is not so ; it is acknowledged that the multitude of pressures ( some real , some imagined ) that converge on a member from his constituents and from vested interests may make the call of the party electorally disastrous .
12 Windows that pivot from a central point are frequently fitted in modern flats for ease of cleaning .
13 A personal handwritten letter of thanks to each of the families that raise above a particular sum is important .
14 Now this space and a terrace of standard Great Northern Railway Company houses are all that remain of a venture which attempted to turn Mundesley from a tiny fishing village to a major seaside resort in the early years of this century .
15 He says that a new generation of students has been considering the " facts " that remain from a very different angle .
16 Like plants that jostle for a bare minimum of soil and light , human beings would eventually fill all the available territory , he warned .
17 These are the posts that change with a change of government .
18 Arrange one or two suitable shrubs that grow with a relaxed , arching habit , and then fill between them with large patches or drifts of herbaceous plants en masse .
19 you know , as you get them half baskets that fit on a wall
20 The normal price for any given daily supply of fish , which we are now seeking , is the price which will quickly call into the fishing trade capital and labour enough to obtain that supply in a day 's fishing of average good fortune ; the influence which the price of fish will have upon capital and labour available in the fishing trade being governed by rather narrow causes such as these .
21 You associate that place with a particular set of activities , so that returning to that place reinforces your mental concentration and allows you to work better .
22 ‘ I suppose you sent me that gilgul as a friendly gesture , then , to lend a helping hand on the Gittel job . ’
23 The ability to create printed copies of diagrams that appear on a computer screen is an essential requirement of many serious users .
24 Pollock puts on his paint-spattered boots — that appear as a kind of homage to Van Gogh — and then he starts to walk around the umprimed canvas laid out on the earth .
25 If a personal creditor of the heir has been sent into possession in order to protect his property , and has obtained an object left under trust to me , it is agreed that I ought not to be prejudiced by him in any way ; no more than if he had received that object as a pledge from the heir himself .
26 Carling strained a thigh muscle in Dunedin and Bayfield ended that match on a stretcher with a neck seizure .
27 Then he turned to his wife and addressed her in words that cut like a knife .
28 Waves that break into a heap , waves that break and
29 ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’
30 ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’
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