Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] that [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Gillis has shown from a study of the London Foundling Hospital that higher servants , such as ladies ' maids , seem to have been particularly vulnerable which may be explained by the contradictions they experienced in attempting to combine customs of courtship and marriage appropriate to women of their class backgrounds with the standards of conduct expected by their employers . |
| 2 | The attackers gave themselves up and the incident so shocked the student fraternity that further protests were muted for a time . |
| 3 | Also , the gradual increase in the value of the basic pension in relation to average earnings is essential if we are to overcome the ageist assumption that older people have lesser needs than younger people . |
| 4 | Our education system also subtly confirms the ageist idea that older people are not educable and are not interested in personal development . |
| 5 | Just as in 1876 — Morel frequently compared his efforts with the outburst against the Bulgarian atrocities — the campaigners were outraged by Foreign Office insistence that wider considerations of the balance of power should be taken into account when deciding how far to push their humanitarian crusade . |
| 6 | Overall , we can see groups moving out from Selsey — Chichester , along the Ouse valley from Lewes and out from Hastings , in search of the more fertile areas , creating at least a parish , village and hamlet pattern that later men could build on . |