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

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1 A state religion that included all others obviously conduced to this objective .
2 But the mirror has two characteristics that indicate those ways in which Thru goes beyond the self-reflexive novel .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Chital are extremely wary animals that alert each other to danger with a whistling call .
7 In America the neo-Lamarckian zoologist Alpheus Packard ( 1839–1905 ) studied the blind animals that inhabit many caves .
8 I mean it 's the individual animals that have these properties are the ones that survive .
9 In the centuries that followed such shadings were shown to be transitory , and from these and other observations it became clear that Venus is completely and continuously covered in clouds .
10 The legs that deliver that blow are in proportion to the rest of the tiger 's body , the circumference of the upper joint often being as much as 21 in ( 54 cm ) .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 The ingredient that causes this effect is the solvent contained in many brands of glue as well as many other household and industrial products .
14 But it was skewed development priorities that forced people into a continued dependence on livestock in the first place and huge , often foreign-owned ranches that pushed those people and their herds onto fragile , marginal land .
15 The speculation about Dido that accompanies this view has a gossamer base , but I wanted to accept it .
16 [ 7 ] The survival of documents has always and substantially will still depend upon the needs and compulsions of the document creators , as well as upon the survival of the organizations that guard these documents .
17 The Department of the Environment has a system of regional offices that handle many aspects of relationships with the local authorities .
18 But it was her eyes that drew most attention .
19 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 .
20 ( 1984 ) describe a treatment programme that combines several treatment approaches to managing faecal incontinence .
21 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 .
22 In the half-fictional The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans , and in the pruned record of The Childhood , Thomas has left detailed accounts of his extending interest in ‘ Butterflies , Moths and Pigeons ’ , in fishing , in birdnesting of all kinds , with the skills and making of implements that accompanied these activities .
23 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 .
24 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 ?
25 ‘ It 's the drivers that run this town , ’ muttered one politician as he tripped off into the driveway .
26 The domes that dominate these holiday villages are maintained at sub-tropical temperatures , and there is a full range of sporting and other facilities , mostly on site .
27 It was the opposition of the clergy that gave this resistance of the privileged orders a country-wide leadership and a cause equal in emotive appeal to the myth of the sovereign people .
28 Obviously , these tigers have to be able to make regular contact with each other , yet there are very few reserves that satisfy this requirement .
29 The mouse has a two-position switch that allows this rodent to be switched between its two personalities — Microsoft or Mouse Systems mode .
30 Halve our ships , ground the fighters that defend this country and disband half the regiments of the British Army as well . ’
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