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

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1 They seem to creep up on us gradually for reasons that medical science is only now beginning to understand .
2 He may find himself liable for taxes that proper understanding would have enabled him to avoid .
3 Moreover , ‘ structural ’ relations between them can be clarified , by showing for instance that this computation is or is not a necessary prerequisite or accompaniment of that one .
4 That will mean the sort of support for groups that this campaign is talking about .
5 It ended in May 1915 , during one of the most politically testing weeks in Asquith 's premiership , with the lady 's retreat into a curious marriage to Edwin Montagu , a lesser member of the government and a very close friend — indeed acolyte — of the prime minister , and it is about Montagu that this book has most of new interest to say .
6 The attempt has failed , through scepticism that one man could have supervised such a major project whilst still discharging Elias 's functions as steward and administrator elsewhere .
7 Museums and archaeology both suffer from chronic under-funding , and at present there seems to be no cause for optimism that this situation will change .
8 He could not seem to sleep or rest for fear that some danger would come from which he would have to flee .
9 Murder charge is dropped after claims that dead model took drink and drugs .
10 It 's to help keep a better check on spending after complaints that some credit card outlets take too long getting signed slips to card issuers .
11 Lawrence could express the strongest emotion through dialogue that used dialect — as in this section from John Thomas and Lady Jane .
12 Someone might say : it is a principle of personal morality that if someone shares in the gains of another 's action he must also share the responsibility for wrongs that other person does .
13 In industry the purpose of this process is to make work more interesting , through the restructuring of the components of a work role — either by increasing the number of operations that each worker has to perform or by making changes from one activity to another more frequent .
14 Straining the last possible revolutions from her roaring Paxman engines , the old lady of the fleet , Vigilant was first to reach Guiding Lights , but despite darkness and mist had to wait no more than a few minutes for the other cutters to join her — a feat of seamanship that later lead to great praise from their Investigation colleagues ashore .
15 Now if our assets if by promoting the right to buy , by having capital receipts we seem to have a large balance building up , there is the distinct risk given the sort of policies that this government has pursued over time of a we will be running a risk there , we do n't know what they 're going to do , you do n't know what they 're going to do .
16 So I do n't think anyone here as an elected member , needs to defend their positions if they wish to move from a political or a bureaucratic policy to something which is more pluralist and much more representative of the kind of policies that this council should be discussing not only now but also in the future .
17 An Irish tribe of fairies that frequent blackthorn trees , guarding them from harm from careless passers-by .
18 There is a lot hidden in that word ‘ suitable ’ , but let us put an upper limit of 1 in 100 billion billion for the maximum amount of luck that this argument entitles us to assume .
19 This exploding complexity of larger and larger units must impose some limitations on the capabilities of management , ie the span of control is limited by the number of inter-relationships that one person can manage .
20 ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . )
21 Well it may be of course that that kind of thing has always tended to happen gather of society skirmishing goes on and young men are expected to go and find very often
22 ‘ You realise of course that this Taczek character might take it further .
23 We know of course that this mother has the normal strong biological drive to care for her offspring , and if she did handle him would no doubt develop an emotional involvement .
24 If so , the Government should be taking another look at the amount of grant that that council receives .
25 However , results of the teaching studies did not support a step-by-step approach to teaching the ‘ next skill ’ in the hierarchy , but gave a useful indication of a range of strategies that each child might soon acquire , which was valuable in planning the teaching .
26 This is the average number of hours that each worker is willing to supply over a given time period .
27 This shows the percentage of times that each study found volume to be ‘ causing ’ volatility or volatility to be ‘ causing ’ volume .
28 It will mean that there will be a reduction in the amount of money that that school will have to run its sixth form , just as there is a reduction in the amount of money that a primary school is going to have to run its school .
29 Allocating to biodiversity studies the same amount of money that big science projects already attract would allow these institutions to convert centuries of knowledge to a readily available form through the application of information technology .
30 It is perhaps in the field of attribution that this catalogue serves the most useful purpose .
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