Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that [adj] [noun] " 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 | The moon was sailing in the sky , making her woebegone grimace , when she brought it to her , and Zenaida was torn , you could tell , between disappointment that brave Carmellina had fulfilled the impossible ordeal she had set her , and pleasure in the work of the dress itself , the fine weave , the dashing shape , the fall of the supple cloth , the nimble stitching . |
| 4 | Washington said it knew for months that secret PLO-Israel negotiations were going on in Norway , but was surprised by the level of detail in the agreement hammered out in those Oslo talks . |
| 5 | But the law did not take specific account of Arabs who left their homes for fear that Israeli forces might cause them harm — the reason most Arabs give for their sudden departure . |
| 6 | They may be unwilling to criticise the decision for fear that future projects will be jeopardised . |
| 7 | HOME Office Press rules are to be reviewed after revelations that confidential files were combed for dirt on Bill Clinton . |
| 8 | Among the claims is that five men accused in a rent boys scandal walked free after fears that gay judges would be named in court . |
| 9 | Said had earlier in the year been mentioned in a House of Commons select committee as an important contact in securing for British Aerospace the £20,000 million al-Yamamah arms purchase of 1985 , a deal which became a focus of controversy after allegations that large sums were paid to mediators . |
| 10 | Frankfurt : Prices fell sharply on inflation worries after news that wholesale prices surged by 1.1 per cent . |
| 11 | His statement came after reports that Kurdish leaders , including the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ) , Jalal Talabani , had agreed to resume talks with the government following their rejection of new conditions for Kurdish autonomy . |
| 12 | Murder charge is dropped after claims that dead model took drink and drugs . |
| 13 | More than 300 demonstrators attacked the Chinese embassy in Dhaka on July 2 after rumours that human skulls had been found in the embassy . |
| 14 | Lawrence could express the strongest emotion through dialogue that used dialect — as in this section from John Thomas and Lady Jane . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This is what we must be prepared to do if we are to achieve the vision of educational integration that reflects the kinds of values that deaf people would wish to see perpetuated . |
| 17 | An Irish tribe of fairies that frequent blackthorn trees , guarding them from harm from careless passers-by . |
| 18 | It is likely in this kind of case that Regional Railways might seek a partnership operation with a local council or one of the passenger transport executives to establish a light rail line . |
| 19 | Beyond this the state may wish to encourage better quality service and extend the range of activities that private doctors provide to include preventive programmes such as immunisation . |
| 20 | Structural regulation refers to the type of activities that different categories of financial institution are permitted to carry out , and prudential regulation refers to supervision in terms of , inter alia , liquidity , capital adequacy and solvency of financial institutions . |
| 21 | Obviously , there will always be resource problems for a variety of activities that local authorities would like to carry out , under whatever Government exist at a particular time . |
| 22 | The subject of obsolescence has generated a considerable amount of literature , most of it based on citation studies — that is , studies showing the number of times that individual books or periodical articles are cited in the lists of references given at the end of a piece of research ( a method , it can be seen , which is distinct from studies of actual library use ) . |
| 23 | Such was John 's desperate need of money that substantial sums were ordered to be paid by the ‘ collectors of the fine ’ directly to the king 's servants and into the king 's Chamber . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Central Government has taken more and more control of what local councils can do , and in particular has control of the amount of money that local councils can spend erm more and more over the years . |
| 26 | Through theoretical inquiries into how cultural constructions are made , it became increasingly obvious to those working across a number of disciplines that historical events were no longer simply things that happened . |
| 27 | Despite the mixed views on the issue , there does appear to be a consensus amongst a wide range of climbers that modern standards and trends now require at least an extension of the current system . |
| 28 | So crawling along a girder that was swaying gently under the dome of a gigantic space station induced a level of fear that Ace thought she could handle . |
| 29 | 2.5 The second , and more important , cause of action that English law now allows on death is the independent cause of action given to the near relatives of the deceased who have been deprived of his or her support or services . |
| 30 | It follows from Descartes 's view of mind that personal identity consists in the continuation of an immaterial substance , a mind or soul . |