Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ingredient that causes this effect is the solvent contained in many brands of glue as well as many other household and industrial products . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | The mouse has a two-position switch that allows this rodent to be switched between its two personalities — Microsoft or Mouse Systems mode . |
| 5 | The sort of research that provides this kind of information can come from two or three sources . |
| 6 | One study that investigated this idea found that there was little difference between first babies and later ones . |
| 7 | Labour ex-Prime Minister Lord Callaghan said : ‘ The imperative that impels this treaty is the overriding necessity of preserving the peace and security of the European mainland and hence the British Isles themselves . ’ |
| 8 | We have not addressed whether the protein that recognises this DNA element will also recognise RNA nor have we addressed whether any mRNA molecules are encoded by this region of the PPT promoter . |
| 9 | Yet the club has avoided the kind of foul-up that ruined this year 's Grand National steeplechase because of primitive starting procedures supervised by another archaic British body , the Jockey Club . |
| 10 | Whilst Brennan accepted that " desecration of the flag is deeply offensive to many " , he emphasized that punishing such behaviour " dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered and so worth revering " . |
| 11 | I , I , do not understand Chairman that reading this motion , I 've been trying to think about it , how on earth this is going to be monitored . |
| 12 | Well I do n't know whether I want let's see what this is in this parcel that came this morning . |
| 13 | Do n't tell , show — the slogan that keeps this myth from exploding . |
| 14 | Last Wednesday 's heavy New York papers , the Times and the Wall Street Journal , devoted acres of newsprint to the disastrous turn taken in the tide of IBM Corp 's affairs — but alongside , IBM still ran a chirpy RS/6000 ad with a picture of computer-generated bubbles , with a blurb entitled The Computer That Made This Picture is Also Making History . |
| 15 | The most memorable thing about the complex power struggle that had this result was the fate of the losers . |
| 16 | Stead 's dramatisation of the issue of sexual exploitation not only stilled for the moment many fundamental conflicts of interest between participants in the agitation , but it also obscured the contradictions inherent in the ideology that informed this agitation against child prostitution . |
| 17 | But if you do read the guarantee you will nearly always find a sentence that says this guarantee does not affect your statutory rights . |
| 18 | One night I had a vivid dream that to correct this error would bring us the wind . |
| 19 | But it is the actual icon that amplifies this condition when we are in close proximity to its form . |
| 20 | The fungus that performs this service belongs to a group that live.s nowhere except within the nest of termites and each species of fungus-grower cultivates its own unique species . |
| 21 | Some authorities believe that it is the arching of the back of the purring cat that increases this blood turbulence to create the purring sound , while others see the increase as being more to do with emotional changes affecting the animal 's blood flow . |
| 22 | The committee that produced this report was set up to consider how public schools ( defined as those belonging to the Headmasters ' Conference or the Governing Bodies Association , together with ‘ comparable schools for girls ’ ) could develop and extend their association with the general education system . |
| 23 | He was a member of the committee that organised this year 's BAIE convention in Torquay , where he hosted an open forum on layout and design and delighted members by staging a tasting of Courage ales . |
| 24 | On the right of the path Halling field is continued and when we get to the Plough there is a building shown behind the inn and this is most certainly the dwelling that gave this field its old name Burnt House field . |
| 25 | And Proctor Firenze proceeded to explain the plan that motivated this cabal of Hidden Masters gathered there in the hulk … |
| 26 | Deer , which were hunted by the rich therefore came to be associated with affluence ; and the peony , which was cultivated in the gardens of the nobility , was thus seen to symbolize the rank , wealth and well-being that accompanied this station in life . |
| 27 | The directing principle of this work is that over the past few centuries sexuality has assumed major symbolic importance as a target of social intervention and organisation , to a degree that differentiates this period from those preceding it . |
| 28 | ‘ If that 's the kind of bloody fool that runs this country , ’ he muttered to himself , ‘ Gawd help us . ’ |
| 29 | The perspective on pedagogy that informs this book , then , makes considerable demands on the practising teacher . |
| 30 | A vector is a tensor of rank 1 , defined as a quantity that obeys this transformation . |