Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb -s] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | This is because ethanol is a non-electrolyte of small molecular weight that diffuses rapidly in and through biological membranes . |
2 | A study that conveys just how good these books are : it 's full of significant ethical and philosophical ideas and does an excellent job in conveying the bleak vision of each future . |
3 | It may be a cliché , but the compactness , the lack of weight , abundance and responsiveness of power , massively powerful brakes and rigidity of suspension all add up to a car that feels very much like a big kart . |
4 | And on price , think of it as a car that costs only twice that of conventional luxury cars instead of three times the level of BMW/Jaguar/Lexus that RR charges for it more potent models . |
5 | There 's no need to actually to put it down as a recommendation that stays forever more , there 's just no need for it . |
6 | For some enterprising footballers like Celtic 's Harry Hood or Aberdeen 's Willie Miller , the pub is a business opportunity run to the highest standards , but for others it can be either a modest earner , an extension of their drinking or a desperate attempt to grab a livelihood from the cinders of football , an industry that has never fully protected the talent it exploits . |
7 | The second CD , released on November 23 , features a re-working of the title track by Orbital , Joey Beltram 's mix of ‘ The Light That Burns Twice As Bright ’ , and a D-Ream overhaul of the band 's last 45 ‘ They 're Here ’ , previously available on white label only in the UK . |
8 | The track is backed with a live mix of ‘ Dog ’ from Jim ‘ Foetus ’ Thirlwell and also comes in two separate CD formats , the first featuring three mixes of ‘ It 's You ’ from Nirvana/Pearl Jam producer Butch Vig and the second , issued a week later , featuring an Orbital remix of ‘ It 's You ’ plus a Joey Beltram remix of ‘ The Light That Burns Twice As Bright ’ . |
9 | Lactoferrin is an iron binding protein that occurs abundantly not only in the specific granules of granulocytes , but also in tears , milk , and secretions at mucosal surfaces . |
10 | It soon comes alongside the Kyle of Durness , yet another sea loch that penetrates far inland . |
11 | I am sorry to inform you that hair that splits excessively probably wo n't grow much longer . |
12 | In a bizarre case that has once more focused attention on the accountability of art restorers , a United States Circuit Court of Appeals has heard arguments on a decision that , for now , requires an American city to pay more than half-a-million dollars for restoration work on a city-owned mural which that city never contracted to restore . |
13 | Giving judgment in a case that has so far been heard in camera , Mr Justice Hoffmann ruled that Mr William Goodwin , a journalist working for The Engineer , must hand over his notes of a telephone conversation with his source . |
14 | She is a pretty old woman with pure white hair and clear blue eyes , and skin that crinkles only slightly about the mouth and corners of her eyes . |
15 | I have fair skin that burns very easily and barely tans . |
16 | It has to fend for itself , out of a budget that has just about risen with inflation in recent years . |
17 | They can only conclude that ‘ Either badgers waste energy with the continued digging or very large burrows confer an advantage that has so far eluded us . ’ |
18 | It 's different hiring people here too : everybody has a contract that specifies exactly how many hours they have to work , length of vacations everything ’ . |
19 | Still undecided , we breakfasted early and , having packed our walking gear into the Citroën ( though with up to 64 cubic feet of space accessed through a hatch that opens practically down to ankle level , packing is hardly the word ) , we drove off . |
20 | Still undecided , we breakfasted early and , having packed our walking gear into the Citroën ( though with up to 64 cubic feet of space accessed through a hatch that opens practically down to ankle level , packing is hardly the word ) , we drove off . |
21 | Now there 's a text that speaks plainly enough . ’ |
22 | Their theme , as given in the conference invitation , was : ‘ Can some modern nation show the way to a change that goes deep enough to deal with hate and fear and greed ? |
23 | Britain 's most famous ice-skaters are relaunching their Olympic careers at an ice rink that has only recently been saved from closure . |
24 | Find a long jumper that comes well down , and tuck it in so you do n't get a draught over your kidneys . |
25 | Sadly not , as I had thought , a record by King Beer called ‘ Animals That Swim ’ , ‘ King Beer ’ is a slow sort of talking ballad that sounds like a posh Jonathan Richman having a muse and a chorus that arrives very late in the song indeed . |
26 | There is also a part of the Gibson building that looks very much like a hospital environment . |
27 | This corresponds with the concept of profit maximisation that has so far been employed above , save that the latter concept contains an ambiguity about time-scale : it does not specify the period over which profits are to be maximised . |
28 | The unions are still engaged in a struggle to establish themselves in the available ‘ space ’ , a struggle that has very largely been resolved in the case of the BR unions where it was in any case mainly confined to representation of the footplate grades . |
29 | It 's a play that looks unflinchingly not just into the mouth of lambs but into the abyss . |
30 | The trouble about Ellis 's preoccupation with crime fiction is that it 's a genre that sits most comfortably in an England that is dead and gone . ’ |