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 | Synthetic statements are those which make a claim about how the world is and are true ( or false ) accordingly , for instance that all bachelors are carefree . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Well you will find for instance that three times as many people will strongly oppose and was strongly in favour , something omitted from the report in front of me and there are eight per cent there that were indifferent . |
| 6 | That will mean the sort of support for groups that this campaign is talking about . |
| 7 | In his veto message to Congress Bush reiterated his opposition to abortion and stated that the veto was " important in order to prevent taxpayer funds from being used for research that many Americans find morally repugnant " , but also because of the bill 's " potential for promoting and legitimatizing abortion " . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In 1 we set ourselves the problem of accounting for intuitions that some stretches of language are coherent and others are not . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They may be unwilling to criticise the decision for fear that future projects will be jeopardised . |
| 16 | He could not seem to sleep or rest for fear that some danger would come from which he would have to flee . |
| 17 | HOME Office Press rules are to be reviewed after revelations that confidential files were combed for dirt on Bill Clinton . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | New Zealand have voiced strong concern after disclosures that several South African rugby players were found to have traces of bulk-boosting anabolic steroids in their blood . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Frankfurt : Prices fell sharply on inflation worries after news that wholesale prices surged by 1.1 per cent . |
| 22 | Meanwhile speculation about the emergence of a " fresh strain of HIV " grew after reports that 30 patients in France , Spain , the United Kingdom and the USA had developed a rare form of immuno-deficiency illness with AIDS-like symptoms but without traces in their blood of known strains of HIV . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Murder charge is dropped after claims that dead model took drink and drugs . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | More than 300 demonstrators attacked the Chinese embassy in Dhaka on July 2 after rumours that human skulls had been found in the embassy . |
| 27 | Lawrence could express the strongest emotion through dialogue that used dialect — as in this section from John Thomas and Lady Jane . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | No-one in their right minds would have believed that Labour wanted to abolish heterosexuality or promote AIDS , but such was the level of fear and ignorance about homosexuality that these ideas could be aired . |
| 30 | What it will do is to identify those kinds of misspelling that most pupils are likely to make : appropriate teaching at this stage helps to avoid remedial teaching later . |