Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There always is a better use , for no one really needs that faded 1976 memo . |
| 2 | Of the Persil soap powder offers that enabled two passengers to travel for the fare of one and of the utter complexity of offers and restrictions that taxed the ingenuity of many booking clerks and ticket collectors until the Blue ( cheaper ) and White ( all Fridays and occasional other days ) Savers were standardised as BR 's on the whole highly successful marketing tool against coach competition . |
| 3 | Whilst the conference lacked the hardware launches that dominated last year 's show , companies announced more software for their systems as supercomputers try to move into the mainstream . |
| 4 | The clause among the Fourth Lateran Council decrees that proposed regulated taxes for the churches and provinces of Christendom suggests as much . |
| 5 | Crusty bread and thick , creamy butter , a huge crisp salad , masses of succulent cold chicken ; there was wine in the fridge too , as well as rows of the stuff in the extensive wine racks that lined one wall of the kitchen . |
| 6 | It just happens that published Welsh Office data on migration across the border is a good measure of the flight from cities as it affects Wales . |
| 7 | Comparing like with like , Concept says that consolidated 1992 revenues were down to $62.5m from $71.5m ; its net loss of $11.9m was only a fraction of 1991 's whopping $107.3m deficit . |
| 8 | A spokesman for Midland said : ‘ They are technical rule breaches that happened three years ago . |
| 9 | The alteration in 1983 in DHSS benefit rules that enabled older people living in private residential care to claim their fees from the DHSS brought dramatic increases in the number of private residential homes , and in the number of older people living in them . |
| 10 | The book shows that heightened social awareness , reliance on people rather than technology , and belief in self rather than ‘ experts ’ or ‘ professionals ’ can enable people to take their own decisions about matters which affect their daily lives . |
| 11 | There were commercial laundries in the 1920s and the large linen hampers that took two people to carry them to the laundry van show that this was a luxury enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Dolls ' House . |
| 12 | Intel Corp 's storming first quarter figures ( see page seven ) have not gone down well everywhere , and Hancock Institutional Equity Services analyst Eli Sayegh reckons that there is not much more to go for in the stock : he yesterday downgraded Intel to sell from hold , saying he thinks the company is near peak operating margins at just over 40% , double the historical norm ; he said the company 's margins have been driven largely by a shift from the 80386 chip to the 80486 chip ‘ and this can not go on for too long ; ’ he reckons that Advanced Micro Devices Inc will immediately take 10% of the 80486 market with its planned clone , and could take as much as 25% over time ; his damper wiped $1.75 off Intel shares at $115.75 . |
| 13 | Equally obviously the questioners were seeking confirmation of the rituals they believed had taken place ; rituals that included real or simulated sexual acts between adults and children in the hours of darkness ; acts that included ritualistic music , dance and dress . |
| 14 | That latter race was to be the forerunner of the great Paris races that started seven years later when continental manufacturers would use the races to show off their vehicles . |
| 15 | The ivory inlays that decorated wooden furnishings , for example , show that the ivory carvers were working in close collaboration with the joiners . |
| 16 | Then , coupled with the telecommunications advances that popularised wide area networks ( WANs ) by easing access to remote information sources ( such as private and public databases ) , the LAN helped provide the infrastructure necessary for the MIS to be developed into the executive information system ( EIS ) . |
| 17 | Recent information from former detainees , lawyers and human rights activists indicates that suspected political opponents of the government , including boys under 18 , have been detained in garde à vue well beyond the maximum 10-day period and without obtaining further authorization after four days as required by Tunisian law . |
| 18 | The dynamic WCOMP term means that lagged relative returns have a negative coefficient . |
| 19 | I read on , and find that Bryan Gould , the ‘ modern ’ candidate , is sniping at John Smith 's redistributive budget , one of Labour 's few election promises that offered real benefits to the people of Tottenham . |
| 20 | The ex-convict discovered the need for his ministry while serving a seven-month jail term for leaking FBI documents that contained damaging information about Daniel Ellsberg , the man who leaked the Pentagon papers about the Vietnam war to the press . |
| 21 | Throughout the year-long ‘ structural impediments initiative ’ talks that ended last June , the Americans pressed the Japanese government to abandon its single-minded support of businessmen , farmers and other interest groups and do something instead about providing better amenities for its people . |
| 22 | Apparently it was Gibson Strings that pioneered such innovations as the ‘ double lock twist ball ’ and the use of alloys . |
| 23 | I think that the hon. Gentleman is referring to certain press reports that appeared last week which referred to an alleged internal British Rail document about the implications of privatisation for InterCity . |
| 24 | ‘ The ABSA conference believes that continued public funding of the arts is essential to the economic and cultural life of our country , ’ said Colin Tweedy , ABSA director general . |
| 25 | CHESHIRE 'S chief constable claims that planned new laws to cover travelling people are unworkable . |
| 26 | But the potency with which c-Myc induces apoptosis suggests that deregulated c-Myc expression by itself is likely to be lethal because it kills any cell that encounters growth-limiting conditions , an almost invariable outcome in vivo . |
| 27 | It was noticeable in our study that oesophageal peristaltic dysfunction was a commoner and more pronounced abnormality than reduced lower oesophageal sphincter pressure , which suggests that impaired oesophageal clearance may play a larger part in the pathophysiology of this condition than the defective barrier function of lower oesophageal sphincter . |