Example sentences of "[that] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be recalled that , according to this theory , a stimulus is held to be fully effective only when it is able to generate the Al ( primary activation ) state in the node that constitutes its central representation . |
| 2 | The New Critics did not believe , of course , that the value of poetry lay in isolated metaphors or similes ; on the contrary , they insisted that in good literature all the components of the text contributed to the reconciliation of opposites that constitutes its poetic function . |
| 3 | We are helping the individual , whether adult or young person , to gain meaning from the vast display of information , opinion , and activity that constitutes our daily lives . |
| 4 | In any case it is important that librarians remain in close touch with the industry that produces their raw materials , through the literature , and through formal and informal contacts . |
| 5 | The sense of failure that haloed his bowed head made Clare conscious for the first time of his identity as a person . |
| 6 | It is as if we have frozen the beauty or anaesthetized it in an image ; but the images are like the humming birds of a museum case , the real and living beauty is incomparably brighter for those birds are gems that flash their iridiscent colours in a tropical forest . |
| 7 | When they acquired their homes , they persuaded the council to section off some land at the back , and that became their secret garden . |
| 8 | Our local library , Macdonald Road , Edinburgh , produced a book on fishing that became my firm favourite . |
| 9 | I have to make two remarks that bring me great pleasure . |
| 10 | An irresistible softness with an inner strength that made them million sellers . |
| 11 | If he had kissed her with passion or some brutal demand to impose his will on her then she could have found the strength to fight him , but there was no way she could resist this aching tenderness , this joining that made them one whole . |
| 12 | As for the next ten years of Brookside , Eithne and the elusive Chrissie Rogers offer their best regards to the series that made them both household names . |
| 13 | And the teachers who selected her for the post make it very clear that it was Emily 's ability not her sex that made her first choice . |
| 14 | There was a lot of pressure on Greg for the fourth round , and that made his eventual victory even greater . |
| 15 | Sharpe spurred her into a clumsy gallop that made his heavy sword flap in its slings and crash its disc hilt painfully onto his left thigh . |
| 16 | You said , do you actually eat the products that made you allergic Paul ? |
| 17 | And I had a thought that made my whole body thrill with shame . |
| 18 | And if you 're really interested in finding out all there is to know about us there 's a book on the hall table that records our historic events and heroes , including Francis Ledwidge , our local poet … ’ |
| 19 | 3DO Inc , the San Mateo , California start-up that revealed its licensable standard for a multimedia system of the future last month and has specified the Advanced RISC Machines Ltd RISC as the core of the Interactive Multiplayer ( CI No 2,082 ) , wants to capitalise on the excitement generated by making an initial public offering of about 2.5m shares at between $10 and $12 a time to raise $30m or so ; 3DO and its chief executive , Trip Hawkins , have already raised some $20m from from partners including Matsushita Electric Industrial Co , its MCA Inc , Time Warner Inc , AT&T Co , Electronic Arts Inc and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. 3DO has signed Morgan Stanley & Co , but the prospectus is not out . |
| 20 | He questioned her in more detail for several more minutes , asking about sleep , moods , energy levels and half a dozen other tiny things that revealed his deep concern for his sister . |
| 21 | The chance remark that revealed his deep-rooted chauvinism and basic male insensitivity . |
| 22 | In this way , the new upper floor is prevented from crossing the original three-light arched windows which serve the end bays of the lower storey , and the stair is prevented from conflicting with the central window of this range by the introduction of a further quarter-landing at an intermediate level that turns its lowest flight parallel to the side elevation at a level just below the window-sill ( Fig 49 ) . |
| 23 | VINNIE JONES was last night offered financial help to pay off his £20,000 FA fine by the company that produced his controversial soccer video . |
| 24 | The gods that make their careless journeys across the world , playing with science or magic as they will , create thousands of everything , of sea almonds , of waves , of days — of words . |
| 25 | The fear is that indiscriminate Bt spraying and widespread use of genetically transformed crops that make their own Bt toxin will reduce the product 's effectiveness and accelerate the spread of resistant strains . |
| 26 | There , on its otherwise camouflaged skin , appears a pair of huge staring eye-spots that make its rear view look remarkably like the face of a predatory bird . |
| 27 | Bantamweight Karen Briggs , featherweight Sharon Rendle and light-middleweight Diane Bell all won on Saturday with performances that make them odds-on favourites for medals in Barcelona . |
| 28 | They 've been revolting for years under the surface and then some thing happens that make it possible course the continued revolutions have gone on through the world and because they 've seen the success of a revolution in Russia although we did n't know the full facts of it in the West , it was , it did establish a huge area in the wake of a revolution . |
| 29 | Hauppauge , New York-based Standard Microsystems Corp is cutting the recommended retail price of its Token-Ring network adaptors to $400 from $600 , saying that using its own semiconductor technology makes it possible to cut prices while continuing to add features and maintain margins on the adaptors . |
| 30 | He gasped with delight at the sight that met his tired eyes rows and rows of fresh fruit and vegetables that he would have been proud to sell . |