Example sentences of "[that] [vb -s] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vegetative part of the dodder plant is an epiphyte ( that is , a plant that grows on other plants ) consisting exclusively of thread-like , often yellowish vines partly coiled around the stem of its host and partly draped over it or hanging free . |
| 2 | The small body of research that exists on female students in higher education suggests that women in higher education are faced continually with contradiction . |
| 3 | There have also been considerable advances in ‘ variable rule ’ methodology , with the development of GOLDVARB ( Sankoff , 1986 ) , and the journal Language Variation and Change has been founded , with an editorial policy that concentrates on quantitative methods of linguistic analysis . |
| 4 | Noble rot is , as all wine buffs will know , nothing to do with decay in stately homes but simply the French way of describing botrytis cinerea , the mould that forms on over-ripe grapes to produce the smooth taste of Sauternes . |
| 5 | A window that opens on vertical hinges . |
| 6 | The Department of Trade and Industry , which deals with the technicalities of scanners for police forces , said : ‘ People in business are aware that calls on mobile phones are not secure . ’ |
| 7 | The aim has been to combine the old architecture with new building that relies on traditional materials and a degree of craftsmanship . |
| 8 | The line with the steep slope that appears on both graphs is the best fit line through all data points . |
| 9 | Hallucigenia is one of Dr Conway Morris 's greatest finds , an aptly named creature that balances on 14 stilts and waves seven tentacles in the air . |
| 10 | I restrict myself to pointing to the human misery that follows on such events and our human and Christian responsibilities in the face of such hardship . |
| 11 | The young people who use the building today are likely to be part of the thriving youth club that operates on four nights of the week . |
| 12 | The axiom that ‘ culture , in all its aspects , is a language ’ ( Barthes 1972 ) will affect any discipline that touches on cultural questions . |
| 13 | He gives Keith the stare that works on small boys . |
| 14 | Kaifu had proposed to the Diet on Sept. 11 that controls on political donations should be tightened ; that political parties should receive public subsidies ; and , most importantly , that Japan 's electoral system of multi-member constituencies should be replaced by a hybrid system in which 300 Diet members would be appointed from single-seat constituencies and another 171 by a process of proportional representation from party lists . |
| 15 | Oscars , by contrast , are handed out to an industry that thrives on glittering events and spends money as if it were being withdrawn from circulation tomorrow . |