Example sentences of "[indef pn] [that] [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When labour has finished , the world celebrates with gifts of knitted pastels and flowers in ceramic baby booties , nothing that acknowledges the momentous nature of this event : the forging and re-forging or three people .
2 Business or hatred , there 's something that stays the same — it 's just that person ; just about him .
3 In order that is for there to be some change , whether er change er like having a page torn out or a change like moving from one location to another , there also has to be something that stays the same , mainly the subject of change .
4 So a symbol is for them ‘ a blaze or landmark , something that connects the unknown with the known ’ .
5 So just think of resistance as sort of something that stops the current , and as you increase it the current gets less .
6 But the city has also revealed something about the American voter , something that belies the conventional wisdom that all that counts is the big-buck campaigns with their television adverts and ‘ issues ’ tailored to every fractured constituency .
7 The final and comprehensive pose struck by the Nun 's Priest is one that exemplifies the high ethic of the Canterbury Tales — a pragmatic and tolerant attitude of human good fellowship — by virtue of the truly merry tale that the Nun 's Priest tells , laughing at and with his characters and readers but scorning and destroying none .
8 They suggest the sorts of function an area might be involved in , and some degree of localization is possible by varying stimulation sites and finding the one that produces the largest response for the lowest level of stimulation .
9 Their main conclusion , that ‘ more than ever , the typist of the new era will be the office wife ’ , is a simplistic one that ignores the contradictory nature of the evidence .
10 The most obviously myopic strategy is the one that ignores the dynamic aspects of the problem but instead treats it as a sequence of eight one-period problems .
11 Tape units usually come with a back-up utility of their own ; presumably one that takes the fullest advantage of the functions of the hardware .
12 Thus , in comparing alternative economic structures the most efficient is defined as the one that generates the greatest total surplus , where that total surplus is the sum of consumers ' and producers ' surplus .
13 Some words can go in more than one category : put them in the category of the simplest error , or the one that offers the simplest way in to teaching .
14 Now , Ian Clark from the Australian National University in Canberra , has proposed a completely new strategy for developing novel antimalarials — one that mimics the simplest mechanism the body has for combating infection ; so called nonspecific immunity ( Infection and Immunity , vol 39 , p 1 ) .
15 The other kind of move that is ruled out is one that violates the hard core , as we have already mentioned .
16 They give the opportunity to judge whether the driving system is suitable for the new user , and whether it is irritating and over-protective of the experienced user ; conversely , one that suits the latter may floor the former .
17 The fourth point is the one that requires the greatest skill because it presupposes that you apply the hook at precisely the right time .
18 One of the most important aspects of domestic security , yet one that receives the least attention , is that of key security .
19 Alternatively , the teacher may take the initiative : ‘ Can you find one that looks the same as this one ?
20 If you absolutely insist in giving all your information in the first answer , there 's no room for a further question , and the best kind of response is the one that leaves the next question sort of hanging on the end of it , so that the interviewer can come back with another question .
21 We are committed to developing a sound financial base , one that makes the University less vulnerable to unexpected changes in public policy and one that provides the necessary foundation for capital growth .
22 It implies that love is a transforming wand , one that unlooses the ravelled knot , fills the top hat with handkerchiefs , sprays the air with doves .
23 A positive example is one that has the necessary attributes whilst a negative one has none .
24 But of the colours we 've got here in this list purple is the one that has the most impact , followed by blue
25 ‘ JIMMY , TAKE THAT TIE OFF , I 'M THE ONE THAT WEARS THE TASTELESS GEAR . ’
26 Although the several species that nest near the mouths of caves incorporate feathers into their constructions , the one that inhabits the deepest and totally lightless parts of caves constructs its nest from saliva and nothing else whatever .
27 The transcribed strand is the one that carries the genetic information .
28 This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments .
29 ‘ I prefer a natural look , but a polished one that makes the best of my features . ’
30 Far from being … a system that makes things easy … it is one that demands the greatest effort and initiative … but in such a way that is within reach of all .
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