Example sentences of "and [noun sg] that [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even during the Reformation it was biblical scenes likely to promote superstition and idolatry that came down . |
| 2 | Even the expressions of support and sympathy that flooded in for Rudolf Hess from all around the world were ruthlessly destroyed by the British censors . |
| 3 | IF THE TRAUMA and problems involving the Great Warbirds Air Display ( GWAD ) from its established site at West Malling in Kent to Wroughton in Wiltshire were not enough , Elly Sallingboe , her airshow team and all the pilots involved in the show had to contend with low cloud , torrential rain and wind that gusted up to 65 knots on the first day of the show . |
| 4 | ‘ The humble man , ’ as Iris Murdoch winningly remarked in The Sovereignty of Good ( 1970 ) , ‘ because he sees himself as nothing , can see other things as they are ’ , which sounds like a snug , confident view of humility , far removed from the self-lacerating anxieties about identity and self-image that mark out much of American fiction , or the radical scepticisms of Sartre and his disciples in post-war Paris . |
| 5 | The computer , to cite another example , required no fewer than six separate strands of knowledge : binary arithmetic ; Charles Babbage 's conception of a calculating machine in the first half of the nineteenth century ; the punch card , invented by Herman Hollerith for the US census of 1890 ; the audion tube , an electronic switch invented in 1906 ; symbolic logic , which was created between 1910 and 1913 by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead ; and the concepts of programming and feedback that came out of abortive attempts during World War I to develop effective anti-aircraft guns . |
| 6 | Would it not be right for the Secretary of State to come to the House to say what steps are being taken to try to ensure that the sort of dishonesty and crookery that went on at MGN is not being repeated elsewhere ? |
| 7 | The reason for the odd name for the church , St Mary near St Satiro , is because of an ancient fresco of the Madonna and Child that stood over an external altar of the earliest ( San Satiro ) church . |
| 8 | In Spain , the paradox of Europe is that it is both the whip to modernise Spain by destroying structures of corporatism , grandeur and clericalism that held back the country for centuries , and , at the same time , it demands enormous sacrifices paid by the poor as Solchaga and Gonzáles seek to achieve a capitalism and productivity equal to levels set in northern Europe . |
| 9 | Isambard 's deep eyes flashed to Harry 's face and lingered there , untroubled by the naked hate and defiance that stared back at him . |
| 10 | But replacing the still popular linked rectangular sink and drainer that fit over a base unit will mean fitting a new worksurface , and perhaps even a new base unit as well — a much more difficult task . |
| 11 | The first is usually ignored and forgotten : it consists of farmers and peasants who live miles from anywhere in the largely inaccessible tangle of mountain and forest that make up much of the land area of the eastern end of the Central American isthmus . |
| 12 | But later in the afternoon the light clothing he was wearing left him ill-prepared for the chilling mist and rain that slid down the mountainsides , poignantly recorded on the damp film found in his camera . |
| 13 | If one then adde adds the volunteers who man and manage the clubs , organized regattas and ordinary races , the bosuns , the rescue crews , the and other sailing schools and instruction that goes on all o all over place , the end the list is endless . |
| 14 | There is a great need for music and art that cries out for change in this sad , sick society . |
| 15 | They were used to store the very large volume of offerings and tribute that came in from the townspeople and from the people living in the surrounding countryside ; administrating the inflow and redistribution of this temple tribute was a major function of the Minoan temple . |
| 16 | Illuminate flowers and foliage that show up well in the dark . |
| 17 | A pool is also a focus of attention and you can use plants with contrasting flower and foliage that set up interesting patterns in their own right . |
| 18 | As Bellamy says , ‘ East St. Louis , Belleville , the chip on the shoulder , the bond with mother and grandmother that carried over into his career , the move to the West Coast … what emerged was a great player and one of the toughest , roughest competitors the game has ever known ’ . |
| 19 | I wish people would just be thankful for life and knowledge , without the moaning and nit-picking that goes on , whenever the language seems wrong . |
| 20 | So he took it , and played something soft and sad , something plaintive and melancholy that rose up every third line as if it was going to shake off its sorrow and fly forward and free ; but then in the fourth it curled back on itself and fell again : reluctantly , sometimes , but always resignedly , as if it knew it was going to fall ; as if it had been striving and falling back again for hundreds of years . |
| 21 | Is it not time to put an end to the fraud and corruption that go on within the European Community , as evidenced by the continual reports of the European Court of Auditors ? |
| 22 | It has a history that goes back to Morgan and Drake , a history of piracy and corruption that reaches down to the present day . |
| 23 | ‘ Let us now consider the various elements , such as rainfall , hail , thunder , heat and cold , snow , sleet , fog , wind and sunshine that make up the weather . |
| 24 | Previously they used corn-cob husks and bits of walnut shell to remove the carbon dust and oil that build up in large motors and cause them to short circuit . |
| 25 | Brighton & Hove has a tradition of fine hotel-keeping and hospitality that goes back to the Prince Regent 's days . |
| 26 | You know what you want a do , get some bags and bag that stuff up and sell that on the side of the road fifty p a bag . |
| 27 | Because of the risk of rejection by the ITVA , the vast majority of commercials are first shown to them at script stage , and the discussion and negotiation that goes on in the majority of cases takes place on scripts alone . |