Example sentences of "a [noun sg] that many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a trick that many groups , including Mr Arnault 's , have yet to master . |
| 2 | That change is one of attitude , attitude towards a computer that many MIS managers regarded until recently as ‘ a toy ’ or ‘ that thing with a mouse ’ . |
| 3 | The Germans , where they thought about it at all , regarded Poles of all varieties as uncivilised upstarts whom they loathed for their backwardness , presumption and ambition , and this was a judgement that many East Prussian Poles accepted . |
| 4 | But Mr Birchall has started a hare that many researchers will be watching . |
| 5 | It is a tragedy that many children have been denied the chance to take these tests . |
| 6 | In these instances , local people learn to understand the need for this approach , a skill that many communities have lost as they " modernised " . |
| 7 | She was being led to a place that many people had heard about , but only a handful of desperate , hunted souls had actually seen . |
| 8 | But Mr Desmond Fennell , QC , chairman of the Bar , claimed there was a danger that many people needing legal help would have access only to a ‘ more expensive Jack of all trades , ’ while specialist skills were reserved for the privileged few . |
| 9 | So as a result , there 's a danger that many readers many regular readers , might buy a newspaper less frequently . |
| 10 | All of this is a reminder that many messages are conveyed simultaneously when human beings communicate " face to face " . |
| 11 | The growth of slimming clubs is a reminder that many people find it helpful to lose weight if they 're part of a group where they can swap stories and share experiences — but slimming clubs do n't necessarily work for everyone . |
| 12 | FlyPast sampled a happening that many enthusiasts ignore . |
| 13 | It is not too much to say that the probabilistic analyses must revise this into a belief that many effects are not made to happen . |
| 14 | With the Greens too hoping to increase their one per cent share of the vote , there 's clearly a feeling that many voters here may be about to switch parties . |
| 15 | The emission standards strategy is a relatively simple strategy to apply and as such it is a strategy that many countries initially adopt in order to control pollution from large single-emission sources which are deemed to be major polluters . |
| 16 | Differences among accents of English have been mentioned several times in the course , and this is a subject that many students of English find interesting and wish to know more about . |
| 17 | Maths is a subject that many people find difficult . |
| 18 | For instance , deliberately setting Sarah Tobias ( Jodie Foster ) up in the extreme of a situation that many people — women and men — would say was ’ asking for it ’ , and graphically giving the lie to that pernicious concept . |
| 19 | Using leftovers and store cupboard items , you will have made a meal that many people pay several pounds for in restaurants . |
| 20 | ‘ It is just 21 months since we received approval to go ahead with the project , and we are delighted that we have started up production within a few weeks of a date that many thought was unrealistic ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Research into communication between man and the dolphin may prove to be extremely useful if , and when , man makes contact with extra-terrestrial life — a possibility that many astronomers regard as almost inevitable . ’ |
| 22 | Unfortunately at the press conference our careful recommendations about the importance of Standard English were presented in such a way that many journalists came away with the false impression that we did not mind if children spoke dialect rather than Standard English . |
| 23 | It 's a problem that many agents talk about with furrowed brows . |
| 24 | The dictionary definition of integration is ‘ the completion of an imperfect thing by the addition of parts ’ — a target that many software houses seem determined to achieve by adding more and more features or modules to a central theme . |
| 25 | It is a fact that many teachers have precious little elbow room , and that often this confinement is created , or exacerbated , by other people 's actions . |
| 26 | Hierarchy is not imposed from above , then ‘ but demanded from below : a fact that many theorists of class-conflict are powerless to understand and incompetent , at times , even to remark . |
| 27 | It is a fact that many guests are more comfortable with plain , practical furniture than with antiques . |
| 28 | To set oneself up as an adviser , consultant or expert is a presumption that many practitioners of user education might find hard to accept . |
| 29 | But it is a pain that many families are having to live with as the number of those dying of AIDS increases . |
| 30 | Before I start it is worth pointing out that this problem is largely restricted to the users of the Apple Macintosh — PC-based software running under either Windows or GEM seems to be rather better behaved although , in the case of the former , installing downloadable fonts is so much of a pain that many people simply do n't bother anyway ! |