Example sentences of "that [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , a fourth year of record profits , record er , sales , record margin , with the schools business thirty seven percent ahead of the previous year with our successful maths programme , aided and abetted by er , the business that produces the manipulatives to go with the maths programme . |
| 2 | Secondly , scientific and technological advances allowing exploitation and exploration of areas not previously susceptible to such activities , and the corresponding increased capacity to exhaust the world 's resources or to monopolise a market , mean that even those States that lack the resources to take advantage themselves are still directly concerned in the activities of others . |
| 3 | The day that made the appointment to see and Co , Nick after coming out of that meeting with Nick , we called in at the office , myself and my wife , and whilst I was tidying some things up because I 'd got the remainder of the afternoon off , Charles ' wife said to my wife , my wife actually broke down in tears , and she says , What 's up ? |
| 4 | It is probably her presence that encourages the children to compare the size of the dolls and to talk about things they notice as they play . |
| 5 | Equally , however , it might be perfectly reasonable to use a headline that encourages the reader to read on to find out what the proposition is . |
| 6 | There is perhaps something to be said for the continued use of the term student from the motives that led the Greeks to call the Furies the Eumenides , " the kindly ones ' , in the hope that the use of a flattering name might induce them to live up to it . |
| 7 | There was a moment 's consultation between Webb-Bowen and his minder , that led the chairman to announce that an amendment had been tabled which , he said , would be moved after the proposer and seconder had spoken , by Ms Amaranth Wilikins . |
| 8 | Wharfe is a quiet little community that offers no inducements to passersby to disturb its tranquillity . |
| 9 | As I write , I can think of a couple of billboard posters that make no attempt to conceal their debt to the Belgian fantasist : a Silk Cut advertisement , which discards the regular purple silk motif in favour of a neutral cream back ground on which are set the letters P U R P L and E , snipped from some newspaper 's headlines as if by a poison pen writer ; and another whose legend , ‘ I did n't know that Air France had more flights to Paris than any other airline company ’ , is illustrated by the portrait of a man whose face is obscured by a fried egg . |
| 10 | Many families often feel that assisting the child to reinforce his or her identity in terms of colour and ethnicity will probably render the child unable to form a healthy attachment to them ; the child may feel that he or she should belong to a black family . |
| 11 | There is at least a possibility that given the opportunity to reconsider their votes a majority of voters would have chosen Camel . |
| 12 | Tretorn accept that the Association should have the right to choose the right ball on quality criteria in conjunction with the specifications laid out by the International Tennis Federation , ( which Tretorn balls meet ) , but feels that allowing the LTA to choose the type of ball , could lead to unfair discrimination against its permanent pressure variety . |
| 13 | Cobb argues that social support arises in the eye of the beholder , and is anything that influences the person to perceive himself as the recipient of positive affect ; any information ‘ leading the subject to believe that he is cared for and loved … esteemed and valued … ’ |
| 14 | This is a simple easy to use 16 colour paint package that needs a mouse to run . |
| 15 | It was the beginnings of change in some local authorities and the pressure from the left that created the move to reform within the Board of Education . |
| 16 | For the first time a sensation pierced the numbness and it caused Joe 's body to jerk and send a message to his brain that created the desire to shout , ‘ Do n't call me that , because I 'm not a sir . |
| 17 | Firstly , hopes that opening the universities to lower social classes might reveal untapped reserves of brain-power have been disappointed . |
| 18 | This is an announcement that accompanies a call to participate , and that needs to be put into action . |
| 19 | Play is a free , wide-ranging experimentation that has a part to play in relationships , in creative activity , and in scientific and technological advancement . |
| 20 | The only way in which we can help is having a Labour government that has a policy to secure verifiable arms reductions . |
| 21 | ‘ You do n't really think that has a thing to do with what you wear or what you have on your face , do you ? ’ |
| 22 | Although I 'm sure that has a lot to do with the way I listen , Louis Armstrong being this all-time winner and happy guy . ’ |
| 23 | But making permanent appointments to a group that has the authority to make decisions creates an elite , and effectively transforms the peer group into a hierarchy . |
| 24 | There is no hook of that size manufactured that has the strength to withstand the pull of an 8lb line , which is thicker in diameter than the hook itself . |
| 25 | Soon after the eruption last year , Brian Toon , of the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffatt Field , California , was quoted as saying , ‘ this is really the first time in modern meteorology that something has happened that has the potential to affect the climate . |
| 26 | ‘ Life Forever ’ gives birth to one of the most gorgeous , melancholy intros you 'll have heard for eons , before launching into a track that has the potential to take the pelican crossing between all manner of specialist clubs . |
| 27 | The result is a system that has the potential to recognise every word in the language . |
| 28 | The conflict over the future of Northern Ireland thus draws our attention to a rather neglected question in discussion of democracy : what is the group that has the right to decide a particular policy or issue , by a majority vote if necessary ? |
| 29 | Another is the sawfly , which lays its eggs always along the midrib of the leaf , and with them a hormone that causes the leaves to roll up from the edges in to enclose and protect the emerging larvae in a neat tubular hideaway . |
| 30 | A perm makes the hair more porous but it is the rinsing that causes the hair to swell , which is when the damage is likely to occur . |