Example sentences of "that [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would , therefore , make sense if axons played a part in controlling the number of oligodendrocytes that develop in a myelinated tract . |
| 2 | A major problem that arose at an early stage was the reconciliation of the local authority 's requirements for one car-parking space per flat with the DoE 's refusal to fund a scheme in which the entire ground floor would be used for parking . |
| 3 | The earliest land plants , to be found in Silurian and Devonian rocks , had simple shoots that arose from a creeping ‘ axis ’ , which were little different in structure from the shoots themselves . |
| 4 | If I want group members ' approval , I will accept the dictates of the group about my role , even though I might not accept that influence in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 5 | The motherboards are arranged in four clusters that communicate through a single backplane . |
| 6 | The motherboards are arranged in four clusters that communicate through a single backplane . |
| 7 | Yet every time he laughed and his grin dazzled her she flinched with the deep-rooted need that stabbed like a vengeful sword . |
| 8 | I think that often it was jealousy — mixed with booze — that made for a lethal cocktail , with Bogie as the stirrer . |
| 9 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 10 | For the client , the advantage was that he could go direct to those various tradesmen who , collectively , could provide all that made for an average funeral . |
| 11 | He had the revolutionary idea that gravity was not just a force that operated in a fixed background of space-time . |
| 12 | For the sake of clarity , one possible solution is to provide that the SSAPs to be used are those that applied at a specified date even if changed subsequently between exchange and completion . |
| 13 | I am sure it was the pressure from the warrior class and the impending general election that led to a final figure of 63,500 , which is a cut of about 17 per cent . |
| 14 | The road was beginning to rise slightly , an incline that led to a gentle crest . |
| 15 | As both polyester and polyamide are ultimately derived from oil , the industry suffered a major trauma ; raw material prices went up between three and four times — and that led to a rapid revision of growth rate potential . |
| 16 | He indicated a rough path that led to a sturdy wooden cabin , and she dug her heels into the ground . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , that led to a minor accident involving the property of the Hauxwells which I suspect even Hannah will not know about . |
| 18 | And those last months , when strike leapfrogged strike , were the catalyst that led to a Conservative landslide and the desperate recasting of Labour policies . |
| 19 | Ruth went down the stone stairs that curved to the ground floor and followed the archways that led to an inner courtyard that might have been uncomfortably hot but was tempered by a cool fountain that arced water over a frolicking marble dolphin and child below . |
| 20 | Okay , that led to an immediate rise in the use of ear defenders to ninety percent , okay ? |
| 21 | These contain a spinning mechanism that turns at a gentle 15 to 30 revolutions per minute — just enough to ensure convection and prevent cells from adhering to the glass walls of the bottle . |
| 22 | Brokers joining are charged an initial three month licence fee of £150 for each location , £60 a month that goes into a secure advertising fund , and 7p for each telephone enquiry . |
| 23 | It was impersonal , furnished to the exact specifications of any government building in the islands that goes with a civil servant of a particular grade ; the chairs and table in ‘ ant-proof ’ hardwood , lacquered a pale brown , three armchairs , one sofa , chairs and table on the verandah , a desk , two bedrooms , a couple of beds , their legs in jars of water , a shower . |
| 24 | In one recent enquiry into the electricity supply industry , Lord Wilberforce asked the Treasury to submit a memorandum on the significance of the dispute to the interests of the national economy and the Treasury responded with a document that argued for a progressive and substantial reduction in the levels of settlements . |
| 25 | However , the bulk of LDCs have neither oil resources to export nor a diversified manufacturing base , and it is these countries that account for a high proportion of the world 's poor . |
| 26 | I have had no problem with them — nor did I when I originally starting keeping fish when I kept three that lived to a ripe old age . |
| 27 | Here was an elephant that lived in an enormous conch . |
| 28 | So , too , was the odd dandelion seedling that germinated after an airborne invasion of seeds from a patch of wasteland a quarter of mile away . |
| 29 | Mr Jencks concludes that to search for a comprehensive policy to tackle the underclass is a waste of time ; different policies are needed for different problems that may be only loosely related . |
| 30 | It is true that to search for a legal framework in which the ill-articulated wishes of a testator can be given effect is to regard the testator 's intention . |