Example sentences of "that [verb] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Butler had an easy manner but his searching cross-questioning gave him a reputation as a somewhat intimidating examiner or assessor for appointments , duties that made frequent calls on his time . |
| 2 | As a consequence , the question of where to eat was one that made little impression on her . |
| 3 | If there were any volatile-rich bodies that made late impacts on the Moon then the weak gravitational field of the Moon would have allowed nearly all these volatiles to escape to space . |
| 4 | Inevitably , though , these were not the questions that made any impact on the ‘ mainland ’ electoral agenda . |
| 5 | Helped by heavy subsidies from the European Commission , France 's Thomson and Holland 's Philips have been busily developing a new European standard for high-definition television ( HDTV ) , a new broadcasting technology that offers cinema-quality pictures on a TV screen . |
| 6 | During other attacks , Abbey Hill provided warning soon enough for ships to fire rockets full of chaff — metallic strips that produced false echoes on Exocet 's radar . |
| 7 | Sitting close , they threw back their heads and swayed ecstatically , a performance that precedes each shuffle on — or off — the egg . |
| 8 | However , violent sports that make excessive demands on the body with little preparation , can do more harm than good . |
| 9 | In repeated versions he explains laboriously that Gandalf forced Bilbo on Thorin out of some Valinorean ‘ foresight ’ ; or because he knew hobbits were stealthy ; or because he thought Bilbo had the right ‘ mix ’ of Took and Baggins ; while as for the word ‘ burglar ’ , it was all a dwarvish misunderstanding . |
| 10 | The local residents organisation says it 's opposed to laws that segregate residential areas on the grounds of race , but at the same time it accuses the state of appearing reluctant to apply laws governing squatting . |
| 11 | p 7R75M is a viable , radiation-induced mutation of p that has minor effects on pigmentation . |
| 12 | The third problem is the Security Council , or rather the latterday powers that want permanent seats on it . |
| 13 | Then there was that bleating Prime Minister on ’ Desert Island Discs ’ saying that he would love to get away from Question Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 14 | An area involved in memory should be more active during tasks that have a high memory component than during those that place few demands on memory . |
| 15 | They argue that it is easy for someone to appear to be above the age of 17 and say laws should be introduced that place less onus on the newsagent , who may be an innocent victim . |
| 16 | ‘ It would indicate to the rest of the world that Australia is not just a hillbilly , resource-rich country but a country that places great store on its scientific and technological expertise . ’ |
| 17 | There is , however , a third approach to stratification that in many ways adopts a position that places equal emphasis on property relations and marketable skills and that is the theory developed by Max Weber , which actually predates the functionalist view . |
| 18 | There remains a strong legal bias to the audit process , one that places considerable reliance on examining the probity of state institutions . |
| 19 | The seminary itself is difficult to see , the approach from the road leading only to an imposing wall with faceless windows and a usually , barred door It was built by San Carlo Borromeo in 1564 and is square , the four walls enclosing a courtyard that measures 56 metres on one side and is surrounded by a double tier gallery , each floor of which is supported by double Doric columns . |
| 20 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) , which blames leaching from the sites for much of the pollution of waterways , commented that meeting statutory requirements on water quality would now be " much more difficult " . |
| 21 | ‘ No contract is alleged to have been made with or on behalf of the plaintiff , and no facts are averred that show any duty on the part of the defendants towards the plaintiff for breach of which an action could lie . |
| 22 | Now , some way from the West End , the King 's Head Theatre offers a new look at a play that attracted glowing praise on its first appearance . |
| 23 | Positive transfer was , however , observed by Mackintosh and Holgate and by Siegel , the comparison being made in each case with control subjects that received initial training on a discrimination between stimuli other than those that were relevant in the transfer task but with the latter stimuli being present but irrelevant . |
| 24 | During her maiden voyage to Belfast , the Rhein Trader was host to many of the customers that support TR Shipping on this ever popular route . |
| 25 | I 'm sure they 're the sort that drop sticky stuff on the top of the car . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's something that requires more work on the live side and I think that electronically we can manipulate that area a lot more . |
| 27 | Now these were perfectly fine eating establishments that served wholesome food on crisp white table cloths , but were not the usual sort of house favoured by top stars . |
| 28 | But Chris has a four-day conference on 7 June , and Matty has to go to Malmö to examine a machine that cleans deep-fat fryers on 2 June . |
| 29 | Gould had escaped just in time : a week after his departure a deluge of rain hit the Namoi plains , and the flash-flood that followed wrought havoc on the countryside . |
| 30 | used to describe systems that preview full pages on the screen with text and graphics . |