Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Crohn 's disease in an indolent chronic inflammatory disorder that may affect the entire alimentary tract , with inflammation through all layers of the intestine .
2 The actual evaluation/consultation is a factor that may affect the existing situation .
3 Consider a patient with pain , diarrhoea , and malaise — raised CRP is a clear indication that there is active inflammation present that may reflect the intrinsic inflammatory processes of Crohn 's disease ; a low CRP implies the absence of an active inflammatory process .
4 In this area , at least , the would-be functionalist is offered the kind of rich and intricate structure that may match the detailed organization of linguistic structure , and so can be claimed plausibly to stand in a causal relation to it .
5 So if we can do something that may trick the would-be burglar into thinking there 's someone in , then he may well go somewhere else .
6 The likely route of feeder and supply mains ; taking into account ground conditions ; anticipating , searching for and dealing with any problems that may hamper the mainlaying work .
7 present in brief checklist form the protocols that should govern the different kinds of cross-border interaction ; and
8 It is the nature of the research problem that should dictate the appropriate research method ; sometimes quantification is required , sometimes not .
9 Choose plants that should reach the desired height without becoming bare or ragged at the base ( this can be a problem with berberis ) .
10 With words that should shame the Prime Minister , one man 's humiliation on facing the sack
11 They may be unable to make some of the viral proteins that should trigger the immune system into action , leading to a weakened immune response against the infection .
12 Retail outlets will view the products that they buy from manufacturers or wholesalers as items that should provide the maximum Contribution per unit of limiting factor , which is floor space .
13 The first , and urgent , question relates to the administrative and financial arrangements that should replace the present system under which four separate bodies produce the clean feed from the two Houses of Parliament ( HOCBUL and the Operator for the Commons Chamber , CCTV for Commons Committees and the BBC and ITN jointly for the Lord ) .
14 She hesitated , conscious that she was being required to take a decision that must change the whole course of her life .
15 But on the long , split bench of the chapel , the floppy red book of hymns in my hands , I used to imagine every possible circumstance that might deflect the loving attention of the angel .
16 Armed with this hypothesis , they set out to find a convenient way of reducing carbon monoxide that might avoid the expensive catalysts and energy intensive conditions of Fischer-Tropsch chemistry — an industrial process that converts carbon monoxide and hydrogen synthesis gas to mixtures of organic compounds .
17 This study will continue the analysis of data on aspects of Unit infants ' experience that might explain the developmental strengths and weaknesses demonstrated in the main study .
18 There is evidence that Protestant millenarianism , enjoying a resurgence during the civil war period in England , could provide a framework within which Bacon 's program for the empirical sciences gained an extra impetus — despite the fact that Bacon himself had been hostile to any religious movement that might threaten the fragile monarchy to which he had constantly vowed allegiance .
19 Bearing these caveats in mind , however , we may speculate from the evidence of this study on the changes that might improve the glycaemic control in patients with diabetes .
20 The more we look at the behaviour of insects , birds , mammals , and man , the more we see a continuum of complexity rather than any difference in kind that might separate the intellectual Valhalla of our species from the apparently mindless computations of insects .
21 His meaning was clear , and she knew the choice before her was a momentous one , one that might change the whole course of her life .
22 The ‘ balance of Nature ’ was a shifting affair at the mercy of geographical factors that might change the physical environment or allow the invasion of rival species .
23 Richard was the King 's brother ; according to Henry 's mood and caprice that might make the young man either indispensable or unthinkable , but even for de Burgh it made it difficult to disparage his stewardship openly .
24 About these matters it seems to me that he writes really well , in a manner that might suggest the intent translation of a Latin author anxious to tell the truth .
25 Apparently , too , Mrs Noble was becoming dubious about the friendship with Edward and the consequences that might follow the hasty pell-mell nature of her second daughter .
26 The argument also ignores the type of considerations that might determine the present non-use of these sophisticated weapons , such as the fear of complete destruction and total annihilation , rather than a greater degree of ahi sā , or love and concern for others .
27 It outlawed the closed shop ; forbade " unfair " labour practices ; provided for a 90-day " cooling off " period before strike action started ; authorized the President to issue an injunction to prevent strikes that might harm the national interest ; and banned Communists from union office .
28 The thought made his jaw tighten and his hands curl and harden into fists that might smash the unknown male faces of those who had dared so far !
29 So practices that might strengthen the inner ear are to be commended .
30 Multiple regression analysis computer programs can be used to introduce other independent variables that might increase the statistical reliability of the regression equation ( increasing the value of Rs towards 1.0 ) — in our example , perhaps , the cost of cars , the cost of petrol , the total length of roadway in the country , and so on .
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