Example sentences of "that [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he wanted a physical astronomy that would deal with real motions , there were too many ‘ great inconveniences ’ in a system that saddled the earth with three separate motions : an orbital revolution , an axial rotation , and a change in the orientation of the axis itself . |
| 2 | Local authorities have distinctive features , however , that complicate the application of managerial theories . |
| 3 | Stigwood turned a local scene into an international sensation , launched John Travolta as a box office star and cult hero and masterminded the biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time with a movie that encapsulated the energy and release of the disco age . |
| 4 | Indeed McLeish reflected , that encapsulated the trouble with Tristram — everything that he could do , Perry , two years his senior , could apparently do just that bit better . |
| 5 | The role of the state in services for old people should be to create conditions that maximize the ability of the individual , families and the community to cope independently . |
| 6 | Then he made out the thousands of tiny rings that studded the ceiling . |
| 7 | Lungs initially develop from an outgrowth of the sheet that lines the gut near the mouth and then this outgrowth branches repeatedly to give the millions of microscopic lobes in the lung . |
| 8 | A scion is the growth that arises from an implanted bud or graft , whereas the stock — sometimes referred to as the root- stock — is the host plant that receives the bud or graft , with its own top growth removed so that its sap and energies are made to support the new guest . |
| 9 | I think too that we should reflect upon who it is that receives the blame er when policing falls below the standards which we would all think appropriate . |
| 10 | Ah yes I have looked after it for ever since it was new and er and it was the one that reopened the station after the boat 's lost here , but as I say you 've got to look forward and I think it 's a good idea to have a new boat here . |
| 11 | Political constraint is one of the problems that undermine the capacity of the mass media to appropriately and effectively fulfill their function of building democratic societies and protecting and defending human rights in Africa . |
| 12 | Ooh , how many Tuesdays is this in the row that plays the dad ? |
| 13 | But the team that plays the Dutch is playing for the future — for the 1992 European finals . ’ |
| 14 | One of my officials chairs the experts committee that laid the groundwork for this achievement . |
| 15 | THE HEN THAT LAID THE SILVER EGG |
| 16 | the fraction of civilizations that develop the ability and desire to communicate with others |
| 17 | It contains a wide variety of stimulating material to be used both for intensive viewing and for extension activities that develop the language areas covered by the video . |
| 18 | The present study shows that substantive uniformity , whether in the message that constitutes the text of the bill , or in the legal consequences attached to the recording , is only attainable when the various participants in the transactions arrive at a consensus with respect to the fairness of their rights and duties . |
| 19 | The traditional rituals of port drinking are well-known , but it may came as a surprise to many that it is not the crusty British lawyer savouring his even crustier port that constitutes the core market for port shippers , but the trendy young Frenchman , enjoying young ruby . |
| 20 | Furthermore , Larry describes the matter that constitutes the density of his and other people 's psyches as ‘ resistance ’ ( 49/245 ) , and in effect the density and opacity of his mind is also a permanent barrier to a clear understanding of his experiences , both past and present . |
| 21 | If it is a customer service that gives advantage , then for the majority of consumers who have minimal communication with branch personnel , it is the personalised quality of the computerised communication systems that constitutes the service quality level . |
| 22 | It is the behaviour of E or G as a function of frequency or time , or more usually of temperature that constitutes the relaxation experiment . |
| 23 | Once again , it is the existence of a state of coherence between field frequencies that constitutes the cause of cancer : nothing can be effectively subjected to any influence whatsoever if the subject is not of the same nature as the influence , and the ancient statement ‘ all is energy ’ is the most meaningful contribution that emphasizes the primary , fundamental nature of all phenomena in the created world and the basis of interaction between all things . |
| 24 | It is vicious because , as I have just argued , the external relation that constitutes the meaning of the mental content is not something that the subject himself can apprehend : it can only be constructed from a third-person perspective . |
| 25 | Again , it is the doctor 's decision that produces the statistic . |
| 26 | But so far no one has determined whether they are of the type that produces the trichothecene toxins . |
| 27 | It 's the shallow reef that produces the hollowness , see . ’ |
| 28 | The London company that produces the show claims 30m viewers in seven European countries and Japan . |
| 29 | H , well H I B is a , an abbreviation for the strain of hymopholus that produces the infection , but the name of the vaccine the H I B vaccine , yeah . |
| 30 | Several sites provide evidence for leather working , though it is represented by only one identified tannery at Alcester , which probably used the hides of cattle that grazed the water meadows of the River Avon . |