Example sentences of "that [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has a computer brain , controlling the pneumatics inside that bring him to life . |
| 2 | Salt ways present no special features that distinguish them from other roads and lanes on the map or on the ground . |
| 3 | There are a number of characteristics in these types of market that distinguish them from consumer markets . |
| 4 | I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny . |
| 5 | Ties that bind us to mother |
| 6 | And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation . |
| 7 | After such training a given element will , when the stimulus is applied , be the target both of external input and of internal input by way of the associative links that connect it to other elements . |
| 8 | And what I 'd really like you know I have little things that bug you to death ? |
| 9 | ‘ The only people doing any laughing are the gypsies that sell it to you , ’ she 'd retort . |
| 10 | The building sits on bearings that isolate it from the ground . |
| 11 | Find out as much as possible about current treatments for HIV and the associated infections and discuss those that interest you with your doctor . |
| 12 | And the enterprises that supply them with goods and services can make a similar claim ; and so on . |
| 13 | The report , prepared by the consulting group Segal Quince Wicksteed of Cambridge , says that international facilities can boost the long-term economic fortunes of companies that supply them with equipment and services , act as a magnet for other high-technology companies and generally raise the public profile of science . |
| 14 | The muscles are strengthened by an increased flow of blood , as are the ligaments that attach them to the bones . |
| 15 | Should we just enjoy the things that touch us in a painting or should it spur us on to learn more ? |
| 16 | They have , therefore , fewer cultural resources with which to resist the forces that place them in the underclass . |
| 17 | The dangerous journey in store for Sard is not in fact in pursuit of the ideal woman , but a prosaic attempt to get back to his ship before it sails , an attempt frustrated by the theft of his bicycle and by wanderings that involve him with a silver-train and a period in gaol , the traverse of an appalling desert and a rock-strewn mountain . |
| 18 | Only the bigger parties are sure to receive the bonuses that provide them with over-representation . |
| 19 | They also learn the position of the wetlands that provide them with crucial staging posts where they can feed and rest before starting on the next part of their journey . |
| 20 | Furthermore , the idea of network impinges fairly closely on the notion of sociolinguistic functions , as we have presented this in chapter 2 , because it is a fundamental postulate of network analysis that individuals create personal communities that provide them with a meaningful framework for solving the problems of their day-to-day existence ( Mitchell 1986 : 74 ) . |
| 21 | I think you will have to treat yourselves to one of those records ( or , I suppose , tapes ) that provide you with an orchestral piece minus one instrument — for instance , I believe you could obtain a Beethoven concerto minus the piano part , which you then supply . |
| 22 | We will continue our efforts to break down the barriers that prevent them from competing freely throughout Europe and in the wider world . |
| 23 | Most flesh-eating reptiles have simple spikes that prevent them from chewing their prey ; they have to gulp it down whole and then remain in a torpor for days or weeks to digest the meal . |
| 24 | Backed by the incessant thud of a drum machine , it 's only these electric rhythms that prevent them from tumbling into disorder . |
| 25 | Visually handicapped pupils are likely to need adaptations to the educational materials that are in the ordinary classroom if they have severe sight defects that prevent them from discriminating the size of print being used by the class . |
| 26 | The difficulty encountered by the expertise theory in trying to demonstrate the legitimacy of corporate managerial power by showing that there are restraints on the discretion of the managers stems from its attempt to combine a deference to the judgments of business managers with an insistence that corporate managers are subject to fiduciary duties that prevent them from exercising their power for their own purposes or for other non-corporate ends . |
| 27 | The adaptation work should help to overcome or remove any obstacles that prevent you from enjoying the use of your present facilities . |
| 28 | Not to mention the classes of thirty or more , and all the other sources of frustration that prevent you from delivering the service you should , and doing the job as you would like . |
| 29 | At a time when a good public image is essential for universities , English is unable to explain itself in ways immediately intelligible to the outsider , is notoriously riven with doubts and disagreements that prevent it from having a shared sense of purpose , and may at intervals erupt into crises that attract the wrong sort of publicity . |
| 30 | Indeed the only reason that modern living things are able to survive in the presence of oxygen , is that they contain a variety of compounds that prevent it from reacting with materials such as fats : compounds that include vitamins C and E , and uric acid . |