Example sentences of "thing that [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why could n't Jim see that it 's the little things that make all the difference ? |
| 2 | What we have to do is start looking at all the things that make that possible and try and do something else for all the things that do n't help you fill it . |
| 3 | The only things that unite this class are the slowly conducting axons , the large receptive field sizes , and their poor sensitivity and resolution . |
| 4 | Secondly , and vitally , proteins are enzymes : the catalysts of living things that control all the mechanisms of life . |
| 5 | And things that scare most dads the most , |
| 6 | Durability has at all times been a main attribute of the materials held in highest regard and it is precisely the most durable things that have most chance of surviving . |
| 7 | ‘ Then there were a few things that reinforced that feeling . |
| 8 | Now um I suppose in that context um one of the things that makes this perhaps rather difficult to understand is the way in which y'know kind of when you look at children playing , when you talk to children , they 'll often express a good deal of curiosity about sexuality um both to each-other and to adults . |
| 9 | and things that did that thing and washing up and all the rest |
| 10 | The thing that worried many people about task allocation was that each client was descended upon for a succession of tasks by a succession of nurses . |
| 11 | And then she kind of jumped into this absurd thing of suddenly saying that meant that all women were housewives , and that wages for housework was the thing that united all women . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , erm , going back to the original thing that brought this up , that we should descry people from using Nestlé 's products , erm , in fact implications will be quite wide , because they now own Rowntrees , and they own Cross and Blackwells , and they own all sorts of other companies . |
| 13 | What British people so often fail to understand is that the old inter-island divisions and prejudices that have always dogged Caribbean life are still present , and that a successful cricket team is the one thing that transcends this fragmentation . |
| 14 | The thing that delighted both of them was the time they had achieved — 54 minutes to complete 10 miles of very tricky going . |
| 15 | Indeed , the one thing that spoilt this lively conference was the patronising references to women , district general hospitals , and general practice . |
| 16 | It was the sort of thing that happened these days . |
| 17 | He wrote the only intelligent thing that appeared this morning . |
| 18 | The only thing that unites these three arrangements is that in each case a minority class rules and takes the surplus away from the producers . |
| 19 | The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on . |
| 20 | With the building of this new road and planned ferry we are undoubtedly destroying the very thing that makes this area so special . |
| 21 | The thing that makes this worse is that they really have meant well and were , I believe genuinely concerned . |
| 22 | It would seem as if people were ready to write about every aspect of higher education — its aims , policies , governance , finance , organization , staff , students — except the one thing that gives all these their raison d'être . |
| 23 | ‘ Moreover , the very thing that triggers this evolutionary pattern is that which is normally guaranteed to defend the body against disease — the immunisation programme ! ’ |