Example sentences of "that mark the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the long beach that marks the silted mouth of the ancient Xanthos river is the modern village of Kalkan , a small green jewel set in dun cliffs , with a white minaret above its shiny new concrete harbour . |
| 2 | Professor W. F. Grimes in his essay ‘ The Archaeology of the Stamford Region ’ in The Making of Stamford suggests that ‘ the inscription on the recently erected pillar that marks the Roman crossing on the Welland ought to be replaced by one which does less violence to the facts as they appear to be . ’ |
| 3 | This lovely fragment from a larger drinking-vessel , the kantharos ( one is held by Dionysos often , as in fig. 56 ) , shows how Kleitias 's elegant strength could be raised to monumental weight and power ; and it is this combination that marks the central tradition in Attic black-figure . |
| 4 | ( Unhappily his chosen name Deseado barely survives today ; the dramatic and unlit cliff on Isla Desolación that marks the western exit of the Strait is now called Cabo Pilar . |
| 5 | And she meant it , for she liked her college room , she was even mildly proud of it , and the thought of entertaining Clelia in it did not alarm her , though she had a deep aversion to the notion of entertainment , and had never in her whole three years at University embarked on the ritual tea parties or more ambitious sherry parties that mark the social life of such establishments . |
| 6 | The only sour note was the electrified fence that marked the forbidden border zone . |
| 7 | I hesitated , and as I did so a big stone that marked the outer edge of the track began to move . |
| 8 | There was the vague suggestion of orange light beyond the high wall that marked the rear boundary of Amelia 's property ; the streetlamps were already on . |
| 9 | Attempts to reform the education service in the 1930s had been frustrated by financial stringencies ( of the kind , for example , that led to the substitution of special for free places in secondary schools ) , by the conservative indifference towards education that marked the National Governments of the decade , and , perhaps most decisively , by the persistence of religious difficulties . |
| 10 | Beyond the hedge of red-leaved crotons that marked the uphill boundary of Nana 's yard stood a dilapidated shack that was unoccupied , the property of a woman in one of the lower villages who owned several plots in the valley . |