Example sentences of "thing [that] [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a toe-curling moment , the sort of thing that turns the middle-classes right off . |
| 2 | As well as finding coins you 'll come across poison apples , extra weapons and even a thing that turns the screen upside down ! |
| 3 | The one thing that dominates the appearance of this guitar is the superbly figured maple top . |
| 4 | In the first instalment of a new monthly column that contrast the reality of nature with the dreamworld of conventional business and politics — and suggest various ways of injecting the one into the other — Jonathan Porritt looks at the build-up to next year 's ‘ Earth Summit ’ and wonder if the US Administration 's chronic inability to face facts will finally be the thing that scuppers the planet 's ‘ last chance ’ . |
| 5 | One thing that blurs the picture is noise . |
| 6 | For the one thing that makes rock more than simply an industry , the one thing that transcends the commodity relation , is fidelity , the idea of a relationship . |
| 7 | The only thing that distinguishes the Dallams from the vulgar , upstart herd of Braithwaites and Colcloughs and the rest is that John-William Dallam had the imagination to buy the manor and leave it relatively unscathed . |
| 8 | I suppose , strictly speaking , the term is a truncation of a micro-electronic central processing unit , where the central processing unit is the heart of a computer , the thing that crunches the numbers and so on . |
| 9 | One thing that marks the Carpenters out is their uncanny fondness for incorporating the names of distaff families into their own ; from the early days of the 18th century we can spot the Frome and Rodden Carpenters by their use of the name ‘ Thynn ’ as a first or second Christian name for boys , and even in the middle years of the 19th century a branch of the family in London called one son Starmer Thynne Carpenter . |
| 10 | The first thing that heralds the approach of Autumn is that you are outside one evening , not too late , thinking you 've time to mend the fence , move the sheep or clean the goat pen and suddenly someone turns the light off ! |
| 11 | Another thing that makes the animals such difficult subjects is the fact that they are so heavily persecuted . |
| 12 | One regular passenger said : ‘ Her presence seems to be the only thing that makes the trains run on time . ’ |
| 13 | Someone who thought there must be one thing that makes the difference might say it was an impression of familiarity . |