Example sentences of "[Wh det] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | In an amplified state it is generally referred to as ‘ expanded consciousness ’ — a condition that allows us to process through our nervous system , information from the environment which during a normal state of consciousness is totally inaccessible . |
2 | THE Stock Exchange is investigating two blatant share ramps which for a while yesterday added £178million to the value of conglomerate Williams Holdings , and knocked £94million from financial services group British & Commonwealth . |
3 | In the 1970s , Ecuador enjoyed an oil boom , which for a few years gave a boost to the economy as a whole , though the gains were felt mostly in the urban sector . |
4 | These provided work which for a time helped to stop young people leaving the Highlands . |
5 | Progress in the 19th century lay in improving refining techniques , in finding new uses ( especially in catalysis and electricity ) and discovering new sources , principally in the Urals — after which for a time the Russians adopted platinum coinage . |
6 | Such has been the pace of South Africa 's re-entry into the world arena that Rhodes and his team mates have had little time to be overawed by the situation , which for a youngster from a small town in Natal is quite remarkable . |
7 | The Royal Mail , which for a number of years has been transporting first-class mail overnight by air , totally reorganised its operation at the end of September . |
8 | At about the same time , given by flags , which for a time went undetected by the 5th Battle Squadron , commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas . |
9 | Whether the West 's prerogatives are real , and whether or not they are exercised , the resolution of the territorial controversy has removed the one bone of contention which for a time made the Warsaw Pact a community of shared anxiety . |
10 | Customers would have to pay only the difference between the price of the Series 7000 System and the new-generation system , which for a low-end system would be minimal . |
11 | Customers would have to pay only the difference between the price of the Series 7000 System and the new-generation system , which for a low-end system would be minimal . |
12 | The most erratic variable of all is the far southern Eta Carinæ , which for a while during the nineteenth century was the brightest of all stars apart from Sirius , but is now below naked-eye visibility , though binoculars show it well . |
13 | This was a very pleasing result particularly in respect of the village of Hartfield , which for a number of years has been organised by John Milner . |
14 | Two things happened , however , to divert trade unionism from the adoption of that role and to lead it instead into what has been called its revolutionary period , one which for a time made the ownership and control of industries by the people who worked in them its main objective , which sought in short to displace the organisation of industry on the capitalist model by an industrial co-operative commonwealth . |
15 | A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste . |
16 | As was seen in Part I , while some claimants would qualify for the ordinary rate of benefit , others would be eligible for the long-term rate , which for a married couple was valued at 25 per cent higher than the ordinary rate . |
17 | By August 1991 W. 's condition had deteriorated to the point at which for a short time she had to be fed by nasogastric tube and have her arms encased in plaster . |
18 | He received honours from Italy , Serbia , Montenegro , and the republic of San Marino , of which for a time he was consul in London . |
19 | Sufficient has already been said to suggest that Britain 's economic and financial ties with the EEC are much more complex than those of a simple trading relationship , even one which for a variety of reasons involves considerable net outflows of cash . |
20 | However , it is also evident that much greater co-operation is required between western European countries , which for a long time have been concerned about the environment , and the countries of eastern and central Europe . |
21 | One by one Europe 's heroes began to climb off the floor and mount a furious offensive which for a time at least threatened to overpower their rivals . |
22 | Kite was six under par when he inflicted on Clark the worst defeat in Ryder Cup singles history and in the process handed his side the initiative which for a time seemed it would n't relinquish . |
23 | Macedonia 's parliament adopted on April 26 a government proposal for Macedonia 's own currency , the denar , which for a one-year transitional period would be represented by a coupon at the rate of DM1.00=360 denars . |
24 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
25 | By sending permanent representatives to the courts of Europe the Ottomans would have been accepting a kind of regular and established contact with the west which denied their most deeply held assumptions , which implied an at least partial renunciation of the inherent superiority to the Christian world which they claimed , and which for a surprisingly long time , even after the balance of military strength had turned decisively against them , seemed to almost all of them unnecessary and to promise no real advantage . |
26 | He said he thought it was something to do with washing-machines , which for a start I found deeply puzzling . |
27 | Mr is , is , is asking the questions which which for a long time . |
28 | At tests the car exceeded 212 miles per hour , which for a production car is a world record . |
29 | These are the opinions of Lord White , Conservative peer and joint founder of Hanson , which for a time threatened to take over ICI . |
30 | The mandatory sentence for anyone found guilty of murder is life imprisonment which for a child means being detained at Her Majesty 's pleasure in one of four special secure treatment centres in Co Durham , Birmingham , Essex and Leeds . |