Example sentences of "[Wh det] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them the Italian and German aircraft made possible an air-ferry which during late July and early August bore the greater part of the Army of Africa across the Straits of Gibraltar to Seville . |
| 2 | The level of noise pollution from one of the larger aerogenerators which during high winds would achieve supersonic speeds at the end of the blade would certainly be of formidable proportions . |
| 3 | In 1977 yet another alibi witness surfaced , one Richard Hurn , who knew nothing of the case or of McMahon 's imprisonment but told a friend that he remembered seeing McMahon in London on the afternoon of the murder , a date which for other reasons he had cause to remember . |
| 4 | If , in 1993 and beyond , the double-up Championship Series will also be in the open market far more blatantly than they are at present and ( at the other end of the scale Challenger tournaments can include some players ranked between 10–50 — and presumably get away with paying appearance money too — ) then the long term life expectancy for World Series tournaments ) which for middle-range players are their bread and butter in addition to a stepping stone from their first step on the ladder to fame and hoped for fortune — can not be improving . |
| 5 | Easter was introduced in Rome about the year 160 , and as in Alexandria was celebrated on the Sunday following the Hebrew Passover , which for practical purposes could be reckoned as the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox . |
| 6 | On the facts which for present purposes must be assumed , the child was born with injuries caused by the act or neglect of the defendant in the driving of his car . |
| 7 | On the facts which for present purposes must be assumed , the child was born with injuries caused by the act or neglect of the defendant in the driving of his car . |
| 8 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
| 9 | The client may have needs for a high level of social contact , which for various reasons are not being met , or , vice versa , they may have the need to spend more time alone which is not being met . |
| 10 | The rest of the Left was still divided into small groups which for various reasons did not wish to be involved in these narrow manoeuvres . |
| 11 | It looks as if he decided on a do-it-yourself habit modelled on those of Augustinian hermits who wore a basic white garment and scapulary which for outside wear were covered with a black cowl and hood tied round with a black leather thong . |
| 12 | The curtain rose disclosing a set which for strident artificiality compared favourably with the train display in the toy shop . |
| 13 | The people of Great Britain were governed , however tortuous and artificial the modalities , upon the authority of an elective institution which for historical and other reasons they were content to regard as representing them . |
| 14 | Since ( 27 ) shows the necessary and sufficient condition for , it also shows the condition under which for given M. If this condition is satisfied , then WD shifts upwards and equilibrium wages and membership increase as shown in Fig. 31 7 . |
| 15 | Gradually I get out of the unscientific habit of trying to read other people 's faces , and come to see the bodies from which personality has faded as the automata which for scientific explanation they already are . |
| 16 | THE Laughing Man , the Parisian robot which for beckoned generations of visitors through the doors of Blackpool 's Fun House , lives on . |
| 17 | What is much more interesting , I have already suggested , is the idea that there could be patterns of behaviour which human beings are entirely capable of wanting and indeed , on an individual or limited scale , of achieving , but which for biological reasons are bound to be psychologically costly , or confined to a small group of otherwise unusual individuals , or otherwise bound to fail as general social institutions . |
| 18 | The Maldives government also claimed the right to host the fifth summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) instead of Sri Lanka , which as current chair had been due to do so in 1989 , but which had refused owing to the continuing presence in Sri Lanka of Indian troops [ see also p. 37357 ] . |
| 19 | His solution is plausible , and essentially traditional — a suite of seven tiny movements which as serious concert music might just seem too relentlessly pleasant , but which as a Glyndebourne musical appetizer would no doubt blend very agreeably with garden scents , summer evening breezes and pre-performance small-talk . |
| 20 | Their similarity to the preceding cases is that they seem to fall within an accepted canon of traditional wordings ( one , incidentally , which as Ulpian shows is also subject to extension by analogy ) . |
| 21 | Even though , unfortunately , his army and possibly some civilians might be affected by this , which as human life again which seems to be not of so much importance for him . |
| 22 | The narrator took up a position to one side of the loudspeaker , and the listeners were challenged to guess which was which as alternate lines were delivered . |
| 23 | And interrogatories may be administered to determine on which of certain prescribed grounds the directors have acted , but not as to their reasons for rejecting on these grounds , and not if the articles provide , as they often do , that they shall not be bound to state their reasons . |
| 24 | Thus intuition comes in twice , firstly to tell us general truths to the effect that certain natural characteristics bestow prima facie obligatoriness , and secondly to tell us which of various alternative acts is more stringently obligatory . |
| 25 | Gallup in September 1980 asked voters to indicate which of various descriptions best suited the two candidates and Reagan was placed well ahead of Carter on several leadership questions : ‘ Has strong leadership qualities ’ , 65 per cent — 31 per cent ; ‘ Decisive sure of himself , 69 per cent — 37 per cent ; ‘ Has a well defined progam for moving the country ahead ’ , 53 per cent — 27 per cent ; ‘ You know where he stands on the issues ’ , 54 per cent — 33 per cent . |
| 26 | A sixth relevant factor would be which of judicial review and the alternative procedure was likely to resolve the case more quickly . |
| 27 | We have seen an example of this general short-sightedness in the the cultural community 's reactions to the tragedy of Los Angeles , which like other conflicts today has been attributed to purely local factors . |
| 28 | An injunction was granted in that case to enforce that duty ordering the owner to maintain a hoarding around a vacant piece of his land or find some other way to prevent trespassers from using and depositing filth and refuse there , which amongst other things , gave rise to foul odours . |
| 29 | In Weymouth , one of the casualties was the Toc H building , which amongst other things was home to the local deaf club . |
| 30 | The Talmud , Jewry 's equivalent of the Holy Bible is exposed as a depraved work , which amongst other perversions , advocates sexual relations with very young children . |