Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you know why part of the flame goes green ? ’ asks Tony , who has been hovering nearby . |
| 2 | In 2 we have looked at how the formal system operates between as well as within sentences ; in 3 we have seen how knowledge of the world ( about cats and gates , for example ) or of the culture ( about social roles and relationships ) enables people to make their language function as they intend and to understand how others do the same to them . |
| 3 | The importance of good foundations is clearly seen when dealing with the growth process which must inevitably take place if marriages are to survive , let alone flourish . |
| 4 | Because of shock caused among audiences by this last line , Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage , so that it is clear that shock is only a part of a deeper message which shows how contact with the primitive can renew values of faith , self-sacrifice , and idealism which seem to have become totally atrophied in the world of London cocktail party and Hollywood film . |
| 5 | The dictionary shows how efficiency in the formulation of meaning can be achieved by synthesis , the grammar shows how it can be achieved by analysis . |
| 6 | The language of the patent , ambiguous as it always is , emphasised how elimination of the spine could remove the risk of distortion and subsequent uneven distribution of pressure . |
| 7 | Please remember when filling in the questionnaire that only about half to two thirds of the newsletters printed go to members ; the others all are given away at clinics , shows , etc. possibly to people who have no idea what NCT is . |
| 8 | The basing of art on such a ritual is pointless , as Eliot indicated when writing of the medium about which some of his most important remarks of this period were passed . |
| 9 | Rather , the idea is to equip them to assess what they are doing when back in the field , and to monitor any innovations they make in their teaching . |
| 10 | The principal method of investigation is a postal inquiry followed by personal visits to selected record offices ; an attempt is also being made to assess how representative of the country as a whole the areas that have been selected are . |
| 11 | For instance , if the clause imposing the obligation only to exercise reasonable endeavours were hidden away in a set of standard terms on the back of a quotation offering in unequivocal terms to paint the house , and the job was otherwise obviously a straightforward one , it is hard to see how reliance on the clause would be reasonable . |
| 12 | It also explains why experience in the classroom is so difficult to communicate . |
| 13 | Can the Prime Minister explain why participation in the exchange rate mechanism is a beneficial discipline for British industry , whereas participation in the social chapter is a damaging discipline ? |
| 14 | What remains a problem is to explain why exposure to the context alone given after exposure to the stimulus can be quite without influence on the magnitude of latent inhibition ( Hall and Minor 1984 ) and why pre-exposure to the context should actually enhance the magnitude of the effect ( Hall and Channell 1985c ) . |
| 15 | Figure 2 A neuron simply transmits information from one place to another in the brain , but its trigger feature determines what pattern it responds to , and its projective zone determines where news of the occurrence of this pattern is sent . |
| 16 | Can he say how evaluation of the tender is progressing ? |
| 17 | USL declined to reveal how ownership of the subsidiary is apportioned . |