Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he sent er memo after memo to the commanders in Korea advising them of what the guidelines were , what they were allowed to say , what they were n't allowed to say and so on . |
| 2 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 3 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel ; he had wanted a grandson and he had got a grandson ; this should be enough for everybody … |
| 4 | But in one instance , he makes the text longer : this is where he replaces " this was nothing to the delighted grandfather " by " the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel " . |
| 5 | you could median split them at whatever the medium was and then you 've got two groups to compare erm because it usually looks quite nice if you 've got something comparative as well as looking at the average sort of , you know , pattern of responses on the questionnaire . |
| 6 | Consequently , for many carers , subsidising the living expenses of an elderly or disabled person in order to provide them with what the carer considers to be an acceptable standard of living is an integral part of care-giving . |