Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The homogeneous unit concept provides a valuable alternative map by which to gauge the Church 's effectiveness in relation to the ‘ mosaic ’ of peoples which make up the population of the British Isles . |
| 2 | The gift was signed by 92-year-old Mr Harry Moon of Earlston House , Coniscliffe Road , Darlington , who played for the 1923 Minor Counties side which took on the might of the West Indies . |
| 3 | The newest styles hark back to the Seventies ; wedge-soled styles which lace up the leg . |
| 4 | As I panted in the thin air , a herdboy passed me on the broken steps which zigzagged up the mountainside , joining the smooth terraces with their retaining walls of stone . |
| 5 | They are marginally larger and instead of the pale yellow head-plumes are adorned with bright golden-yellow plumes which meet over the forehead . |
| 6 | the units which make up the system of the modern world economy are not individual enterprises , but … complexes , state capitalist trusts … |
| 7 | Employees benefited from Homequity 's guaranteed home sale programme which speeded up the sale and purchase of properties in the old and new locations . |
| 8 | When gannets are on the ground , you ca n't miss the yellowy orange band of colour on the top of their heads which reaches down the back of their necks , and the unusual blue-grey hue of the beaks and feet . |
| 9 | This is a tape which prints out the information from the till and eliminates the old system of having to write out an individual docket for every transaction . |
| 10 | He pointed out that schools which took up the offer would not know in advance how much the discount would save them . |
| 11 | Too often they are dominated by smooth committee men in light grey suits with lukewarm words which swill around the mouth like watered-down lemonade . |
| 12 | A distinction between the state , as the institution which carries on the function of government , and the government as the politicians currently in office , makes it possible to oppose policies without denying legitimacy , or even to challenge the legitimacy of particular ministerial procedures , without confronting the constitution as a whole . |
| 13 | The predisposing factors identified ( Eastman , 1984 , Hickey , 1981 ) include severe physical and mental infirmity which wears down the carer , poor communication , lack of respite care , lack of praise from the dependent person . |
| 14 | Example 18 is one of the fifteen or so melodic fragments which make up the piece : |
| 15 | This would affirm at least one value of the book review as that legal force which covers up the work . ’ |
| 16 | Holism , however , involves treating the whole person so that , hopefully , the underlying condition which brings about the symptom can be dealt with . |
| 17 | Just as the members of the harmonic series come at closer and closer intervals as the series ascends , so will the notes of a well-sounding chord be arranged with the notes which make up the top half closer together than those of the bottom half , and a clear octave should be left at the extreme bottom of the chord . |
| 18 | The system takes pictures from the Meteosat satellite in geostationary orbit 22,000 miles above the equator and NOAA satellites which orbit around the earth via the poles . |
| 19 | It was the same story which brought about the downfall of another huge yard — Tyne — in October 1989 . |
| 20 | ‘ It was really the loss of that one large contract which finished off the company , until then the factory had been fully committed ’ said Mr Madden . |
| 21 | When in the fullness of immense periods of time , emerging man found that he needed a ‘ god ’ , and a logical conception of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ , he had no alternative but to accept that the countless millions of operations which make up the law of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , had necessarily to be designated either ‘ good ’ , if they furthered the cause , or completely disregarded if they did not . |
| 22 | New Historicism is , therefore , fundamentally concerned to be aware of its critical project and considers that any inquiry into the past must be based upon a current critical partiality which marks out the inquisitor 's history . |
| 23 | It was the quarrymen 's subscribed pennies which set up the University College of North Wales in Bangor at the turn of the century . |
| 24 | This is supported by General Condition 2 of the Engineering and Computer Policies which sets out the action to be taken by the Policyholder on the happening of any event which may give rise to a claim . |
| 25 | The two hydrogen atoms and the one oxygen atom which make up the water molecule form strong covalent bonds ( Figure 7 , p.102 ) . |
| 26 | The systematic pattern of adjustments in market plans which makes up the market process arises , as we have seen , from the market participants ' discovery that their anticipations were overly optimistic or unduly pessimistic . |
| 27 | The principal Acts of Parliament which set down the audit requirements of central government are the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the National Audit Act 1983 . |
| 28 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 29 | Prepare agendas for the meetings which set out the ground rules , issues to be covered and those which may not be discussed ( i.e. whether to talk price ) . |
| 30 | Citalia offers guests three apartments — each named after the fragrant herbs which grow around the house . |