Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If judicial divisions and controversial judgments are in any case inevitable , the pragmatist asks , why should the controversy not be about what really matters , about which decision will produce the least inefficient practice or the fewest occasions of injustice in the future ? |
| 2 | And unlike temporary social groups , the work group has long periods during which members can check the authenticity of the power bases . |
| 3 | TECs are regarded both as regulators of the local training market in the transition between education , training and employment and as the channel through which employers can influence the vocational education and training system . |
| 4 | Only the windows had been modernized , with the old , many-paned windows replaced with blank sheets of glass through which Anna could see the inhabitants , burrowed deep in the comfortable fusty layers of their living-rooms , mindlessly absorbed in the relentless quacking of the television set . |
| 5 | For which Marcus must take the blame — or praise — depending on one 's point of view , she accorded without bitterness . |
| 6 | The Romanian national airline has ordered seven Boeing 737-300 aircraft for which Smiths will supply the cockpit equipment . |
| 7 | The turnover ceiling below which firms may join the Cash Accounting Scheme also rises by £50,000 to £350,000 . |
| 8 | The generic mixings and mutations , however , towards which television may have an aesthetic and an economic inclination do seem to provide the grounds for specific forms of parody . |
| 9 | There is now a possibility of a more or less homogeneous Europe , in the south-eastern part of which Greece can find a distinctive role for itself , and can therefore more confidently feel part of the wider Europe . |
| 10 | The accelerators wo n't go on to Sun 's price lists and there is no money changing hands in the relationship apart from some joint marketing and advertising of which Sun will bear the brunt . |
| 11 | The course would run for seven years , at the end of which graduates would enter the second year of residency programmes . |
| 12 | But , of course , slabs of whatever shape must overlap the liner by a couple of inches , so our crazy paving did n't fit as it should … in the end , it was a case of another jigsaw , but these pieces could n't be cut . |
| 13 | The authors now propose a checklist against which readers might evaluate the introduction of a management information system in their own institutions . |
| 14 | There appears to be disagreements within Whitehall about whose budget should finance the estimated £200 million for a scheme now under discussion . |
| 15 | In certain European countries , however , notably England and Holland , the freedom with which scholars could defend the Copernican system stands in striking contrast with the repression faced by Galileo . |
| 16 | The efficacy with which Bush could authorize the use of force against Iraq without the support of Congress was an area of uncertainty — arising from the disputed constitutionality of the 1973 War Powers Act — which stalked the Bush administration in the run-up to the Jan. 15 deadline . |
| 17 | The layout of each record , whether single field as in Prestel or multiple field as in KWIRS or SIR , whether factual or bibliographic , will influence the ease with which pupils can use the information . |
| 18 | Gavin Hastings ' conversion , allied to his four earlier penalties , pitched Watsonians into a 6-19 advantage into which Selkirk could make no dents by the interval , Jeremy Brett mis-timing two penalties as he sought to build on his initial brace . |
| 19 | The NRPB originally advised the government that an action level was required , above which householders should reduce the radon levels . |
| 20 | His was the ‘ Gaza-first ’ policy , under which Israel would give the Strip self-governing powers unilaterally , even before an agreement was negotiated with the Palestinians . |
| 21 | The Cray Communications Ltd arm of Cray Electronics Holdings Plc , and its Cray Communications Inc arm in Annapolis , Maryland have signed a $10m three-year OEM agreement with Coral Network Corp , Westborough , Massachusetts under which Cray will resell the Coral Backbone Xpress 1000 and 2000 fault-tolerant internetworking systems for collapsed , campus and corporate backbone applications through its worldwide distribution channels under Cray 's own brand name starting on June 1 ; privately-held Coral and Cray will also conduct joint development on the BX architecture to provide additional functionality , such as the addition of wide area network interfaces and support for speech ; the Backbone Xpress Series supports Ethernet , Token Ring , FDDI , T1 , E1 and V35 network interfaces ; and TCP/IP , Novell Inc IPX , AppleTalk II , DECnet IV , RIP , OSPF , EGP , BGP , Frame Relay and PPP protocols , and is also designed to support future high-bandwidth network interfaces , such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode . |
| 22 | Professor Hoskins perceived the compulsion under which labourers might enter the world of the money wage and the cash purchase when he assessed the impact of " agricultural improvement " on the village of Wigston in Leicestershire . |
| 23 | Earlier this month , an agreement was reached in principle between the Government and representatives of international oil companies and tanker operators on a voluntary scheme under which tankers would avoid a number of sensitive areas . |
| 24 | The new company , Advanced Computer Research International SA , or ACRI , of Lyon , has signed a co-operation agreement with DEC France under which DEC will take an undisclosed minority stake to seal the pact . |
| 25 | As well as the agreement under which Sharp will license the ARM chip used in the Newton , Motorola will make a handheld device running the Newton operating system , and Cirrus will develop Newton-compatible chip sets for use both by licensees of the Newton operating system and by Apple itself for use in members of the planned Newton family . |
| 26 | Bulgaria and Germany signed a debt rescheduling agreement in Sofia on May 8 , under which Germany would allow a postponement of repayment of trade credits guaranteed by it , the deadlines for which had expired in March 1992 . |
| 27 | The subcommittee approved a Legco voting system under which legislation would require the approval of three separate groups of members , distinguished by their mode of selection to the council . |
| 28 | The Civil Justice Review , on examining the arguments , recognised the need to assist people who do not qualify for legal aid funding , drew attention to the major advances that had been made in regulation policy so as probably to be able to control a contingency fee system and , on the basis of competition policy , considered whether it would be more desirable to devise more limited schemes under which lawyers would have a stake in the outcome of a case as an incentive . |
| 29 | In March 1991 an unprecedented agreement was signed under which China would provide the Soviet Union with a commodity loan worth some US$730 million . |
| 30 | They were intended to provide a rapid procedure under which objectors would have no right to state their case at a public inquiry , and the commission was not required to disclose the purpose for which the land was needed . |