Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mer-doll and T-shirt opportunities appear to be limitless ; making balance-sheet splashes are Disney 's The Little Mermaid and the upcoming Cher movie Mermaids — a tail story in which she plays a single mother of two who leads a less-than-respectable love life . |
2 | I remind the Secretary of State of the haemorrhaging that has taken place , resulting in a severe loss of jobs in Wales for which he bears a heavy responsibility . |
3 | There are two parts of his life to which he devotes a great deal of space , and to which he returns again and again . |
4 | He and Lewis are also set to work together again this year in California , in which he plays a serial killer . |
5 | Ready for release is the Year Of The Comet , in which he plays a seductive villain , and he is currently working on The Son Of Pink Panther , at Pinewood , directed by Blake Edwards . |
6 | Producer-director Arne Glimcher had tapped him for the role after catching his performance in Pedro Almodóvar 's Matador , in which he plays a melancholic bullfighter wannabe who faints at the sight of blood and gets dizzy watching clouds . |
7 | AL PACINO is currently shooting Scented Woman , in which he plays a blind army veteran , Frank Slade , who goes to New York with the reluctant teenage boy assigned to care for him . |
8 | Current release Howard 's End , in which he plays an evil father , also has been nominated for an Oscar . |
9 | Bayes 's tentative solution to the problem involves assuming that the lack of knowledge of the probability about which an inference is to be made may be represented by a uniform probability distribution , for which he gives an ingenious argument . |
10 | This principle may be infringed when a member of a board takes part in the granting or the rejection of an application for a licence in which he has a personal interest . |
11 | Our client is the sole director of a private company in which he has a substantial interest . |
12 | His other relaxations are snooker , at which he has a highest break of 55 , and occasionally he also goes pheasant shooting . |
13 | Managing director and major shareholder Peter Kemmis Betty has been appointed president — a non-executive position but one which will enable him to concentrate on editorial areas , chess and archaeology , in which he has a particular interest . |
14 | American fast food family contrasting with a British gastronomic club in a strange black comedy , a genre for which he has a growing reputation . |
15 | Andrew might also consider it a useful opportunity to further his England captaincy claims , for which he has a growing number of supporters — although he expresses no such wish , since his old school-mate , Will Carling , currently holds the job . |
16 | Roles works most of the time with one of his two Hasselblads , which he finds a good compromise between quality and portability ; these and a range of lenses comprise his field equipment . |
17 | Mr Smith has pinpointed the area from which he wants a better return . |
18 | If he opts for a basic valuation , for which he pays a lower fee than for either of the other two , he will normally receive a copy . |
19 | A. ingolfiana can be distinguished from other amphiurid genera and certain ophiurinids , to which it bears a superficial resemblance because of the superficial second oral tentacle pore , by the scaling of the disk , the arrangement of the oral plates , the lack of tentacle scales and the erect arm spines . |
20 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
21 | The size of the compulsory core of a discipline might tell us something about the strength of its identity , and the extent to which it constitutes an organic whole or , to use a common expression , ‘ seamless web ’ . |
22 | This is another of those methodological issues which can quickly rise to the point at which it becomes a major issue of principle , and usually a matter of philosophical principle at that . |
23 | Thus , AEA is now beginning to contemplate a future in which it becomes an independent business , and its management is excited by the prospect . |
24 | the fish uses this to detect changes in water pressure , from which it gets a greater appreciation of sound and its position in the water . |
25 | But no criteria are sufficient actually to explain this distinction , and in order to elucidate its meaning it is necessary to consider it in connection with certain modes of experiencing with which it forms a structural unity . |
26 | It represents a relatively small ( but important ) area of zeolite science for which it provides a useful survey and compilation of data . |
27 | The blue-flowered garden species of this genus ( N. x faassenii ) , also called catmint , is highly decorative , with its grey leaves and long-lasting flower spikes , but N. cataria is the true herb , of little known but considerable medical use , for which it has a long history , back to Gerard 's day and earlier , though it is not so used nowadays . |
28 | Despite recognizing the need for theory to explain market-type control mechanisms within real-world firms , this chapter accepts that some use of direct , non-delegated authority is the necessary , defining feature of a firm , and turns to Williamson 's work for an explanation of the circumstances in which it has a comparative advantage over other control mechanisms . |
29 | Like Brahms 's Haydn Variations ( to which it owes a great deal ) , the work was originally published in two versions , one for full orchestra , the other for two pianos with a different final variation . |
30 | I tell you what he does a bloody lot for |