Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb base] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In some cases , he says , this approaches Orwellian newspeak , for example IBM 's ‘ Open Communications Architectures , which effectively withdraw from publication of newer versions of proprietary network-layer protocols that have previously been published . ’
2 Any mail messages which already exist in LIFESPAN for the specified user are formatted into a * .
3 Many movements ( especially first movements ) begin with very promising melodies ( e.g. the ‘ Pastoral ’ , the ‘ Eroica ’ , etc. ) which soon disappear like smoke in the wind , to be taken up again and worked over later on but which none the less fail to become complete .
4 When a certificate of insurance has expired or when a new insurance contract is being negotiated , insurance companies issue ‘ cover notes ’ which usually vary in length of validity from 15 days to 60 days .
5 Infection by lymphocystis first appears as ‘ Cauliflower ’ -like growths which gradually increase in size over a period of several weeks or months .
6 It depends on the individual 's attitudes , needs and priorities which clearly vary from person to person and from time to time .
7 Others , especially bivalves , tend to be filter feeders with heavy appetites , which often die of starvation in the reef tank .
8 Wetlands under threat have included a variety of landscapes : swamps of tall reed or reed sweet-grass ; marshes of rush and sedge , which sometimes develop into scrub of willow and bog myrtle ; fens , whose lush vegetation is nourished by alkaline groundwater , and which range from open pools , often the remains of peat cutting , to grazed beds of meadowsweet and iris , grading in turn to the wet woodlands known as alder ‘ carr ’ ; mires , such as the mosses of the North-West , whose deep peatlands support sphagnum moss and heather , scattered with glades of birch , the favourite haunt of nightjars .
9 This pressure may result in the maintenance of a set of norms — including linguistic norms — which then flourish in opposition to publicly legitimized norms .
10 Adapting LE to JC in this case means distinguishing those lexical items which historically end in /r/ from those which do not .
11 Although the evidence from laboratory studies is sometimes equivocal , the general principles which actually apply to performance of complex tasks in real life appear to be relatively clear .
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