Example sentences of "[Wh det] [is] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opulent lounge , with monumental wooden fireplace , the bar , with tasteful vaulted ceiling , and the luminous dining-room are housed in the old mansion which is connected to a larger , modern building which houses the bedrooms . |
| 2 | Consider for example the case of the avoidance of brother-sister incest , which is based to a substantial degree on an inhibition developed during close domestic association in the first six years of life . |
| 3 | This produces an interference pattern which is converted to a periodic change in voltage by means of a light-emitting diode and a photodetector . |
| 4 | Alternatively , it may be a symbolic address , which is converted to an actual address via some form of key transformation scheme . |
| 5 | Similarly , unless it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances , a firm must not , in any written communication or agreement , seek to exclude or restrict : ( 1 ) Any other duty to act with skill , care and diligence which is owed to a private customer in connection with the provision to him of investment services in the course of regulated business ; or ( 2 ) Any liability owed to a private customer in connection with regulated business for failure to exercise the degree of skill , care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of it in the provision of investment services in the course of that business . |
| 6 | It is this era which is drawing to a close and , with it , the peculiar mixture of promise and peril which long characterised Soviet life . |
| 7 | Varnishing is the final application of a varnish which is applied to a finished painting in order to protect it from pollution . |
| 8 | If the establishment has substantial special function business , e.g. banquets , weddings , dances , dinners , conferences , etc. , it is usual to open a separate special functions day book which is posted to a composite special functions debtors account in the ledger . |
| 9 | Many hotels now have a credit card microphone machine , which is linked to a central computer serving the five major credit card companies , i.e. Visa , American Express , Diners Club , Carte Blanche , Mastercard ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ The fear of failure to gain a personal award , or a self-promotion which is linked to an outdoor pursuit , can be fraught with danger and detract from the ethics of basic mountaineering . |
| 11 | The contents are then sucked into a large tank on a trailer , which is taken to a local refuse treatment works , where it is emptied and thoroughly cleaned . |
| 12 | Certainly both books are attributed to Walter Hilton Canonicus de Thurgarton , though the mood he expresses in Scale 1 , which is addressed to a female recluse , seems similar to that he expressed while he was still a solitary and suffering the kind of feelings of purposelessness he expresses in the De Imagine Peccati . |
| 13 | This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form maps and atlases . |
| 14 | This is an old place , indeed a Roman place , as is known from an inscription which has been built into a chapel on top of the highest of the surrounding hills , and which is dedicated to a local Romano-Iberic divinity of the name of Herauscorritsehe , which can not have tripped too easily from the pious tongue . |
| 15 | You see , I think a mag such as this which is dedicated to a particular subject should carry some article which would help readers learn more about the technical aspects of guitars as well . |
| 16 | But in the middle are a group of ‘ innovators ’ who effectively abolish the underlying unit trust charges and instead impose a smaller initial charge which is coupled to a sliding scale of exit charges on the PEP , which disappear altogether after three years . |
| 17 | The immediate aim , especially for the average and more able pupils , should probably be to take what is done to a greater length than to introduce content that is new . |