Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Material extracted from their brains was then injected into mice , which were then given a similar light/dark choice , though without being shocked . |
| 2 | Traditionally , the people 's singing has been delegated to a choir which is generally paid a nominal fee . |
| 3 | Both Conservative and Labour MPs are divided on the issue , which is always allowed a free vote . |
| 4 | An important paper was read for her in 1900 to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by her cousin , Gerard Baldwin Brown [ q.v. ] , and thereafter controversial articles in learned journals culminated in 1912 in the publication by John Murray of The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles , which is still considered a seminal work on the subject . |
| 5 | No I 've got , I 've got a dress at home which is like flared a black one . |
| 6 | Dr Mathewson , speaking at the team 's second Corporate Banking conference , also provided an overview of the general policies of the Bank , a subject which was then given a Divisional slant by Managing Director Ian Robertson . |
| 7 | In spite of this , the words ‘ buyer beware ’ still carry a very real warning in one type of purchase and that is what is colloquially called a private sale . |
| 8 | For example , in Cureton 's analysis of iambic pentameter in Chapter 5 , all lines metrically begin weak-strong-weak , even those having what is traditionally called a reversed first foot . |
| 9 | In some birds each sheet is twisted through a small constant angle with respect to its predecessor , giving rise to what is sometimes called a twisted ply or structure ( Figure 4 ) ; such a structure is handed . |
| 10 | I regard the father 's promise in this case as what is sometimes called a unilateral contract , a promise in return for an act , a promise by the father to pay £1 per week in return for the mother 's looking after the child . |
| 11 | Given what has been said , further , a mental event is not necessarily what is sometimes called a whole mental state , which is to say all of a person 's consciousness at or for a time , but typically is a part of a whole mental state , a part which itself has parts . |