Example sentences of "[Wh det] it is [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What are the contexts in which it is most appropriate to adopt a questioning stance ? |
| 2 | The properties of the polymer , and hence the end-uses for which it is most suitable vary , of course , with the type . |
| 3 | According to Neal , two of the patterns which it is most difficult to plan accurately are eight-lozenge star arrangements and arrangements of " juggled " , interlaced squares . |
| 4 | It is a concept which it is clearly difficult to define , and which , indeed , is not defined in the Act . |
| 5 | This second purpose is dealt with not only in the brief account of evolution outlined above but by a philosophical discussion of the production of ideas in history which it is equally essential to understand for apprehending the Marxist attitude to history and anthropology . |
| 6 | In Le Planétarium ( 1959 ) , however , although it is possible to attribute some of the sequences to the consciousnesses of the ‘ characters ’ involved , we are presented with conflicting narratives and interpretations of events emanating from insufficiently individuated figures , Her subsequent novels confirm this development towards a narrative discourse in which it is increasingly difficult to situate a perceiving consciousness . |
| 7 | Indeed there is a sense in which it is positively desirable to act out of self-interest in offering support to a relative , since if the donor also benefits , there is less chance that one party will become over-dependent upon the other . |
| 8 | Alternatively , it could be simply a collection of modules which it is temporarily convenient to modify at the same time . |
| 9 | But none the less the community is expressing support for the FDR-FMLN in ways which it is really surprising to see . |
| 10 | However , without being too pedantic about it , there are clear differences which it is as well to realize and bear in mind . |
| 11 | When we discuss computer design variations in the ensuing chapters , we will tend to make two assumptions which it is as well to clarify ; first , that each computer is designed independently for a particular application area and to purely technical criteria ; and second , that a computer design is implemented as a fixed set of facilities for all customers . |
| 12 | You are under an obligation not to use any little piece of knowledge which it is too much to expect your readers to know . |
| 13 | On the other hand there are a few techniques , frequently used in constructing proofs , to which it is perhaps useful to draw attention as they have been known to give students the occasional difficulty . |
| 14 | At the same time , in Scotland we are faced with an almost daily barrage of press and television images from English towns and cities — ‘ joy riding ’ , urban rioting , football violence , racist attacks , and so on — against which it is perhaps difficult to keep hold of the reality of our own towns and cities . |
| 15 | The relation of this authority to the other officials of the state , indeed to the sultan himself , must , however , wait upon a discussion of the further historical development of the Muftilik , a subject to which it is now necessary to turn . |
| 16 | At the extreme this engenders a sense of relative deprivation which it is now fashionable to take as the measure of poverty . |
| 17 | Most often one is dealing with a situation for which mathematical difficulties preclude a full theory , but in which it is still useful to refer to the equations of motion in deciding what measurements to make and how to interpret the results . |
| 18 | After Canhas there is a road to the right — which it is very easy to miss — which leads up to Paúl da Serra and one of the alternative routes through to Porto do Moniz . |
| 19 | U is under the tree , in the shade , under which it is very nice to sit . |
| 20 | In truth the work exhibits great variety , not only in the gestures and postures of the different figures , but in the composition of each subject , besides which it is very interesting to see the various costumes of those times and certain imitations and observations of Nature . |
| 21 | There are some phenomena of which it is very difficult to give children direct experience in the classroom . |
| 22 | Exchange of contracts is the vital moment of agreement , after which it is very difficult to withdraw without stiff financial penalties . |
| 23 | For present purposes the oldest classification into fringing reefs , barrier reefs and atolls ( Fig. 8.33 ) may be retained as long as it is realised that , although these are commonly occurring forms , there are many others ( Guilcher , 1958 ) which it is very difficult to fit into these simple classes . |
| 24 | We might as well be councillor and actually sort of erm stated the problem to which it is very difficult to find a solution and that problem is how do you keep council rents below nine and a half percent , that is a problem to which councillor does not have a solution . |
| 25 | The species also exhibited a character trait which was familiar to Gustave : ‘ I am , in both my physical and my mental activity , like the dromedary , which it is very hard to get going and very hard , once it is going , to stop ; continuity is what I need , whether of rest or of motion . ’ |
| 26 | On the other hand opposition , in a Parliament organized strictly on party lines , implies a situation in which it is very hard to secure majority support for your own ideas . |
| 27 | Let us apply this account to the syntactic structures of a natural language undergoing the process of evolution which it is only reasonable to suppose has taken place . |
| 28 | And it does have its attendant problems which it is only sensible to recognise . |
| 29 | It can make excellent reading but its ordered narrative can create the impression of a unified cultural field which it is sometimes difficult to see beyond . |
| 30 | In filmmaking terms , South Africa is one of those subjects on which it is fairly easy to occupy the moral high ground without subjecting you audience to a sanctimonious brow beating . |