Example sentences of "[Wh det] go on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of this will almost certainly be in contravention of the 1988 Copyright Act , but a lot will be legitimate copying similar to that which goes on in all universities and public libraries . |
| 2 | Fig. 1.2 shows the essentials of the system design process but since feed-back paths are omitted this figure does not indicate either the repetition and iteration which goes on in operational design or the different possible priorities and variability in the order of decision-making . |
| 3 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 4 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 5 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 6 | Sussex 's most remarkable Saxon church , Sompting , illustrates well the process of extension and adaptation which went on over several centuries , and particularly as South Saxon society reached its peak before Norman infiltration . |
| 7 | The claim is that because of this feature of the fossil record the major features of evolution , the sort of trends that you see over hundreds of millions of years , are not merely a kind of adding together of the changes which go on by natural selection within populations and which we can study today , but that some quite different kind of process must be responsible for the major features of evolution , other than natural selection of variants within populations . |
| 8 | ‘ You do not know what goes on at this school , ’ said Rafiq . |
| 9 | This evaluation highlighted one of the points made in Chapter 2 : what goes on between components is as important as what goes on within any component . |
| 10 | The media through which the sharers of a culture refine their insight into what goes on in each other 's heads are the arts in general , through which the most aware evoke in their audience the look and feel of things from their own viewpoints ( in the case of the drama and novel , of multiple interacting viewpoints ) , in fixed forms available to be explored at our leisure . |
| 11 | This field , again , is important , since without it , as we shall see , great harm to living creatures could occur as a result of what goes on in outer space . |
| 12 | There is no reason to suppose that what goes on in one domain is necessarily relevant to what goes on in another . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what goes on in that head of yours . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's knowing what goes on in that place that 's the thing , General . |
| 16 | Mexico apart ( and for domestic reasons no American government can ignore Mexico ) , the administration is not much bothered with what goes on in Latin America . |
| 17 | Nobody knows what goes on in these places . |
| 18 | And er , they are actually a good description of what goes on in those departments and those that relate to these procedures . |
| 19 | We 're supposed to know what goes on in this country , and the PM 's health is a national asset , so … |
| 20 | This centre looks like a huge barracks in the hills and no one knows what goes on in this place . |
| 21 | I know he talks to you about what goes on in this office , but I get a feedback about you . ’ |
| 22 | Also , the local MP has taken it upon himself to look personally into what goes on in this prison . ’ |
| 23 | Yet whatever went on in that race , Kelly was certain that Short was a part of it . |
| 24 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 25 | But of course there had been no communication between her aunt and Silas for three years , therefore she was unlikely to be aware of what went on at this back-blocks property . |
| 26 | His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors . |
| 27 | When I think of what went on in eastern Europe , and in fascist Europe before the war , when I was younger , I am glad that we have a free press . |
| 28 | We know very little of what went on in these places , from either archaeological or historical evidence , but R. H. Britnell has suggested that most markets were ‘ closely related to the growth of local trade between food producers , craftsmen and tradesmen ’ . |