Example sentences of "[Wh det] in [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Only one 18-hole course existed in Oxfordshire — at Southfield , Oxford — opened in 1875 and the oldest in the Berks , Bucks & Oxon area , which in total had 10 courses in 1907 .
2 Client pressure ( eg. complaints from members of the public ) creates a felt need for defensibility of individual actions , which in turn encourages further rigidity of behaviour .
3 But the unity of each bloc was largely based on enmity with the other and when talks did occur they tended to accentuate differences within the two blocs , which in turn made further dialogue difficult .
4 Similarly , the special relationship between Thatcher and Reagan was a meeting of ideologies , which in turn expressed congruent interests within a larger system of forces .
5 A potential mechanism by which hepatocytes may regulate metalloproteinase activity is by cleavage of tPA ( see above ) to activate plasmin which in turn activates latent pro-metalloproteinases secreted by lipocytes and Kupffer cells .
6 The nature of the uprising changed during 1989 with more killings by Palestinians of suspected collaborators and an increase in attacks on Jewish civilians , which in turn provoked further arrests of suspected activists and their detention without trial under new detention procedures .
7 As towns grew larger , they began to pollute the adjacent marshes and valley bottoms , which in turn developed ominous reputations for disease .
8 Out-migration is also socially selective in terms of education and employment aspirations , which in turn reflect social class .
9 Every time two geladas are introduced to one another they go through a series of steps in which , characteristically , a fight precedes presenting , which precedes a mounting , which in turn precedes mutual grooming .
10 Under the 1978 electoral law the people of each of the 40 traditional tribal communities ( Tinkhundla ) elect two members of an electoral college which in turn elects 40 members of the Assembly and 10 senators , with the King appointing the remainder .
11 Each provokes fears of a social decline which in turn evokes imperial decline : ‘ that once great borough ’ where men were men , women were ‘ manholes ’ , and queers were given short shrift .
12 While they acknowledge that Alexander 's Macedonia was indeed an Hellenic culture which in turn extended Hellenic influence to much of Europe and Asia , they maintain that after the seventh century AD , what came to be known as Macedonia had an important Slavic component .
13 Above all , attention has concentrated on the ways in which in the course of time they managed to transform their basis of subsistence , increase and concentrate populations and by making possible a finer subdivision of labour promote advances in technology which in turn generated further cycles of progressive change .
14 This distinction appears potentially important and one which in turn generates other questions .
15 With the improvement in product quality , this results in increased demand for our goods and services , which in turn generates higher output and employment .
16 For the US , on the other hand , strategic weapons were those that were launched from the USSR ( or from nuclear submarines ) and which in turn gave greater opportunities for defensive action .
17 The consumers ' hints and suggestions , communicated over considerable distance and thereby often greatly distorted when realized by the manufacturers , resulted in changes in the cloth , which in turn prompted further comments .
18 The relevance of this debate for present purposes is that much of it focuses on two competing ways of characterising rights which in turn have competing implications for a political movement such as the peace movement wishing to formulate its claims in the language of rights .
19 One other major distinguishing characteristic of publishing lies in the monopoly feature that copyright imparts , which in turn invites high levels of corporate activity .
20 She is often able to trace such complaints as severe , almost suicidal , depression , headaches and defective , blurred vision , to misalignment of the upper cervical vertebrae , which in turn places constant pressure on major nerve centres .
21 Thus , mammals have cilia in their lungs which remove dust , and mussels have cilia on their gills which shift a stream of mucilage which in turn traps nutritious detritus .
22 There are two possibilities : one involves active rifting in which rifting develops as a response to the tensional stresses induced in the crust by uplift resulting from upwelling of the asthenosphere ( Fig. 4.5(C) ) ; the other involves passive rifting in which rifting is initiated by extensional stresses in the lithosphere , and this permits the subsequent upwelling of hot mantle which in turn induces thermal uplift ( Fig. 4.12 ) .
23 Dense exhaust fumes in the atmosphere have the same effect , be it more gradual , succeeding in limiting oxygen supplies to the body , which in turn puts greater strain on the heart .
24 The key to renewed growth is lower inflation , which in turn makes lower interest rates possible .
25 It can mean firms owned and disciplined by specialist boutiques such as Hanson and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , which in turn attract institutional money .
26 Again , agoutis in south-east Peru store fruits of Astrocaryum , a palm , in hoards , which may lead to clumped distribution as well as to the ‘ clumped ’ behaviour of white-lipped peccaries , which in turn disinter this food .
27 The argument could far more plausibly be turned on its head : the ‘ latent function ’ of the operation of unofficial suspect categories may be to make the administration of ( in ) justice more efficient and ‘ rational ’ , which in turn institutionalizes these practices and gives them the status of ‘ due legal process ’ .
28 In essence , investors buy shares in companies , which in turn invest this cash and accumulate the interest generated .
29 And buyers also have an easy method of disposing of their cars and obtaining new ones every couple of years , which in turn means low maintenance costs .
30 Nettle — said to cleanse the blood which in turn means healthier hair and skin ; when brewed , makes a good anti-dandruff rinse .
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