Example sentences of "[Wh det] was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took Coleman several times through Sami Jafaar 's part in the Fawaz Younis affair and the circumstances of Jafaar 's subsequent posting to Switzerland for Operation polar Cap , which was just getting under way as the debriefing took place . |
| 2 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 3 | ‘ He was extremely drunk and in a stupor when he attempted the crime — which was never going to work . |
| 4 | A fresh look at the whole process was needed , and it was felt that this could be achieved by taking a systems view , unbiased by what was then happening in practice , ie before the Act took effect . |
| 5 | The next step was to relate this model to what was then happening in practice , ie before the Act took effect . |
| 6 | The conceptual line between the systems world and the real world was crossed at a later stage when the information model was used to explore what was actually happening in practice . |
| 7 | The next step was to compare the conceptual model with what was actually happening in practice , a process similar to that described in Chapter 9 , where the existing situation is considered in light of a proposed new system . |