Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , it is to introduce as a solution a concept which itself poses a theoretical problem , for as it is adopted and understood it is an uncriticized concept , a concept which , like all ‘ obvious ’ concepts , threatens to have for theoretical content no more than the function that the existing or dominant ideology defines for it . |
| 2 | But while he indicates that there are such criteria for distinguishing between dominant and subordinate instances , Althusser pays far more attention to the relation between the dominant instance and economic practice , which itself constitutes a second sort of criterion for identifying the dominant instance . |
| 3 | However , because salaries are low in many social services as compared to work in industry , many men are put off , and the employment of married women creates problems that society is not yet willing to face — the need for day nursery accommodation , for example ( which itself creates a further demand for staff ) , and for a more relaxed public attitude towards the working mother . |
| 4 | An example of the use of Codes of Practice is the report of the working party on the transplantation of organs , produced under the aegis of the Department of Health , which itself incorporates an earlier Code of Practice on the diagnosis of death , contained in the Report of the Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | Sir : Contentious points are raised in your leading article , ‘ High time for monetary union ’ ( 11 October ) , not least the title , which itself implies an ideological support for ‘ European union ’ in favour of an analytical study of the forces at work in Europe . |
| 6 | Mer-doll and T-shirt opportunities appear to be limitless ; making balance-sheet splashes are Disney 's The Little Mermaid and the upcoming Cher movie Mermaids — a tail story in which she plays a single mother of two who leads a less-than-respectable love life . |
| 7 | Once this had been achieved , and we had given each other that little nod of recognition with which one acknowledges an intellectual equal , I moved on to the question that really interested me , which was how Alison came to know Thomas Carter in the first place . |
| 8 | the application or province of a favoured doctrine , theory , or calculus , perhaps something in which one has a proprietary interest . |
| 9 | The most recent , and it 's quite exciting , is to use magnetic resonance imaging to look at erm nuclei in the body and to see what they 're doing and where they are , and that 's going to be very exciting but it involves having a very very large magnet in which one puts a whole patient all at once . |
| 10 | Equally , however , if the only learning experience one encountered was in closely programmed format there would be no scope for those intuitive leaps and imaginative forays most of us remember , or for those times in which one pursues a sudden enthusiasm almost to saturation . |
| 11 | For instance , the sound ‘ tree ’ that I hear is the signifier , to which there corresponds a signified tree in the sense of the concept that the sound evokes in my mind . |
| 12 | The theoretical use is as follows : if there exists a syndrome such that every patient who exhibits symptom x also exhibits symptoms y and z , it would seem reasonable to try to explain this by developing a theory in which there exists a single processing system whose properties are such that , if the system were malfunctioning , all three symptoms x , y and z would automatically occur . |
| 13 | I remind the Secretary of State of the haemorrhaging that has taken place , resulting in a severe loss of jobs in Wales for which he bears a heavy responsibility . |
| 14 | There are two parts of his life to which he devotes a great deal of space , and to which he returns again and again . |
| 15 | He and Lewis are also set to work together again this year in California , in which he plays a serial killer . |
| 16 | Ready for release is the Year Of The Comet , in which he plays a seductive villain , and he is currently working on The Son Of Pink Panther , at Pinewood , directed by Blake Edwards . |
| 17 | Producer-director Arne Glimcher had tapped him for the role after catching his performance in Pedro Almodóvar 's Matador , in which he plays a melancholic bullfighter wannabe who faints at the sight of blood and gets dizzy watching clouds . |
| 18 | AL PACINO is currently shooting Scented Woman , in which he plays a blind army veteran , Frank Slade , who goes to New York with the reluctant teenage boy assigned to care for him . |
| 19 | Current release Howard 's End , in which he plays an evil father , also has been nominated for an Oscar . |
| 20 | Bayes 's tentative solution to the problem involves assuming that the lack of knowledge of the probability about which an inference is to be made may be represented by a uniform probability distribution , for which he gives an ingenious argument . |
| 21 | This principle may be infringed when a member of a board takes part in the granting or the rejection of an application for a licence in which he has a personal interest . |
| 22 | Our client is the sole director of a private company in which he has a substantial interest . |
| 23 | His other relaxations are snooker , at which he has a highest break of 55 , and occasionally he also goes pheasant shooting . |
| 24 | Managing director and major shareholder Peter Kemmis Betty has been appointed president — a non-executive position but one which will enable him to concentrate on editorial areas , chess and archaeology , in which he has a particular interest . |
| 25 | American fast food family contrasting with a British gastronomic club in a strange black comedy , a genre for which he has a growing reputation . |
| 26 | Andrew might also consider it a useful opportunity to further his England captaincy claims , for which he has a growing number of supporters — although he expresses no such wish , since his old school-mate , Will Carling , currently holds the job . |
| 27 | Roles works most of the time with one of his two Hasselblads , which he finds a good compromise between quality and portability ; these and a range of lenses comprise his field equipment . |
| 28 | Mr Smith has pinpointed the area from which he wants a better return . |
| 29 | If he opts for a basic valuation , for which he pays a lower fee than for either of the other two , he will normally receive a copy . |
| 30 | A. ingolfiana can be distinguished from other amphiurid genera and certain ophiurinids , to which it bears a superficial resemblance because of the superficial second oral tentacle pore , by the scaling of the disk , the arrangement of the oral plates , the lack of tentacle scales and the erect arm spines . |