Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which guidelines have influenced social behaviour is difficult to assess . |
| 2 | Moving from what is expected of the education system , the next three articles look at aspects of the circumstances in which schools attempt to meet these aims . |
| 3 | Other changes have included : * an increasingly imaginative use of the technologies available ; * a substantial increase in the rate at which manufacturers have introduced new products ; * changes in the relationship between volumes and values purchased ( for instance , less yellow fat is now eaten in the UK , but the value of fats consumed has not declined because more high value or value-added products , such as polyunsaturated fats , are being consumed ) ; * acceptance of the refrigerator as an essential kitchen item ; introduction of freezer cabinets , microwave ovens ( etc ) ; * increased priority of food preparation convenience , encouraging suppliers to market value-added foodstuffs ( such as pizzas , frozen ready cooked meals and so on ) ; * use of additives to preserve products , lengthen shelf-life etc . |
| 4 | Certainly , as I will argue later , ’ sport and show business constitute the two spheres in which blacks have made immense contributions and which seem to throw up figures with whom black kids tend to identify and on whom they model themselves . |
| 5 | One is the children act one will be something on on on the preparation of food , another will be one affecting the way in which charities have to keep registered accounts er , financial accounts which means that an example erm is responsible for registering the accounts of congregations by law . |
| 6 | At the same time , the rules which guided fiscal and monetary policy in Gladstonian Britain have been abandoned in favour of activist and discretionary policies in which governments attempt to manipulate total spending to provide full employment , prosperity and stability . |
| 7 | Which regions have lost most manufacturing jobs over the period as a whole ? |
| 8 | What are the mechanisms by which people come to demand Western styles of mass media ? |
| 9 | which people have obtained these jobs--how many are ex-miners , for example ? |
| 10 | Which situations tend to arouse these emotions in you ? |
| 11 | This organizational logic further increases the discretion which leaders enjoy to direct organizational activities towards their own purposes , even if this shift means betraying the rank and file 's interests . |
| 12 | because of a girl , I really think he 's loyal in that way , in that sense , because they are very close they have a laugh and I know when we 're with them they 're always like seem to be impressing everyone but I 'm sure when they 're together they have like , you know , human conversations , they must do , they ca n't always be talking about screwing and you know , which girls have got big tits and all that |
| 13 | I remember incidents like these , I think , because I was about seven , the age at which children start to notice social detail and social distinction , but also more particularly because the long lesson in hatred for my father had begun , and the early stages were in the traditional mode , to be found in the opening chapters of Sons and Lovers and Lawrence 's description of the inculcated dislike of Mr Morrell , of female loathing for coarse male habits . |
| 14 | While not objecting to centralized planning , proletarian dictatorship or the primacy of the Bolshevik Party , Trotsky strongly opposed the supplanting of the political by the bureaucratic-administrative , a process in which functionaries seek to solve all problems by purely administrative means ( Krygier 1978 ) . |
| 15 | In those years in which claims have exceeded premium income , the profits on the investment of premiums have been sufficient to produce an overall profit . |
| 16 | Are dependent conditionals to be characterized more generally in terms of two categories to which Philosophers have given much attention , those of subjunctive and counterfactual statements ? |
| 17 | Yeandle 's ( 1984 ) study of the strategies which women use to combine paid work and domestic work emphasizes that female kin are a common and reliable source of assistance which enables women to combine the two . |
| 18 | Reeves ( 1983 ) , in his study of contemporary British political discourse , uses the term ‘ discoursive deracialisation ’ to describe the strategy by which politicians avoid using racial categories . |
| 19 | He described himself as ‘ a young man of pure British descent , some of whose forefathers have held high positions in the British army . |
| 20 | Coonts , whose experiences include flying A-6 Intruders from the carrier USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War , relates this aerial odyssey across America as it can only be told from the cockpit ! |
| 21 | Children whose parents are not married to each other are in almost the same position as children whose parents have married each other , but some differences remain . |
| 22 | Conversely , the offspring of wealthy , middle-class , high achievers whose parents have devoted enormous energy to their careers may find this orientation unappealing and choose to devote minimal energy to career goals , often to the distress of their parents . |
| 23 | This schema has much in common with those developed by two others , whose writings have influenced this presentation . |
| 24 | Concentrating on the modern and contemporary prints : Lumley Cazalet will be showing prints by Frink , Marini , Picasso ( from the ‘ 156 ’ series ) , and works by contemporary printmakers ; Paul McCarron 's stand includes an impression of Whistler 's ‘ Weary ’ at $20,000 ; Lott and Gerrish are showing 200 British woodcuts as well as wood-engravings by Gibbings and Edward Calvert ; Marlborough Graphics have Paula Rego 's latest ‘ Peter Pan ’ suite , Bill Jacklin 's ‘ Coney Island Suite ’ and new work by Ken Kiff ; Jeffrey Kaplow of Proofs Ltd is showing ‘ Luce Myres de Face ’ by Lautrec ( W.121 ) , a rare proof printed in sanguine , priced at £20,000 , together with works by Redon , Munch and others ; Waddington Graphics are devoting most of their space to their own publications — Dine , Motherwell , Hamilton , Blake and Hodgkin — but will have some prints by Picasso and Goya ; Pratt Contemporary Art will again be showing works by Ana Maria Pacheco whose prints have attracted much attention at past fairs , together with new etchings and monotypes by Susan Adams , Denise Walker and Julian Grater . |
| 25 | When admission has taken place , however , the legacy of public and professional attitudes towards parents whose children have entered public care often appears an insur-mountable obstacle to any further constructive contact between parents and their children . |
| 26 | The rules of dress , and etiquette generally , sustain a great industry whose fashions seem to preoccupy some people 's whole lives . |
| 27 | DI 'd through a desk and recorded onto both DAT and cassette utilising the onboard amp simulator , the distortion could n't be described as amazing , but I presume this must be what people expect to hear these days , although to me it does n't sound too close to what you 'd get from a guitar amp . |
| 28 | ( ii ) What factors have produced this variation ( e.g. your creative powers , your contextual knowledge , your understanding of vocabulary , etc . ) ? |