Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B. Farmers in the valleys and on the edges of Dartmoor and Exmoor concentrate more on rearing young cattle , sheep and lambs , which graze on the rough moorland pasture . |
| 2 | To produce the low scarps which wind across the Mercurian surface the radius of Mercury need only have decreased by a few tenths of a percent . |
| 3 | The First is that period which recedes from the very beginning of life on earth and reaches far back into the unknowable depths of the timeless universe . |
| 4 | The following set of figures shows new fixed-sum and other retail credit as a percentage of the total volume of spending on clothing and shoes , durables ( including electrical goods and furniture ) and cars and motorcycles , which account for the great bulk of this type of credit : |
| 5 | Though this is good news for American and Japanese firms , who share a paltry 11% slice of the luxury market , it is disastrous for European companies which account for the remaining 89% of sales ( see chart on next page ) , but which sell nearly half of all their fancy products in America or Japan . |
| 6 | Owing to their deep-rooted hostility towards the very concept of involuntary unemployment and their a priori conviction that the labour market clears ‘ more or less continuously ’ , new classical macroeconomists are driven to look beyond this obvious explanation towards hypotheses which account for the acknowledged phenomenon of business cycles while at the same time preserving intact their beliefs in the robustness of all markets , including the labour market . |
| 7 | The Drayton Drain Easy kit consists of a stopper which fits into the cold feed pipe outlet of a cistern and a plug which fits over the end of the open vent pipe to allow , say , a radiator to be removed from a central heating system without draining down the whole central heating system , which could well mean losing all your corrosion inhibitor . |
| 8 | In the case of Gagnon and Simon and those influenced by them ( such as Kenneth Plummer ) , the theoretical framework derives from Meadean social psychology , which sees the individual as having a developing personality which is created in an interaction with others ; and from labelling theories of deviance , which concentrate on the public processes of stigmatisation . |
| 9 | The dates are significant , for they show that the spirit which ruled in the Italian city republics had noisy echoes in Germany and France — all over northern Europe indeed ; and that Italy and the northern communes were not so far apart as the northern monarchs and many modern historians have wished them to be . |
| 10 | Priorities are decided as part of the January cycle which introduce at the local budget |
| 11 | Val had said ) which operated from the British Museum , to which Ash 's wife , Ellen , had given many of the manuscripts of his poems , when he died . |
| 12 | The Somali Patriotic Movement , which operated in the southern Ogaden , in November 1989 agreed to co-operate with the SNM . |
| 13 | Extensive stretches of mudflats also seemed likely to disappear at Strangford , Co Down , the province 's most important estuary — endangering 50,000 waders , 25,000 wildfowl and 90 per cent of the pale-bellied Brent geese which wintered in the British Isles . |
| 14 | Amongst smaller introduced animals are fire ants , which out-compete with the native ants ( and which can cause uncomfortable nights for camping scientists ) ; and cockroaches , which have been discovered on one or two islands and may have been transported inadvertently amongst supplies destined for scientists doing long-term research . |
| 15 | These flowers are visited by larger bees such as species of Xylocopa , which land on the hood-like ligule and forage underneath it for pollen . |
| 16 | In what follows I will argue that there are specific financial advantages for Japanese firms which compensate for the presumed loss of efficiency that accompanied the shift away from the model of atomistic competition proposed in the reforms of the US Occupation . |
| 17 | In what follows I will argue that there are specific financial advantages for Japanese firms which compensate for the presumed loss of efficiency that accompanied the shift away from the model of atomistic competition proposed in the reforms of the US Occupation . |
| 18 | The dispute between , on the one side , the News International newspapers ( Sun and News of the World ) , the Times Group ( The Times and The Sunday Times ) and others , and , on the other side , the unions ( SOGAT 82 , the NGA and others ) which centred on the new site at Wapping , followed the breakdown of negotiations and the dismissal of all those on strike . |
| 19 | Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres visited Japan on Dec. 14-17 , for talks which centred on the Middle East peace process . |
| 20 | Carnlough , which translated from the Gaelic means ‘ Cairn of the Lake ’ , lies at the foot of Glencloy , one of the Nine Glens of Antrim , overlooking the Sea of Moyle . |
| 21 | In the vast majority of cases the exhaust pipe corrodes around the bend which goes over the rear axle on motor cars or that particular pipe breaks away from the end of the silencer . |
| 22 | Obviously inspired by MADONNA 's example , ( and it seems that she 's about to be millions of dollars richer as over half a million copies of Sex changed hands last week ) CURVE have decided to come over all raunchy and are releasing a Stateside compilation which goes under the provocative title of ‘ Pubic Fruit ’ , although whose pubes are involved we are not informed . |
| 23 | The average family sends back $100 a month and pays a $10 fee to send it , part of which goes to the Vietnamese government . |
| 24 | Although this may seem to be a statement of the obvious , it is in fact a very important point which goes to the very roots of movie making . |
| 25 | In Chapter 7 we shall find that there is in quantum theory a radical in-ability to pin things down which goes beyond the simple considerations outlined here . |
| 26 | At their most powerful , Rheims ' photographs have an audaciousness which goes beyond the contrived scenarios which are presented in much of her work . |
| 27 | There is increasing evidence of disillusionment among middle managers which goes beyond the long-established mid-career crisis literature . |
| 28 | There is , however , a further dimension to network recruitment which goes beyond the basic exchange of information . |
| 29 | In recognition of a role which goes beyond the direct provision of services ( e.g. developmental work , advocacy , campaigning and education ) , Griffiths also recommends a general core grant payable by local authorities to voluntary organisations . |
| 30 | ‘ Players will be encouraged to go to the ground when tackled to form a ruck , which goes against the whole purpose of staying on your feet to play rugby . ’ |