Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [noun prp] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapter 7 described some of the reasons which made Aplysia a strategic choice for researching the neurobiology of certain basic forms of memory formation . |
| 2 | Yet the Empire which the British Navy defended , and which made Britain an Asiatic power , or a world power , or indeed a power at all , was not the few million kith and kin living in North America or in Australasia or mingling with the Dutch in South Africa . |
| 3 | The High Court on July 17 rejected Odinga 's appeal against the government 's refusal to allow him to register his National Democratic Party , formed in February as a challenge to the 1982 constitutional amendment which made Kenya a one-party state [ see p. 38182 ] . |
| 4 | But it 's not ease of use which made WordPerfect the best seller . |
| 5 | More generally , the ‘ Angry ’ movement had been characterized by strong antihomosexual prejudices ( John Osborne 's Look Back In Anger and Kingsley Amis 's Lucky Jim are full of bullishly heterosexual scorn for ‘ effeminacy ’ ) which found Coward an ideal target . |
| 6 | And bit by bit their lovemaking turned into a dry ritual which caused Rita no actual pain , only a lingering , grey regret . |
| 7 | What is not voiced is that this importance is , in part at least , caused by the institutional processes which give Shakespeare a privileged position on the curriculum at schools . |
| 8 | It is this type of attitude which keeps Ipswich the poor relation , musically , to the other towns and forces music lovers to travel too often to Norwich and Cambridge . |
| 9 | One case involved the acquisition by Fiat of a French battery manufacturer which gave Fiat a high share of the French market . |
| 10 | Bakhramov 's opinion that an extra-time shot by Geoff Hurst had hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced down over the goal-line prompted Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst to allow the goal which gave England a 3–2 lead . |
| 11 | He also created goals for Dino Baggio and Giuseppe Signori which gave Italy a 2-0 half-time lead . |
| 12 | We recognise the face and words of Robert J. Oppenheimer , leader of the Manhattan Project which gave America the atomic bomb : " I remembered a few lines from the Hindu Scripture , the Bhagavad-Gita : " Now I am become death , the destroyer of worlds . " " |
| 13 | But the tendency was reversed in the 1986 elections which gave CCOO a clear majority of the votes ( see table 5.4 ) . |
| 14 | Playing one of his few games in goal for Scotland , the Perth-born keeper , rolled the ball out to the experienced Manchester City fullback Willie Donachie ; with a shot of slide-rule perfection , Donachie lobbed the stranded Blyth , scoring a perfect own goal which gave Wales a fortunate draw . |
| 15 | His influence in those areas was complemented by the queen 's possession of the duchy of Lancaster estates in the east midlands and by the marriage of his nephew Richard duke of York to the Mowbray heiress , which gave Rivers a substantial role in the duchy of Norfolk . |
| 16 | His influence in those areas was complemented by the queen 's possession of the duchy of Lancaster estates in the east midlands and by the marriage of his nephew Richard duke of York to the Mowbray heiress , which gave Rivers a substantial role in the duchy of Norfolk . |
| 17 | He also praised ‘ his labours and inventions in tin matters ’ , a reflection of the mines which gave Godolphin a large part of his wealth and influence in his county . |
| 18 | It was the designer 's work on the planes which won Britain the Schneider trophy — the World Cup of the aviation world , which led to his designs for the Spitfire . |
| 19 | However , the CNN/ USA Today poll which gives Clinton the huge lead is considered the most accurate , as it includes undecided voters . |
| 20 | ‘ This is a move which gives Eric a better chance of first-team football than he would have at Leeds . |
| 21 | ‘ After all , even if Jefferson has perfected some magic putter which gives Harley an illegal edge on the greens , he will never be allowed to sell it to the ordinary punter , so there 's no point . |
| 22 | Sartorial elegance , though , is not so important as the playing style which makes Ferguson the natural partner for McCoist in Lisbon . |