Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Near him was a door which presumably led to a room beyond . |
| 2 | It is frustrating on occasions when a side puts together an exciting movement of forwards interpassing to be concluded by a piece of driving play which eventually comes to a halt and the opposition get the put-in . |
| 3 | A novel or a film which merely alludes to a crime committed by the author or subject could fall within the scope of ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ legislation and there will be considerable room for debate as to whether ‘ a piece of art , a musical composition , or a poem is an expression of the criminal 's thoughts or feelings about his crime . ’ |
| 4 | Where an odour has multi-sources this problem is exacerbated especially when it is created by two or more chemicals coming together neither of which individually amount to a nuisance . |
| 5 | There is what one calls a flush in the spring — that could upset those who do not understand dairy terminology — which always leads to a surplus . |
| 6 | A slightly different type of case is illustrated by the French feminine noun la sentinelle ( the guard ) , which usually refers to a man , and the masculine noun le ministre ( minister in the government ) , which may refer to a woman . |
| 7 | The key of this record will be the highest in that block , which usually corresponds to a track on a disk . |
| 8 | This is a foolish policy which inevitably leads to a waste of nursing resources . |
| 9 | Some 12 per cent of the world 's cultivated land is irrigated , of which more than half is affected to some extent by these problems which inevitably lead to a reduction in crop productivity , the very factor that such schemes were established to increase salinisation and waterlogging are particularly significant in arid and semiarid regions where irrigation is necessary for agriculture , and while they are important in developed nations , they are fast becoming major environmental problems in many developing nations . |
| 10 | And from that word comes pneumatic , , which simply refers to a pressure of air . |
| 11 | Initially the edges of the fins take on a greyish or opaque look , which then progress to a level where the fin tissues , often including the bony fin rays , break up and fall away . |
| 12 | From this , the idea was derived of ‘ patchwork pieces ’ , which then led to a demand for specific colours in the bags , ’ ‘ and suddenly we realized we had created a bit of a monster . ’ |
| 13 | A little perseverance , with further rubbing and pulling , will eventually result in the recrystallization of the rubbery phase , which then crumbles to a powder . |
| 14 | The revelations of Watergate shook the confidence of many Americans in their entire political system , which almost ground to a halt in the 18 months before Nixon 's resignation . |
| 15 | The drying out of the soils causes shrinkage , which ultimately leads to a lowering of the land levels . |
| 16 | The assembly was the first to be held since April 1987 , when Mahathir had narrowly survived a leadership challenge , a contest which subsequently led to a split within the party [ see pp. 35459 ; 35773 ; 36657 ] . |
| 17 | The assembly was the first to be held since 1987 when Mahathir narrowly survived a leadership challenge from Razaleigh , a contest which subsequently led to a split within UMNO . |
| 18 | ‘ Stable and fruitful societies have always been elaborately graded ’ , he wrote , and the mistake of apartheid was to make a single decisive distinction on one ground — skin-colour — and then to elevate into a rigid legal system what rightly belongs to a world of personal inclination . |
| 19 | There was little or no evidence of ‘ home comforts ’ in the cells , the walls of which were plain concrete , with cot-type beds and what really amounted to a hole in the wall to house each occupant 's personal effects . |
| 20 | It is little wonder that this figure cast what almost amounted to a spell over aspiring black sportsmen . |