Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm thinking , for example , it 's not a medicine as such , but I 'm thinking of the birth control pill , which presumably has a possible effect in its particular form over a period perhaps twenty years , rather than five years , on a person .
2 The first stage in the transfer is a preselection process , involving informal discussions with tenants where they may make their own alternative suggestions , which eventually produces a single applicant to go forward to the final stages .
3 this soon tangles itself in a web of white noise and frantic improvisation which eventually has a hypnotising effect on the audience .
4 They have become impotent — a fact which naturally causes a great deal of anxiety to them and to their wives .
5 Volcanic clusters occur both on continental and oceanic lithosphere , and are particularly common on the African Plate which apparently has a high concentration of hot spots ( see Section 4.2.1 ) .
6 But he said the province was now faced with ‘ a quite alarming series of incidents , which perhaps marks a new phase in the terrorist campaign , and it has serious implications for people in Northern Ireland . ’
7 This was recently confirmed by the discovery of an F0/F1-type ATPase in an archaebacterium which already harbours a V-type enzyme .
8 The developer hopes it would link with the existing Magnetic Imaging Centre , which already operates a sophisticated body scanner .
9 The developers hope it will link with the existing Magnetic Imaging Centre , which already operates a sophisticated body scanner .
10 Parties refused authorization had a right of appeal before an administrative judge , and the MPS , " which already leads a public life by virtue of being the source and guarantor of the institutions provided for in the National Charter " , was exempted from certain registration formalities .
11 Du Pont , which already has a large complex in Northern Ireland , decided to locate a new software centre to service all its European needs in the Antrim Technology Park .
12 California joins Alaska which already has a Green Party , and Hawaii and Arizona may soon follow suit .
13 Smith New Court , which already has a sizeable position in Ferranti shares , was a heavy buyer for the second day , as was Hoare Govett , which includes British Aerospace among its corporate clients .
14 A re-investigation which largely involves a fresh examination of evidence , witnesses , and hypotheses about the commission of the crime , is better conceived as an independent verification procedure .
15 Or do they play only a minor role which nevertheless gives a vital clue to the unfolding of the plot ?
16 Nonetheless , everything important is included on Sony 's single disc , which thus enjoys a considerable price advantage .
17 An individual event which normally gives a particular ERP may sometimes yield nothing and the ERP may sometimes occur in the absence of the evoking event .
18 In each case , there is a period of study at another university which normally includes a short placement of work observation .
19 The kick uses a turning action which momentarily exposes a large target area to the opponent .
20 So , for example , a newspaper which innocently publishes a misleading advertisement will have a good defence provided the advertisement was received in the ordinary course of business .
21 Formulas of this kind can only be the starting point in a process which always demands a sophisticated approach .
22 The St Patrick 's Day Show is always held in Dublin and all green stars awarded are usually guaranteed majors , which usually encourages a large entry .
23 For example , the lesser celandine , which usually looks a uniform yellow , would develop a dark centre .
24 We do not have to go quite so far afield to find another language which still plays a considerable part in our daily conversation .
25 G&G spent a good part of a decade — the Seventies — getting drunk , the memory of which still prompts a wistful smile from Gilbert , and they were habitués of the Blitz even before it became the early-Eighties club .
26 Liphook is the perfect example of a short course which still presents a stiff test of a golfer 's skills .
27 Three of the schools in the survey are situated in fairly small country towns , in a county which still operates a selective system .
28 ‘ A small , inland town which still evokes a timeless quality and feeling of seclusion ’
29 First , that any attempt to implement a Marxist economic programme even on a relatively modest scale in a country which still has a large degree of freedom is doomed to catastrophe .
30 In three hours ( 180 minutes ) , you can allow yourself a generous 5 minutes for reading the questions at the outset , followed by four answers of 40 minutes each ( 160 minutes ) , which still leaves a 15-minute margin at the end .
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