Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where gas fires are going to be installed , flues can be lined with flexible metal tube liners which are inserted down the chimney , but their life may be shortened by contaminating acids , formed by condensation in the flue combining with the carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide contained in the flue gases . |
| 2 | It bursts at internals to release into the atmosphere an enormous number of rusty-red spores which are carried on the breeze to germinate in distant damp timber , starting the process afresh . |
| 3 | As vesting day , 1 April 1948 , approached , the shape of the organisations which were to take over the industry , and the men who were going to lead them at national and regional level were known . |
| 4 | Amongst the curiosities was a series of Tradescant portraits , which were hung on the gallery walls . |
| 5 | The Board , which is to carry out the logging operation , has recommended felling the older trees as their younger counterparts are more resistant to air pollution . |
| 6 | If a tap drips persistently , it may be caused by a damaged tap seating which is chewing up the surface of any washer fitted . |
| 7 | The next generation which is taking over the reins of industry is a generation who were not brought up in the same milieu that I was brought up in . |
| 8 | Vibration drives the bricks into the sand , which works its way up the joints to meet the surface sand , which is driven down the joints . |
| 9 | Sometimes xerolas ( vegetables and/or fruits , often in the shape of a gigantic ball and strung on a pole which is carried on the shoulders of two men ) are carried in the procession . |
| 10 | A gastroscopy is a diagnostic procedure involving the direct observation of the upper gastrointestinal tract with a flexible fibre optic tube which is passed down the oesophagus . |
| 11 | Cllr Long said there were worries for centre users , as no alternative care scheme had yet been agreed by St Helen 's and Knowsley Health Authority , which is winding up the project . |
| 12 | Even along this road , however , many of the old ‘ guilds ’ had become , in effect , the organizations of employing ‘ masters ’ — the craft status shifted to the economic status — and these were themselves in complex relations with the development of capitalist trade , which was breaking down the kind of autonomy from which the guilds , new and old , had derived their monopoly . |
| 13 | He said he would look into a dispute which was holding up the release of Brussels cash to help build some factories on the site of the old Darlington forge . |
| 14 | It was an effort to reach up for my dressing-gown which was hanging on the back of the door and I felt bitter against Richard because he did n't see that I was ill and come to help me . |
| 15 | To move a character from set A to set B you needed to write in a short bridging scene , the effect of which was to stretch out the script with padding , which was not always the best thing for the story . |
| 16 | There was extensive trading in coal , which was brought up the river from Yarmouth , and the rich tracts of land surrounding the town produced a considerable quantity of corn , particularly barley . |
| 17 | The Second Period was the time during which was laid down the evidence the nature of which has been revealed by men such as Charles Darwin and others , who gave to the world an understanding of the way in which evolution has operated through thousands of millions of years . |
| 18 | By the middle of the twelfth century , a revised order introduced a solemn oath which was taken on the gospels . |
| 19 | Nottinghamshire 's favourite with the weather forecast for the rest of the afternoon , we go to Grantham and er Sharon tell us what 's coming out the sky ? |
| 20 | Squeezing away so that his biceps shifted in his sleeve , he asked ‘ so , Rog , what 's going down the chute ? ’ |
| 21 | I throw what 's left down the sink and swill out the flask . |