Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of offloading underperforming RISC machines on its customers — thousands of which were crying out for more power — it rushed to boost the power of its obsolete 16-bit processor by every tweak possible , and virtually gave the things away . |
| 2 | Because of this delay in time , it is perhaps an exaggeration to say that the expansion of English maritime activity between 1460 and 1520 prepared the way for seizing opportunities which were opening up in many parts of the world ( 63 , p.163 ) . |
| 3 | However , the excellent turn-out for the A.G.M. indicates interest , if not pride in the affairs and day-to-day running of our Village which is mellowing nicely with each year . |
| 4 | This is another area which is changing out of all recognition since closure of the colliery and removal of sidings etc . |
| 5 | Of the senators involved Bush said : " They ought not to panic and run like a covey of quail because somebody has made an allegation against a man whose word I trust , and who , as I understand it , has n't been fingered by what 's coming out of this process … |
| 6 | If an organiser does not co-ordinate and monitor and know exactly what 's going on at each stage , then ultimately he has only himself to blame if something goes wrong . |
| 7 | Pooling of clients and vendors is envisaged : ‘ Both parties should know what 's going on at both ends ’ . |
| 8 | So you can still understand what 's going on with these . |
| 9 | Then one day Malcolm said to me , what 's going on with this Nick bloke and the band ? |
| 10 | . Thank you , bye bye ! du n no what 's going on after those files ! |
| 11 | Essential for rest and relaxation of the mind as well as the body never judge a bed solely by its cover — it 's what 's going on inside that 's more important . |
| 12 | ‘ What 's going on behind those cornflower-blue eyes ? ’ |
| 13 | What 's going on behind those blue eyes , Miss Cornflower ? ’ |
| 14 | You never know what 's going on behind those burkas . |
| 15 | I know you , Lissa ; I know you far better than you think , and I know exactly what 's going on in that secretive labyrinth of a mind . |
| 16 | I suddenly realized recently that I 'm so far short of having any kind of representational experience that I just do n't know what 's going on in this country . |
| 17 | At the same time , d the Tories are on their knees , some people , as I said earlier , I think it 's just as relevant in this debate , seem to have lost their way and when you took , look at what they 're proposing in terms of say , the er the fifty percent , the , the er M Ps , fifty percent of the votes for er the Parliamentary leader which of course is very consistent with , right , fifty percent of the vote , you take that along with proportional representation and what I believe you 're seeing is the number of people who have given up the ghost and are preparing to restructure the Party around coalition politics , and that 's where they 're heading , and they 're heading completely in the wrong direction because we 're more in tune with what 's going on in this country , the po opinion polls are saying fifty nine percent of the people actually I think , believe that er the Labour government is possible and will be voting for a Labour government , the alternative road is to oblivion and it 's not about modernizing , the people who 're proposing this coalition politics are n't modernizers , they 're Victorian politics , that 's what they 're about , they 're about taking us back , back before we created the Party , before we learnt the lesson that we needed to represent ourselves politically , they 're going back to , let's skil see what we get out of the Liberals , the free trade Liberals , in the nineteenth century , that 's where they 're going back , that 's not about modernization , real modernization is about making sure that the Labour Party speaks for the working people up and down this country and that 's our contribution to make to that Party and therefore we should have a role in decision making and influencing the Party that enables us as an organization to express that feeling , and that understanding of what people actually want in this country , and that 's why we 're supporting the C E C proposals . |
| 18 | Erm and I do think that the press should be notified of what 's going on in this for this year . |
| 19 | You know , but they should be criticised out of hand what 's going on in this country but they bloody do n't ! |
| 20 | What , what 's going on in this area ? |
| 21 | It also provides an opportunity , and I think this is quite important , for people to get to know what is happening within the fields of expertise , which increasingly in our society become more and more specialised , more and more hedged off from one another , and in a sense I think that there is a very great danger if intelligent adults in the community , laymen in effect , do n't have some idea , some coherent idea , of what 's going on in these fields of specialisation and expertise . |
| 22 | but if they really catch them cos they 're down here a lot now because of er what 's going on underneath those arches |
| 23 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 24 | Let the world see what is going on with these nasty people . ’ |
| 25 | The range of the job varies from agency to agency , but basically it involves : progress chasing , making sure that jobs are taken through their various stages on time ; production , making sure that jobs go to and from studios and publications in the appropriate form , and the appropriate sizes and shapes ; and record-keeping , ensuring that a record is kept of what is going on on each account and every job done for that account . |
| 26 | But then , I do n't like much of what is going on at all . |
| 27 | knows what is going on at all times within the department ; |
| 28 | It takes science to come along and tell us that what is going on under these circumstances is a brain process , let alone to tell us which brain process it is . |
| 29 | Steady improvement seems to depend on careful monitoring of what is going on by those involved combined with brief but efficient recording of what has been tried and tested . |
| 30 | I am personally impressed and encouraged by what is going on in some of the hardest hit areas in my part of the world and by a series of what you might call chance accident , we 've actually got a sign on it on the platform here . |