Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are also fears that the increased tourist traffic will bring introduced plant and animal species which may bring about the extinction of endemic species . |
| 2 | Many of the factors ( social or otherwise ) which may affect either the need for or the cost of delivering health care are unevenly distributed , often in small pockets , and do not present in the same way — or have the same social meaning — in different parts of Britain . |
| 3 | Pharmacologists , on the other hand , will point out that they now can design rational drugs which may influence precisely the functioning of the relevant gene product . |
| 4 | The Indian government has been strongly criticized for its slow response , but a bill has now been introduced in parliament which should speed up the processing of claims . |
| 5 | Apart from legislation which might break up the unity of imperial law , some colonial legislation was likely to affect the interests of people in Britain directly . |
| 6 | Moreover many farm workers still find it difficult to meet the cost of private transport which might open up the range of alternatives . |
| 7 | Institutional and professional continuity seems to allow established disciplines to contain epistemological doubts or crises which might kill off the fledgling . |
| 8 | They scanned the misty water , keeping a watch-out for driftwood which might foul up the engine . |
| 9 | If this fails to hold the situation then review the case and see if there have been any changes or new information come to light that would enable you to select a more similar remedy which could carry on the work of the first remedy . |
| 10 | A new drug which could slow down the onset of Aids in people infected with the HIV virus is undergoing trials in America . |
| 11 | But there is the problem of oxygen ‘ sinks ’ existing as well , which could use up the oxygen produced by recombining with any of the CHON molecules . |
| 12 | Nothing which could endanger either the crown or the safety of the realm ? ’ |
| 13 | At the end of January 1990 the Australian government announced an expanded military assistance programme worth A$15,000,000 which would involve both the training and the expansion of the PNG Defence Force . |
| 14 | Obviously I could n't wear tops that were short which would show where the belt was , so that summer was terrible . |
| 15 | Carl Sagan , the distinguished astrophysicist , suggested in 1961 that Venus could be made habitable to earthlings if it were seeded with blue-green algae , which would split up the carbon and oxygen molecules to glean the carbon necessary for the glucose and carbohydrate diets they would need . |
| 16 | With Lytton Strachey 's Elizabeth and Essex as their source , they invented scenes which would open out the twin deltas of their story ; Elizabeth the monarch and Elizabeth the woman . |
| 17 | In other words , what would appear to be required is some awareness on the part of the defendant that he was making the task of the police a more difficult one , and this element may have been lacking in Willmott v. Atack , which would explain why the appeal was allowed . |
| 18 | Whistling , rapid stamping , cheering , hurling of wrappers , cartons and ice creams [ which would explain how the screen got stained ] . |
| 19 | The three principal tasks of the proposed congress would be ( i ) to set out the broad principles within which the detailed constitutional work could be carried out ; ( ii ) to determine the make-up of the body which would draw up the constitution ; and ( iii ) to establish an interim government to oversee the transition process until a new government was in place . |
| 20 | He claimed that the Government 's vision of enabling authorities — those which would contract out the operation of services — was greatly exaggerated . |
| 21 | To add a new word into the dawg , the current structure would need to be searched both forwards and backwards to establish whether or not the required paths exist , which would slow down the building algorithm ( see section 3.3.3 ) . |
| 22 | A letter had been received from Perin 's Community School asking the council 's reaction to the possible building of a small swimming pool , approximately 8 by 12 metres , which would serve both the school and the local population . |
| 23 | The supreme body was the Council of Heads of State , which would take on the responsibility of legal succession from the dissolution of the Soviet Union . |
| 24 | The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts . |
| 25 | , director of the SFO , said that the introduction of plea bargaining would be ‘ the single most important reform ’ which would speed up the disposal of cases . |
| 26 | This would not only be detailed but would require the submission of a number of " case report " forms relating to cases dealt with ( but anonymised ) which would demonstrate how the applicant had dealt with certain types of specified cases . |
| 27 | G.J. Warnock , a distinguished post-war philosopher , offers a strange analysis of seeing which allows no place for judgement nor even the capability of it , as was the case with our driver , and which would include both the dog and the infant . |
| 28 | Should the prevailing interest rate be greater than Oi l , there would be an excess supply of money ( or excess demand for bonds ) which would push up the price of bonds and push down interest rates , back towards the equilibrium . |
| 29 | The Government , however , is likely to press ahead with legislation this autumn which will tighten up the law on secondary action . |
| 30 | Members of staff will be issued with a ‘ lift card ’ which will clock up the number of times staff use the lift . |