Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [art] [noun sg] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , this principle of a dual secular and spiritual authority would subsequently find expression in Western Europe through the Holy Roman Empire , wherein the emperor wielded a temporal sceptre and claimed descent from David while the pope exercised spiritual authority as interpreter of God 's law . |
| 2 | Cardiff Crown Court heard how the boy made a desperate 999 call as his mother screamed for help . |
| 3 | The court heard how the river turned a milky white colour as it was contaminated with toxic residue from shampoo , moisturiser , and hair lightener products . |
| 4 | ACTOR Nigel Havers dipped into his own pocket yesterday when he heard how a plumber charged a young single mother more than £300 for a simple job . |
| 5 | As the following extract illustrates , breaking a transcription of spoken language into sentences often proves to be impossible ( the + in the transcript indicates where the speaker made a short pause ) : |
| 6 | The effect of this approach would be that , save where the court considered a regulatory rule to be unreasonable , it would take the rule into account in determining the content of a fiduciary obligation . |
| 7 | The reception was held at the Mansion House in Harrow Weald , where the couple spent a romantic wedding night , leaving for Mexico the next morning . |
| 8 | He focused on the place where the draught blew a small bulge in the cotton . |
| 9 | Or was he addicted to the game Striker as a kid where the goalie adopted a similar position ( mine always seemed to do a Sprake and throw the ball back into my own net ) . |
| 10 | Most of the houses outside towns might justly be described as ‘ peasant ’ accommodation , for Sussex is one of the few English counties where the term had a real and continued significance . |
| 11 | In re An Inquiry under the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 [ 1988 ] A.C. 660 was dealing with a different statute in an entirely different situation , where the journalist had a statutory right , subject to exceptions , to protect his sources of information , so that it was natural for the court , in evaluating a reasonable excuse under the Financial Services Act 1986 , to focus on that statutory right and its exceptions . |
| 12 | However the assignment took a little bit longer than it er than if he 'd been on the other product range . |
| 13 | The saga began last year when the council opened a new open-plan primary school to relieve overcrowding in Groby 's two existing primary schools . |
| 14 | Progress has been less hindered in Malaysia since 1983 , when the government began a new policy , led by the prime Minister , of co-operation between government and the private sector in which multinationals could participate as minority partners or with management contracts . |
| 15 | Intense negotiations between both sides and Onusal had produced a breakthrough on June 15 , when the government conceded a key FMLN demand , announcing that the laws which had created the extreme right-wing paramilitary National Guard and Treasury Police would be repealed by the National Assembly . |
| 16 | One important objective of counselling was to improve communication within the family , which was achieved in the first session when the therapist took a supportive but firm approach and encouraged the patient to talk to her parents then . |
| 17 | The term ‘ peppercorn rent ’ related to the time when the spice commanded a high price , although such a charge nowadays is generally disregarded . |
| 18 | The family feud came to a head on Monday when the 26-year-old issued a High Court writ , suing the former builder for more than £1 million . |
| 19 | But last October , when the firm launched a notebook-sized computer using Intel 's even more advanced 80386SX , several other manufacturers had already announced similar machines . |
| 20 | Certainly , there were times when the mistress had a strange faraway look in her eye , a look that belied her busy nature and preoccupation with the children she adored : a haunted lonely look . |
| 21 | In the morning of the 27th , the battle began in earnest , all companies in action at 12–00 hours , when the enemy started a general attack . |
| 22 | Discussion lasted from 12 to 17 November , apart from 13 November when the pope made a ceremonial offering of his tiara for the benefit of the poor . |
| 23 | This became pronounced in 1949 when the College secured a long lease on two houses , 21 and 23 Cromwell Road , into one of which they moved the Senior and Junior Common Rooms , formerly housed in a hut in Queensgate . |
| 24 | In Laverty [ 1970 ] 3 All ER 432 ( CA ) the reason why the victim bought a stolen car was because he thought the accused was authorised to sell it , not in reliance on the fact that it did not have its original number-plates . |
| 25 | An extreme example of hit-or-miss judgment on performance occurred in Payne v Spook Erection Ltd ( 1984 ) where a company established a weekly ‘ merit table ’ in which workers were assessed largely by guesswork . |
| 26 | Lord Wright went on , however , to indicate that this was a theoretical difficulty to be disregarded in circumstances where a manufacturer put a dangerous object into circulation . |
| 27 | The arrests follow an incident on Sunday when a man hailed a passing ambulance on the A12 near Chelmsford . |
| 28 | The treaty between Robert II of Flanders and Henry I of England , renewed by their successors , stipulated that each knight supplied to the English king should bring three horses with him — this at a time when a horse represented a major investment . |
| 29 | A number of deaf people , including children , lost their lives during air raids by German warplanes on the British mainland , including a family of eight when a bomb scored a direct hit on their dug-out . |
| 30 | How often she had passed them , in rain and shine , on the summer evenings in the dust and diesel , on the white snow where every step portended a snapped ankle . |