Example sentences of "[indef pn] [Wh det] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The desire to continue to nurse may have to be subjugated to the need to work at something which enables the other responsibilities to be satisfied . |
| 2 | Indeed the pressure for change is not something which batters the conservative position from outside , it is a worm which undermines it from within . |
| 3 | The fundamental term was therefore " something which underlines the whole contract so that , if it is not complied with , the performance becomes something totally different from that which the contract contemplates " ( Devlin J in Smeaton Hanscomb & Co v Sassoon I Setty & Son & Co [ 1953 ] 1 WLR 1468 ) . |
| 4 | Where steel-workers once laboured in their thousands , the facilities built for student athletes from around the world are hoped to provide the backbone for a different kind of economic prosperity — one which acknowledges the changing economy and society of both Sheffield and the nation . |
| 5 | This may not always be the lowest price available , but the one which represents the best value over a period of time . |
| 6 | Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships , it will be difficult to fit into the existing order . |
| 7 | X causes Y which in turn causes Z ’ ; while a mediating variable ‘ is one which shapes the very relationship between the two other variables : Y causes the way in which X affects Z ’ ( 1979 : 23 ) . |
| 8 | This type of system requires two cold water cisterns : the normal one which supplies the cold feed to the hot water cylinder ( the ‘ secondary ’ circuit ) ; the other a feed-and-expansion cistern for supplying the ‘ primary ’ boiler circuit . |
| 9 | Although arguably the most constructive approach , this is usually the one which creates the greatest controversy . |
| 10 | As stated earlier , the purpose of this book is to examine certain aspects of company law from a particular point of view : one which takes the relevant rules to be part of the machinery by which power , and particularly what we have called social decision-making power , is sustained and regulated . |
| 11 | One child can be given the label of being the naughty one which lets the other children in the family off the hook . |
| 12 | My own view is that these exceptions are so infrequent that they are not a reason for abandoning the neo-Darwinist mechanism as the one which underlies the vast majority of adaptive evolutionary changes . |
| 13 | To the extent that these arenas support and acknowledge people 's feelings and their search for greater clarity , they must presuppose a set of values that is different from the one which underlies the common staffroom ethos ; and after a while this clash of values may become explicit . |
| 14 | In The Future of an Illusion , the use of the term ‘ religion ’ is one which fits the Jewish-Islamic-Christian complex of religions , which are built upon the notion of a Creator God . |
| 15 | The ideal organization and the one which has the best chance of success is one where , if you ask anybody from the chairman down to the newest recruit on the shop floor what that business is trying to do , you 'd get the same answer . |
| 16 | In keeping with what Fun Run founder Norman Harris sees as the original principles of the event , it 'll reward overall performances by a team — not necessarily the fastest team , but the one which has the best spread of age-group competitors . |
| 17 | When comparing fractions some pupils may compare numerators only or select as the largest fraction the one which has the largest numerator and largest denominator . |
| 18 | Thus the fractions selected for comparison must require the pupils to consider both numerator and denominator and the largest fraction must not be one which has the largest numerator and denominator . |
| 19 | you actually need to be t send outside externally or to clients , is the one which has the loose-leaf format showing , here 's a mega- project . |
| 20 | Shop around for one which has the added bonus of sun filters for protection . |
| 21 | Or the poem might be one which has the opposite effect , lulling him in established habits of perception and feeling , or fascinating with some novel and appealing fashion in self-deception . |
| 22 | Some manufacturers give a choice so you can have a bag without a zip , with a short length zip or with one which runs the full length of the bag . |
| 23 | As for the colonial context , Homi Bhabha argues that here mimicry is both a strategy of colonial subjection — an appropriation , regulation , and reform of the other — and , potentially , a way of menacing colonial discourse in and through an inappropriate imitation by the native , one which reveals the normative structure of colonial control . |
| 24 | A fair trial is one conducted according to certain procedural rules and perhaps one to which the participants bring certain appropriate judicial attitudes , rather than one which reaches the correct verdict . |
| 25 | Thus the success and viability of an enterprise depend upon creating the most effective structure of administration , given the circumstances in which the organisation is operating — one which distributes the necessary tasks , delegates required authority and controls the outcomes of actions . |
| 26 | Compliance with section 242 is the most important of the four since it is the one which makes the statutory accounts available to the general public . |
| 27 | If your camcorder has manual override of the exposure control , try the effect of this at various settings ( with the camcorder picture shown on a colour television ) so that you can work out the one which gives the best balance between the highlight and shadow areas . |
| 28 | It locates its food by vibrations and is attracted to anything which generates the right sort of disturbance . |
| 29 | Anything which symbolizes the early lack of care can strengthen or pierce the defences . |