Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But suppose there is a rule which says that the effectiveness of a synapse decreases whenever it causes the post-synaptic cell to fire . |
2 | ( Searle , 1980 , 1981 , and 1984 , Lect. 2 ) That such a thing could instantiate such a programme , as already remarked , necessarily is allowed by the proponents of causalism and functionalism. ( v ) To add something unfamiliar , functionalism will need to explain how it avoids the absurd conclusion that consciousness is , so to speak , not merely independent of biology , but entirely independent of all instantiations of programmes and the like , which is to say entirely independent of persons , computers , and all other spatio-temporal things . |
3 | What is important is how IT serves the critical success factors of business across all sectors . ’ |
4 | It is the juxtaposition between these three strands which will influence not only the industrial and geographical pattern and form of MNE activity ; but how it affects the international allocation of resource and the world economic welfare . |
5 | Reports persist that the final straw came when an emotional Mick Farren threw a typewriter through the windows , from whence it travelled the 21 floors to ground level at high speed , narrowly missing terrified pedestrians . |
6 | The Malayan Emergency was never officially recognised as a ‘ war ’ however it embroiled the hard-pressed Commonwealth forces in what was largely an operation of cunning and wit , pursuing a small , elusive army of bandits in some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world . |
7 | In others however it evokes the opposite impression of the event actually being realized , as in : ( 4 ) He managed to get free . |
8 | All 3three squadrons at Upper Heyford will go by December , when it becomes a standby base . |
9 | I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet . |
10 | We 're going to be looking at Lewes in the period during the late middle ages , early modern period , when it had an unchartered corporation , how the town was governed and so on . |
11 | We 're going to be looking at Lewes in the period during the late middle ages , early modern period when it had an unchartered corporation , how the town was governed and so on . |
12 | Slater echoed industry doubts about Intel 's commitment to the unsuccessful device , which Olivetti was going to use to build a workstation until the last minute when it scrapped the whole project in favour of DEC 's Alpha ( UX No 390 ) . |
13 | I know that you came only to honour dear Crabb , at a small informal party , because he had been of assistance to your illustrious father , and valued his work at a time when it meant a great deal to him . |
14 | By using the time to improve the production process , Intel will be able to make more of the chips available initially than it usually can when it launches a new part , Paul Otellini , vice-president of the company 's microprocessor group noted — a shortage of 80386s in the early days caused disenchantment with the company at many customers for the chip , who encouraged other companies to clone the chip in the hope of ensuring steady supplies . |
15 | After its experimental period , when it played a key part in the campaign to modernise the Marton route , 208 remained in regular service from Marton Depot ( left ) until the closure in 1962 . |
16 | Montserrat , part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871 to 1956 , when it became a separate United Kingdom Dependent Territory , is governed by a Governor , who presides over an Executive Council and a Legislative Council with seven elected , two official and two nominated members . |
17 | JCI 's gold mines produced 51.7 tons of gold in the past financial year Johnnies ' diamond interests comprise of holdings in unlisted diamond trading companies and in De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd/De Beers Centenary AG Johnnies ' non-managed investments date as far back as 1895 when it became a founding shareholder of South African Breweries , one of the 10 largest breweries in the world |
18 | At 20 he went to the New Musical Express , and edited it through the 1970s , when it became the bestselling rock mag in Britain , with a rich crop of young writers such as Julie Burchill , Tony Parsons , Danny Baker , Paul Morley and Charles Shaar Murray . |
19 | Roseburn Bridge originally dates from 1899 , when it carried the Caledonian Railway from Slateford to West Granton . |
20 | Described by the government as a Japanese cultural tradition , the consumption of whale meat only started after the second world war , when it filled a dietary gap . |
21 | According to the RUC , a police car was on routine patrol in the town 's High Street when it spotted the suspicious van around 10.35 am parked outside the Halifax building society . |
22 | They passed it on 19th April when it obtained the Royal Assent and became law with the short title , The Public Offices Extension Act 1859 . |
23 | But , as the Institute 's Council found last month , when it considered a preliminary paper on the subject , openness could actually end up destroying the effectiveness of the disciplinary process altogether . |
24 | Compaq Computer Corp will continue its high-end server push this autumn when it unveils a new line of upgradable 80486-based multi-processing systems , PC Week reports . |
25 | In fact IBM says that it is pushing the MPTN technology as a standard as long ago as December 1991 when it submitted the underlying MPTN approach to the XNET workgroup of X/Open Co Ltd , which is still considering it . |
26 | The government broadly accepted the Report 's recommendations in July 1971 when it issued the long-awaited Circular 7/71 which also announced the prospect of some small expansion of art and design courses . |
27 | In July he saw his party make history when it won the first governorship conceded by the ruling party in 60 years . |
28 | Harvey Madden of Yarm-based accountant John B. Taylor said the business was a profitable concern until the end of 1991 when it lost a major contract with Edinburgh Woollen Mills to east European competition . |
29 | A drop of the clear supernatant fluid was placed on an agar plate , which had previously been thickly planted with M. lysodeikticus , and the plate was incubated at 37°C. for 24 hours , when it showed a copious growth of the coccus , except in the region where the nasal mucus had been placed . |
30 | There was a stool nearby , and , climbing on this , Seddon got on to the firm edge of the sink where it met the draining board and reached up to the hatch . |