Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in America , smoking is now increasingly prohibited in public places in Britain , which means that children are less influenced by adults who smoke and whose passive smoking does much to damage young children 's health . |
| 2 | The first requirement must be love of and pride in one 's country , which can grow only in men and women who genuinely feel they have a stake in it , however small ; men and women who know that their own initiative , ingenuity , and hard work will improve that stake and make fuller and more secure lives for their families . |
| 3 | Certainly the ethos of an Augustinian priory with its stress on the expression of an inner religious faith in the active life of the community would have been sympathetic to the characteristic concern Hilton displays in his writing not just for professional religious but for all those , whether in active or enclosed life , who feel that their religious faith holds the secret of a dimension of fulfilment to which they desire access . |
| 4 | A sense of deprivation of a different kind continues to smoulder amongst the immigrant groups of Indian , Lebanese and Europeans , especially in Kenya and Zimbabwe , who feel that their economic position may be attacked , or re-attacked , at any time . |
| 5 | In practice , the platform becomes a place for people who want to be seen , those who believe that their own importance is such that the presentation of the programme is secondary to their right to be seen beside the programme participants . |
| 6 | Whereas public ignorance of corporate crime is understandable , this latitude should not be extended to those criminologists who argue that our professional efforts should be directed , as they have been traditionally , towards street crimes rather than suite crimes . |