Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh adv] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is very likely to signify an alliance with her family , and nothing illustrates better how discontent among the English provided political opportunities for the Scandinavians . |
| 2 | Younger men sometimes criss-crossed the frontiers of Carolingian regna : middle-age brought a tendency to settle down in the regnum where closeness to the king ( modern German historians have coined the useful term Königsnähe ) had brought greatest rewards . |
| 3 | The affinity of each repressor mutant was estimated by serial twofold dilution of the cell extracts across the range where retardation of the DNA fragments was observed . |
| 4 | So far as I know , one cause of a general fall in the value of money is not open to dispute , either as theoretically possible or as practically instanced within our own experience : that is the monetisation of debt , in other words , the process whereby part of the expenditure of public authorities is financed by the creation of additional spending power . |
| 5 | Past a certain point where ownership of the method or idea is registered and institution/company interests safe-guarded , the ideas are tested in the wider scientific world , using seminars , contacts etc . |
| 6 | Most radical opinion was outraged by the fact that Britain should be reversing its traditional hostility to Russia just at the moment when defeat by the Japanese in 1904–5 , and the revolutionary upheavals which followed , had rocked the foundations of Tsarist tyranny . |
| 7 | Table 3.1 reveals that the OR was not restored after the retention interval when exposure to the test context filled the interval — habituation of the specific response to the light must therefore have survived the retention interval . |
| 8 | In a society where service to the state was a paramount requirement , the close association of political parties with wealthy financiers and industrialists was a serious liability . |
| 9 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 10 | Having reached a situation where healthcare in the form of surgery , physiotherapy or whatever is needed , they are unable to take advantage of the treatment available . |
| 11 | Animals feature very strongly too in the Veterinary Hospital where care for the creatures is buried by the unnatural positions of the creatures as they are manhandled by humans in white coats who plainly find it difficult to cope . |
| 12 | Can I put the Home Secretary back on the right road by telling him that the reason why morale in the Northumbria police force is low and why chief constables generally despair is not because the right hon. Gentleman suddenly makes a generous offer of help in a crisis , but because all chief constables , including the new chief constable of Northumbria , want consistency of funding so that they can be sure that they will get the officers and resources they require over a number of years ? |
| 13 | Careful consideration should be given before using the expert procedure in a contract where enforcement of the decision abroad might be necessary . |
| 14 | In a case where liability at the outset looks to be difficult or where there are many unanswered questions , a personal visit will be almost always essential . |
| 15 | In any other case where authorisation by the Law Society is sought , the MNP should apply to the Financial Services Section for an investment business certificate — a fee is payable . |
| 16 | The reputations of our national football , cricket and tennis teams have sunk to a level where victory over the likes of Macao or the Isle of Man would be greeted as minor triumphs , while even our Olympic sprint gold medallist Linford Christie could finish no better than seventh in mid-week . |
| 17 | Next they went into the main building where part of the reprocessing cycle took place . |
| 18 | Spencer Stuart is the only firm which has , so far , achieved the full transition to a structure where control of the business and the appointment of its management is genuinely in the hands of its consultants . |
| 19 | Yet they did not simply follow the views of the Foreign Office where disillusionment with the USSR was rapidly increasing . |
| 20 | We are long past the stage where talk about the curriculum could be left to the academics ; beyond the stage where the views of the professions and the wider society had to be sought . |
| 21 | In its report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 1992 , the Mutual Accountants Professional Indemnity Company ( MAPIC ) warns of a greater level of claims at a time when competition in the market has tended to depress rates . |
| 22 | In the field of satellites , Hughes , RCA and Ford still reign supreme ; but , thanks to French government backing of CNES R&D and technology in launcher rockets , the Ariane launcher proved adapted to the needs of potential customers at a time when emphasis on the space shuttle led to US neglect of the market for conventional launchers . |
| 23 | It has occurred at a time when expenditure on the CAP is again almost out of control and increasing all the time . |
| 24 | Mr Milburn says this has happened at a time when unemployment in the constituency is going up . |
| 25 | For a start , the figures exclude transactions that occurred on the last two business days of the month — the very time when pressure on the pound was thought to be most intense . |