Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [Wh det] they [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her study of 61 white mothers conducted in London in 1983–4 , Wilson ( 1987 ) found that none relied upon their children 's grandparents to carry the main burden of child care while they themselves went out to work , but most regarded grandmothers as support which they could use on a more casual basis for babysitting , and as help in emergencies . |
| 2 | Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) . |
| 3 | Well as an association , we naturally get ourselves involved with many other aspects of the university activities in that erm both the students are applicants of ours and come and talk to us about projects which they may like to see emerge , and other departments of the university , the music department etc. , sometimes find that our knowledge of the area , or certain aspects of some of the schemes that we 're operating , coincide with what they 're trying to do and it turns out to be that campuses like this are often useful places for residencies and artists will come and take up residency in a university for a period of time , and that 's often been exploited by the Association . |
| 4 | my Lord well no doubt then the answer is that erm that would eventually have to meet them through funds which they will bring in to the market and which will go into the , the central fund |
| 5 | I could see Bonefish and his sons working the lateen-sail of their skiff way beyond the reef , perhaps looking for turtles which they could sell to the men who exported the rich flesh to the Japanese . |
| 6 | Central government attempts to control local authorities by : a ) carefully regulating the amount of money which they can spend locally , and b ) scrutinizing the way in which money is actually spent . |
| 7 | Certain value added tax cases would tend to indicate that the amount of benefit obtained by a taxpayer if the trustees allow him the use of a Ming Vase would equate to the sort of rent which they could have received if they had let the vase with appropriate adjustments being made for insurance , agreeing to house the vase , etc . |
| 8 | The aim of Fast Forward is to provide mature students with an approach and a range of subjects which they can respond to as adults . |
| 9 | This control depends crucially on the way in which they perceive the world including the alternatives to the use of force which they can comprehend and accept . |
| 10 | Nursing staff on some of those areas that we would pick out — those would be the intensive care units , the children 's units , the delivery suites and special care baby units — the nursing staff actually have control of permits which they can issue to relatives who are going to be here for a great length of time , and if they so feel that these relatives should n't be charged , they give them a permit and they park in a staff area at no charge whatsoever . |
| 11 | They therefore have a profile like a creature with a toughness value and a number of wounds which they can sustain before they are destroyed . |
| 12 | As far as the social element is concerned , a government should recognise the need to promote social cohesion by securing that all citizens have a standard of living that enables them to participate in the life of the community ; governments must take care that reductions in the social element of citizenship which they may regard as necessary in the area of economic policy do not result in sections of the population being excluded from citizenship and membership of the national community . |
| 13 | This would normally be regarded as a matter for economists and market-research specialists but behind the formidable array of evidence which they will generate are more fundamental questions of consumer preference , customer requirements and so on which are matters of human needs and prejudices . |
| 14 | The completion of a great survey of landownership in 1725–38 paved the way for a high degree of equality in respect of taxation ; the nobility and clergy retained tax privileges only in respect of properties which they could prove they had held before 1584 . |
| 15 | There is debate as to whether States accept obligations for the protection of individuals or whether individuals are the recipients of rights which they can enforce . |
| 16 | We must await more information as to the elements of content which they will focus upon . |
| 17 | We offer higher quality services brought about by competition , we offer better information to the public about the standards of service which they will receive , and we offer to reform local government to reflect wishes and natural communities . |
| 18 | As we have seen elsewhere , the wording of statutes tends to be general and is therefore frequently ambiguous ; thus when a case revolves around what a statute actually says , judges have a good deal of discretion which they will exercise according to their view of what the law requires . |
| 19 | Or a brand name may already exist ready for exploitation by a market-maker ; Impressionism , for example , was ready to hand for British dealers to invent a new category of art which they could stretch to calling British Impressionism . |
| 20 | To take this initiative and extend it to include a range of interests which they can use , whether or not they are employed in the future , might help them to be on a more equal footing with their peers who have not been in public care . |
| 21 | Those undertaking it will encounter an extent of diversity which they may find surprising , as well as numerous examples of local authority practice in which members , officers and advisers have successfully managed to reconcile their statutory responsibilities with a commitment to genuine partnership with teachers and parents . |
| 22 | be making them changing their way of operation which they might find unattractive for reasons |
| 23 | Erm and his purpose in emphasising this very traditional notion of dominion erm was of course , well was amongst other things , erm to make the point that individuals have no right of property which they can maintain against a government . |
| 24 | Many doctors have a standard scale of fees which they can send you . |
| 25 | This would allow them to ‘ demonstrate the high standards of training which they could achieve within the framework of their own individual organisations ’ . |
| 26 | Through such media as TV , radio and the cinema , for instance , they will see and hear an abundance of information which they will need to evaluate and use judiciously for their own purposes . |
| 27 | Being unexpectedly faced by samples of one or the other could convert some to forms of expression which they might have ignored for the rest of their lives . |
| 28 | When I asked a class of five-year-olds what they would like to ‘ turn me into ’ for a story , they said a witch , and added , a very wicked witch . |
| 29 | It gives teachers a kind of autonomy which they will guard jealously if pressed . |
| 30 | They 've set aside thousands of tonnes of salt which they 'll dump on icy road surfaces to make driving safer . |