Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] [prep] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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1 | It is also illustrated in the ‘ doubling ’ technique of using exposures in which the first shot is read , not photographically , but as a signifying element whose referent is the second shot . |
2 | Table 6.1 suggests a way of drawing attention to what the spiritual dimension is , without giving the misleading impression of its being some kind of object . |
3 | It is a type of needs theory in which the most important need is to save life . |
4 | The most important of these is that the use of expressions such as ‘ functional ’ or ‘ vitally necessary for society 's health ’ are really ways of disguising value-judgements about what the user finds acceptable or unacceptable in society . |
5 | The cylinder is then rotated through a trough of printing ink after which the etched surface is wiped clean by a blade leaving the non-image area clean . |
6 | These are done using the formula Wealth 1 — Wealth 0 as illustrated in the chapter as this is the only way of calculating profit to which the students have been exposed to date . |
7 | The social psychological survey embodied the practical use of scaling techniques by which the attitudes of respondents were held to exemplify positions on basic dimensions and , in this respect , has profoundly affected the way in which social researchers think about the constitution of " things " that constitute the social world . |
8 | The community charge was intended to be a simple and visible system of raising revenue in which the behaviour of profligate ( assumed to be Labour ) councils would be evident to the electorate . |
9 | The level of fasting cholesterol at which the diagnosis of hypercholesterolaemia is made will vary from clinic to clinic . |
10 | In suggesting ways in which the shifting structures of repetition and difference can be traced , what it has attempted to do is to open up some new contexts , both theoretical and institutional , in which texts and genres can be thought , and to reopen some old points of difficulty which still serve as sticking-points against the slide into accommodation . |
11 | He had used this in a practical way in solving problems with which the helicopter abounds . |
12 | As I pointed out there , it seems to be impossible to give a full description of a linguistic variety ( whether it is ‘ standard ’ English , or a dialect , or a style or register ) without making decisions about what the ‘ norms ’ of the variety are , that is , without making decisions about what the speakers agree on as structures that are appropriate for that variety . |
13 | As I pointed out there , it seems to be impossible to give a full description of a linguistic variety ( whether it is ‘ standard ’ English , or a dialect , or a style or register ) without making decisions about what the ‘ norms ’ of the variety are , that is , without making decisions about what the speakers agree on as structures that are appropriate for that variety . |
14 | Constructionist theory also asserts that the existence of the ‘ self ’ is demonstrated through discursive actions : performing competently certain types of speech acts , such as making statements in which the speaker reports on how the world appears from the speaker 's viewpoint ( declarations ) , or where the speaker describes him/herself or others in a ‘ storyline ’ ( narrations ) . |
15 | They whiled away the years by maintaining salons in which the gibes against the ruling house were repeated , or had their origins , for even in such aristocratic surroundings wit was often confused with bad taste . |
16 | The second approach is by examining ways in which the parties pay , but without having to find such large sums at the time of the litigation . |
17 | Neither brother was to molest nor disturb the other by making windows from which the other could be observed , but such arrangements could all too readily generate friction . |
18 | The research findings are intended to help efforts to enhance the operation of the informal risk capital market in the UK , notably by identifying ways in which the pool of business angels can be increased and highlighting improved methods of matching firms wishing to raise equity capital with informal investors . |
19 | A six week period for each class of six officers consisted of theoretical training using the saloon for the classroom , followed by working patrols during which the trainees would apply their newly acquired knowledge , and also do the normal work of a cutter crew , rummaging as time permitted . |