Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm there is a further implication in this conception , and again I quote whosoever therefore out of a state of nature unite into a community must be understood to give up all the power necessary to the ends for which they unite into a society to the majority of the community unless they expressly agreed in any number greater than the majority and this is done where are we by barely agreeing to unite into one political society which is all the compact that is or needs to be between the individuals that enter into or make up a commonwealth . |
| 2 | Before going on to the detailed issues , let me begin by discussing some general aspects of what we mean by a crossroads and by the international position of an economy . |
| 3 | This argument , which amounts to a discussion of what we mean by a miracle , will occupy the rest of this chapter . |
| 4 | According to functionalism , it is useful to categorize environmental stimuli on the basis of what they mean to a subject rather than on the basis of their gross physical characteristics . |
| 5 | Some reserve a special anger for France , the Maghreb 's former colonial power , because of what they see as a betrayal of its politique Arabe . |
| 6 | Traders have hit back with a T shirt campaign , warning town shoppers and town planners alike of what they see as a threat to the very fabric of the town centre . |
| 7 | If you think of what you do on a holiday , it 's a totally different lifestyle to when you 're normally working and obviously people desire to have that sort of experience more and more , and you 've got the rise of things like short breaks . |
| 8 | Enough of what I regard as a premeditated incident at Lord 's . ’ |
| 9 | The next fallacy that causes some confusion in the discussion is the persistence of what I regard as a narrow outdated approach to the notion of sovereignty . |
| 10 | In particular , it is necessary to pay close attention to the relationship of civil society ( within which I will include much of what I mean by a specific urban culture ) and state forms and processes , in a context of ‘ disorganized capitalism ’ . |
| 11 | They 're going to work in leisure industries , in caring services , in education , all those things that go with what we think as a good life , and indeed , coming back to the third world , that 's the very kind of thing that we need in African villages and India — agriculturalists , erm teachers , health workers and so on . |
| 12 | This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others . |
| 13 | C. S. Lewis offered the most daring statement in the final volume of the ‘ Narnia ’ series , The Last Battle ( 1956 ) , in which we come across a young ( dead ) virtuous pagan , Emeth , who explains that all his life he has served Tash and scorned Aslan the Lion — earlier on it has been made clear that Tash is a bloody demon , Aslan , one might as well say , the ‘ Narnian ’ Christ . |
| 14 | There are various contexts in which we speak of a person or institution being an authority . |
| 15 | We are already enjoying eternal life , and physical death will merely mean the passing from life , in which we see through a glass darkly , to life when we shall see and know as we are known . |
| 16 | The advantage of our body clock is that it improves the way in which we fit into a rhythmic environment ( this was considered in more detail in Chapter 8 ) . |
| 17 | For the past decade , the two have been exploring the boundaries of costume exhibitions at New York 's Fashion Institute of Technology , from which they come with a dazzling reputation . |
| 18 | Undoubtedly in the case of the Mail , this policy stems from their strong middle class female readership profile , but other papers have also given regular space to mental handicap issues within what they see as a ‘ crusading ’ role towards the British public . |
| 19 | Although sociologists try to go beyond working within what they see as a narrow ‘ social problem ’ framework , this does not mean that their research can not provide insights and suggestions potentially relevant to practitioners and policy-makers . |
| 20 | The Wrights live in the village of Cleadon , 4 miles north of Sunderland , in what they describe as a 150 year old ‘ fun house ’ , complete with sea views . |
| 21 | But they also know that it need not achieve the sort of certainty that leads theologians to drive wedges between faith and reason , or faith and history , in a desperate attempt to achieve a level of conviction that is impossible in what they see as a hostile rather than a mature scientific environment . |
| 22 | It is very difficult , particularly for those who work in a stuffy , overcrowded office , to which they commute on a stuffy overcrowded train , successfully to avoid catching cold or other viruses . |
| 23 | Assessment schemes vary in the extent to which they rely on a structured syllabus and defined test modes . |
| 24 | They come in , widen a few roads , build a couple of schools , and keep a firm hold over what they see as a bunch of ‘ upstart blacks ’ . ’ |
| 25 | Therefore when there is trouble afoot , they will move their young to what they regard as a more secure home . |
| 26 | In a way , black sportsmen in Britain are responding to what they perceive as a challenge . |
| 27 | But the British and American governments are opposed to what they see as a diversion of the bank 's core activities in encouraging private enterprise in eastern Europe . |
| 28 | Some people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see as a purer and simpler age . |
| 29 | Police are appealing for witnesses to what they describe as a particularly stupid , vicious and cowardly attack |
| 30 | A live show is something separate and you do different things in a live show to what you do on a record . |