Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what , the chairman of the working party responsible for it and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland , described as ‘ the most fundamental change in audit reporting probably for more than a generation ’ , the SAS seeks to close the so-called expectations gap and bring practice into line with recommendations of the report of the Cadbury committee on corporate governance , of which was also a member . |
| 2 | The Eric Liddell Centre was established at the former North Morningside Church in 1974 , by the congregations of four churches on Holy Corner , Morningside , one of which was formerly the runner 's home church . |
| 3 | Certainly nothing in the recent history , and very probably nothing in the ancient history , of what were once the prerogative writs , has been seen to match this stream of applications . |
| 4 | In Manhattan , the famous yellow water-taxis thread their way through the grid of canals to take you directly to the landing-stage of hotels in the luxuriously converted upper storeys of what were once the city 's proudest skyscrapers . |
| 5 | In 1986 a New Zealand Royal Commission on the Electoral System recommended the adoption subject to approval in a referendum ( not yet held ) of what was basically the WGMS . |
| 6 | Standing awkwardly in the doorway of what was obviously the family room , and for the moment unnoticed by the three people present , she stared round her . |
| 7 | A survey has been made of the twenty-six judges who were active Law Lords during the period 1952–68 together with two Lord Chief Justices , two Masters of the Rolls and one president of what was then the Probate , Divorce and Admiralty Division . |
| 8 | 1992 is the 21st anniversary of the start of what was then an idea . |
| 9 | BELOW : The long-running concern of Priday-Metford Ltd is now the last survivor of what was once a trade of great importance to Gloucester . |
| 10 | He picked his way carefully around the fire-scarred timbers of what was once the kitchen . |
| 11 | The CNAA was not aware that the new premises were on part of the site of what was once the Home and Colonial Infant School Society , which from 1836 had been one of the country 's first teacher training organizations , and had occupied 334–54 Gray 's Inn Road in 1839 . |
| 12 | Nor is it just the lawns and bungalows and supermarkets of what was once the Canal Zone that make up the fabric of a colonialism with which several European countries have been historically familiar . |
| 13 | The flame-belching fires and smoke of the great Nova Huta steelworks at Krakow in Poland have become a stock shot of television coverage of Eastern Europe 's environmental crisis , a begrimed image of what was once an icon of progress . |
| 14 | Just then the postman called with more packets and greetings cards , amongst which was also a letter . |
| 15 | The transnational capitalist class is a bridge between the nation-state and the global system and the more assiduously it brings transnational practices into what were once the realm of the regional or the national , then the more faithfully it serves the interests of the system . |
| 16 | John 's face creased into what was almost a scowl . |
| 17 | ‘ No ! ’ said Harry , startled and stung into what was almost a cry of pain . |
| 18 | One was Esther herself , who had never been accepted into what was essentially a man 's world , and who , in her desperate efforts to prove them all wrong , had made one too many a mistake . |
| 19 | series would be renumbered , into what was then a gap in the L C.C. series on 3 October 1934 . |
| 20 | He had entered , he realized with a flash of amusement , into what was obviously a whore-house . |
| 21 | The Major followed close behind with what was clearly a horse of a different stamp . |
| 22 | He refused to make his approaches at Nagasaki , a customary means of diverting troublesome foreigners , and presented the Japanese with what was effectively an ultimatum , demanding that some agreement be reached to cover the provisioning of US ships , the treatment of shipwrecked American sailors and the development of formal relations . |
| 23 | He spoke roughly , then broke off with what was almost a groan . |
| 24 | Upstairs , in which was once the lord 's private chamber , the story changes to the Civil War under King Charles 1 , and the part Chepstow played in this tragic conflict . |
| 25 | George Raft , originally set to take the non-speaking title role , turned down the offer before shooting , reportedly because of ill health , and was replaced by Cesar Romero , in what was barely a cameo . |
| 26 | The Malayan Emergency was never officially recognised as a ‘ war ’ however it embroiled the hard-pressed Commonwealth forces in what was largely an operation of cunning and wit , pursuing a small , elusive army of bandits in some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world . |
| 27 | On March 15 two Albanians who had crossed the border illegally into Greece were killed by Greek police , in what was reportedly a scuffle , followed by a chase , in the Filiaton region . |
| 28 | In the first week of March , in what was effectively a coup against Negrín , a National Defence Council was created in Madrid , with the aim of negotiating an end to hostilities . |
| 29 | Others showing the way in what was also the era of the ‘ concept ’ album , post-Pepper , included the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band , the Small Faces and the Moody Blues . |
| 30 | In August , Charlotte ( Cecil ) Leitch , the English Champion , returned partnering Lady Rathcreedan against Mr. and Mrs. Norman Craig ( M.P. ) , in what was presumably a celebrity match . |