Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's an inset problem , and therefore one is looking inevitably at the reasons for which you can moved an inset boundary , supposing that one already exists , which it does n't , but let us suppose it does .
2 ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’
3 These six activity books provide children who are beginning to learn English with a wide range of activities through which they can practise English grammar and vocabulary , and develop their reading and writing skills .
4 If you have any queries about what we can do for you , please do n't hesitate to call us on
5 They would sit and talk for hours about what they would do when they left school .
6 Sapt talked to me for three hours about what I must do and what I must say , what I liked and what I did n't like .
7 Revealingly , not one of the 24 leading directors invited to fantasise in Projections about what they would do with complete creative freedom and limitless cash can make any sense of the question .
8 It has received meticulous counsel from one of the nation 's highest courts about what it might wish to say on the subject in the future .
9 This may take several hours during which she will lay small groups of eggs , which the male fertilises and covers with more bubbles .
10 Discussions about what they should wear had been interspersed with sexy gossip concerning the star of the occasion , Nathan Bryce .
11 This would not be a problem if it was n't for another silly set of rules about what you must wear .
12 The legal basis was being created for workers to set up their own professional , cultural and leisure-time organizations through which they would become integrated with the rest of society .
13 At the outset Helen Martini said the prospects of what they had taken on were daunting , but she had no doubts about what they could accomplish .
14 So Taylor took Lineker into the European Championship as his first choice marksman , but with big doubts about what he would contribute .
15 You are bound to have many questions you would like to ask , as well as certain anxieties about which you would like your mind set at rest .
16 Dreaming of the future and rediscovering the feeling of past successes should have helped you work out some goals for yourself-what we will call a ‘ success image ’ .
17 ‘ These people ca n't just blow in with their grand illusions about what they can do in Northern Ireland , with this ‘ big brother ’ attitude that America can solve everyone 's problems .
18 Under the Law Society 's Scheme , representatives who are not accredited will have a period of six months during which they can develop their skills by being paid for work on less serious cases .
19 Is it the first time , for instance , you have been told you only enter into relationships for what you can get out of them ?
20 Are there steps through which we can begin to learn again what was so clearly a part of the New Testament church 's experience ?
21 Much has already been said in the preceding pages about the subsequent progress through the learned hierarchy of the student who chose to become a muderris : with ability , luck , good connections or a combination of the three he would teach through a number of grades of medreses , eventually to turn to the mevleviyet kadiliks through which he might hope to rise ultimately to what had become by the end of the sixteenth century the principal office in the hierarchy , the Muftilik of Istanbul .
22 Up and down the country , Opposition Front-Benchers have come out with protestations about what they will give this , that and the other interest group ; the document will make clear the order of priorities , and will begin to explain how the expenditure will be paid for .
23 If you succeed in finding another job , or already have one lined up at the time that you go , it may not be worth suing your employer because the losses for which you could claim reimbursement may be minimal .
24 The four leaders , Clyde Wells of Newfoundland and Labrador , Donald Cameron of Nova Scotia , Joe Ghiz of Prince Edward Island and Frank McKenna of New Brunswick , also discussed methods through which they could co-ordinate economic and fiscal strategies in their forthcoming budgets .
25 Firth and his colleagues argue that the main reason for this gender difference relationships through which they can gain support for their domestic and child care responsibilities , whereas men 's lives are more dominated by work and careers in which siblings usually can not help .
26 Her imagination jagged with tumbling violent images of what he might do to her .
27 Dingwall , in another context , calls these stories ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( 1977 ) , and Richman shows how they feature prominently in the discourse of traffic wardens , in an attempt to socialize new recruits into what they can expect , as well as being a means of stressing the moral worth of traffic wardens : a concern which was high on the priorities of such a stigmatized occupational group ( Richman 1983 : 115 ) .
28 He once told Earl delightedly that he had spotted Abrams at an airport but Abrams ( perceptiveness not his strong suit ) had not spotted him , and that ‘ his tradecraft of observing was better than Elliott 's ’ Secret agents carried gadgets with which they could speak to headquarters from the most unlikely places ; once , at a party , North was said to have produced a scrambler-telephone from his briefcase , together with a half-eaten sandwich , and to have gone out into the garden to dial the house .
29 Here are some medically recommended guidelines from which you can plan your own menus :
30 Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades .
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