Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is that one does not really accept a universal rule unless an imaginative attempt to put oneself in the place of everyone affected still leaves one happy with it , for only so does one accept the prescription that the action should be done in that case in which it would be oneself rather than the other who was in such a place . |
| 2 | The endemic Hong Kong cascade frog has evolved suction pads on the end of each toe with which it can cling to the slippery rocks when the flash-floods strike . |
| 3 | And similarly we must not allow ourselves to look for something below that practice on which we can ground the feeling that the practice is going on in an objectively correct way . |
| 4 | Erm but not everybody 's quite so erm y'know not everybody gets on with everybody and um this kind of what you might call personal chemistry , to lapse for a moment into pharmacological determinism er maybe helps um maybe helps a bit . |
| 5 | It also may have answered a few queries over which he may have pondered in his youth and then discarded to the rear of his mind for later consideration . |
| 6 | ‘ Accordingly , ’ said Miller , ‘ I propose to hold a press conference this afternoon at which I 'll reveal we 're dealing with a kidnap as well as a murder . ’ |
| 7 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 8 | What are the main obstacles in the way of people taking more control over their own health and health care and have we examples of this struggle from which we can all learn ? |
| 9 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
| 10 | However , where the theoretician can help managers is in providing some framework into which they can put their observations about goals . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Was there perhaps some route by which it could be circumvented ? |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | She was almost on top of the river before she realised that this was where the path was leading , and here she found another seat from which she could see a boat or two plaiting lazy fans of rippling wake through the smooth water . |
| 15 | Though the social survey method was not extensively used in Chicago-inspired studies , and there was some scepticism about what it could achieve for sociology compared to field research , with the appointment of Ogburn in 1927 , a statistically trained sociologist , the pace of the development of quantitative methods quickened . |
| 16 | However , there are some matters on which we will seek clarification or assurance . |
| 17 | well that 's very kind of you that 's another basis on which it might , albeit innocently , had mislead a prospective purchaser , correct ? |
| 18 | He might have some ideas about what she should do next . |
| 19 | What we need is , firstly , a more specific indication of what is meant by a route to chaos and , secondly , some ideas on which we can draw in Sections 24.5 and 24.7 . |
| 20 | A court would interpret such words in their natural manner which is objective , i.e. the Secretary of State could not simply rely upon his own subjective beliefs , but would have to point to some evidence from which it could reasonably be inferred that , for example , Napoleon was a person of hostile origin . |
| 21 | There are only a few studies with which we can illustrate this approach . |
| 22 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 23 | Though this notion of what I shall be calling ‘ discursive metaphor ’ may seem itself to be metaphoric , it is , as we shall see , a justified extension of the standard definition , as it accounts for the distinct use of figurality in Brooke-Rose 's fiction . |
| 24 | It is the same with all new expressions : there is one colour for what the trainees need to understand ( what they will hear ) and another colour for what they will need to use ( what they will say ) . |
| 25 | But there 's always some manner in which we ca n't quite break free , and most of us will find ourselves one shocked moment holding a girlfriend or boyfriend in the way we 've seen our parents holding each other for years . |
| 26 | In this essay , I have attempted to suggest some ways in which we might look beyond the conceptual dichotomy between ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ , villagers and bureaucrats , to ask how the dynamic of interaction across the boundary is played out . |
| 27 | For some suggestions on what it might do , if we can ever find it , see Johnson-Laird ( 1983 ) . |
| 28 | Should anyone be interested , I would gladly co-ordinate their efforts — one of the few ways in which I might be able to help the Society from this distance ’ . |
| 29 | There are certainly some situations in which it would be seen as entirely inappropriate , for example in relationships between grandchildren and their grandparents , where support is normally given from the older to the younger generation , but in the form of a gift . |
| 30 | A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic . |